Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation. Designed for the Younger Classes of Learners |
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action active adjective admit adverb agree applied auxiliary belong better called comma common compound Conjugate conjunction connected denote derived desire distinguished divided ellipsis English examples Exercises express frequently Future Tense gender give govern Grammar happy hast heart hope Imperative Imperfect Tense improperly improve indicative mood infinitive mood kind king language live loved manner marked means mind nature neuter nominative Note nouns objective omitted participle passions passive pause peace Perfect personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect Plural possessive Potential preceded preposition Present Tense pronoun proper properly refer relation relative repeated require respect reward RULE SECT seen sense sentence separated shalt signifies simple Singular singular number sometimes sound speak subjunctive mood substantive syllable Syntax thing third person thou tive verb vice virtue voice vowel wilt wise word Write
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| Title | Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation. Designed for the Younger Classes of Learners |
| Author | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | Israel Alger |
| Publisher | Lincoln & Edmands, 1828 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 26, 2007 |
| Length | 122 pages |
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