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according to Rule adjective adverb antecedent auxiliary called common noun commonly compound conjunction consonant definitions degree denotes Dict distinction doctrine ellipsis English Grammar English language example express finite verb governed grammarians Greek idea imperative mood imperfect IMPERFECT TENSE improvement indicative mood inflections interjection Johnson Latin learned learner LESSON letters Lindley Murray London loved Lowth meaning mood Murray Murray's Gram nature neuter gender nominative noun or pronoun objective OBSERVATIONS orthography parsing passive perfect participle perhaps personal pronoun phrase PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preposition present tense preterit principles proper reference regular relation relative relative pronoun respect Rhet says sense sentence signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech spelling spoken subjunctive subjunctive mood superlative suppose syllable syntax teach termination third person thou tion usage verb vowel Webster words write written
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