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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... phrases should , without requiring much attention and explanation , be intelligible to young persons ; but it will scarcely be controverted , that it is better to lead them forward , and improve their language , by proper examples ...
... phrases should , without requiring much attention and explanation , be intelligible to young persons ; but it will scarcely be controverted , that it is better to lead them forward , and improve their language , by proper examples ...
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... phrase He reads correctly , " the answer to the question , How does he read ? is , correctly . 46 7. Prepositions serve to connect words with one another , and to show the relation between them ; as , " He went from London to York ...
... phrase He reads correctly , " the answer to the question , How does he read ? is , correctly . 46 7. Prepositions serve to connect words with one another , and to show the relation between them ; as , " He went from London to York ...
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... phrase going before , which is thence called the antecedent : they are who , which , and that ; as , " The man is happy who lives virtu- uously . " * What is a kind of compound relative , including both the antecedent and the relative ...
... phrase going before , which is thence called the antecedent : they are who , which , and that ; as , " The man is happy who lives virtu- uously . " * What is a kind of compound relative , including both the antecedent and the relative ...
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... Phrases which do the office of adverbs , are termed adverbial phrases ; as , " in the best man- ner possible , in fine , in general , in vain , at most , at least , " & c . Adverbs may be reduced to classes Of number ; as , " Once ...
... Phrases which do the office of adverbs , are termed adverbial phrases ; as , " in the best man- ner possible , in fine , in general , in vain , at most , at least , " & c . Adverbs may be reduced to classes Of number ; as , " Once ...
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... phrase is two or more words rightly put to- gether , making sometimes part of a sentence , and sometimes a whole sentence . The principal parts of a simple sentence are , the subject , the attribute , and the object . The subject is the ...
... phrase is two or more words rightly put to- gether , making sometimes part of a sentence , and sometimes a whole sentence . The principal parts of a simple sentence are , the subject , the attribute , and the object . The subject is the ...
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66 Note active verb Adjective Pronouns adverb antecedent auxiliary better comma conjunction connected Copulative DEFECTIVE VERBS denote Diphthong ellipsis English Exercises following verbs frequently genitive govern verbs Grammar happy hast hath honour Imperative Mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood Interjections Irregular Verbs king live manner mayst or canst nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns number and person objective omitted Orthography Parsing passions passive verb pause perfect participle personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition Present Tense relative pronoun respect reward RULE VIII Rule XII Second Future Tense second person SECT semicolon sense shalt or wilt shouldst signifies singular number sometimes sound subjunctive mood syllable thing Thou art Thou hadst thou love Thou mayst Thou mightst thou shalt tion tive mood verb active verb neuter vice virtue voice vowel wise word wouldst Write the following
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Page 79 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
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Page 30 - The Conjugation of a verb, is the regular combination and arrangement of its several numbers, persons, moods, and tenses. The Conjugation of an active verb is styled the ACTIVE VOICE ; and that of a passive verb, the PASSIVE VOICE.