 | Robert Lowth - English language - 1791 - 192 pages
...prefixed to fubftantives, to point them out, and to fhew how far their fignification extends. In Englifh there are but two articles, a, and the : a becomes an before a vowel, y and w [aj excepted ; and before a filent h preceding a vowel. A is ufed in a Vague fenfe to point... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...the ADJECTIVE, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point...signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. 2. A Substantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists, or of which we have any notion: as,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...out, and to fhow how far their lignification extends ; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In Englifh, there are but two articles, a and the: a becomes an before a vowel,* and before a filent h; as, an acorn, an hour. But if the h be founded, the a only is to be ufed ; as, a hand, a... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...the ADJECTIVE, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their t ignification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. 2. A Substantive or noun is the name of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...which the i)oun and yerb, iire, concealed under an imperfect or indigested word.. Of the H. Article isa word prefixed to substantives, to point them out , and to show how &r their signification extends-; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In English, there are but two articles,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
...the ADJECTIVE, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point...signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the womaflk 2. A Substantive or noun is the name of any thing exists, or of which we have any notion :... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 352 pages
...word. CHAPTER II. Of the ARfJCLES. An article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them otit, and to show how far their signification extends ;...a becomes an before a vowel,* and before a silent h: as, an acorn, an hour. But if the h be sounded, the a only is to be used; as, a hand, a heart, a... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the "PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signifieation extends ; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. 2. A Substantive or Noun is the name of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 352 pages
...ABJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION! 1.' An article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point...their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, tli,e woman. i 2. ' A substantive or noun, is the name of any thing that exists, or of which we have... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...been omitted, without injuring the construction of the sentence, or destroying the sense. ARTICLE. THE ARTICLE is a word prefixed to substantives, to point...out, and to show how far their signification extends. In English there are but two articles, a, and the : a beL 2 ccmt-s comes an before a vowel, y and w... | |
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AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends ; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. 
