An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Volume 1T. Wilson, 1808 - English language |
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... derive no advantage from it , equal to the inconvenience of crowd- ing the pages with a repetition of names and references . It is , however , proper to acknowledge , in general terms , that the authors to whom the grammatical part of ...
... derive no advantage from it , equal to the inconvenience of crowd- ing the pages with a repetition of names and references . It is , however , proper to acknowledge , in general terms , that the authors to whom the grammatical part of ...
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... derived from one another .................. 180 2. A sketch of the steps , by which the English language has risen to its present state of refinement 189 CHAP . 12. Number and variety of words , & c . 192 PART III , SYNTAX . Of the ...
... derived from one another .................. 180 2. A sketch of the steps , by which the English language has risen to its present state of refinement 189 CHAP . 12. Number and variety of words , & c . 192 PART III , SYNTAX . Of the ...
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... derive their name , The mutes may be subdivided into pure and impure . The pure are those whose sounds cannot be at all pro- longed : they are k , p , t . The impure , are those whose sounds may be continued , though for a very short ...
... derive their name , The mutes may be subdivided into pure and impure . The pure are those whose sounds cannot be at all pro- longed : they are k , p , t . The impure , are those whose sounds may be continued , though for a very short ...
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... derived from the Greek , has the sound of k ; as in chymist , scheme , chorus , chyle , distich ; and in foreign names : as , Achish , Baruch , Enoch , & c . Ch , in some words derived from the French , takes the sound of sh ; as in ...
... derived from the Greek , has the sound of k ; as in chymist , scheme , chorus , chyle , distich ; and in foreign names : as , Achish , Baruch , Enoch , & c . Ch , in some words derived from the French , takes the sound of sh ; as in ...
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... derived from the learned languages , are confined to the plural number : as , antipodes , credenda , literati , minutige . The following nouns being , in Latin , both singular and plural , are used in the same manner , when adopted into ...
... derived from the learned languages , are confined to the plural number : as , antipodes , credenda , literati , minutige . The following nouns being , in Latin , both singular and plural , are used in the same manner , when adopted into ...
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