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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... sentiments of English grammarians ; but also to invite the ingenious student to inquiry and reflection , and prompt him to a more enlarged , critical , and philosophical research . WITH respect to the definitions and rules , it may not ...
... sentiments of English grammarians ; but also to invite the ingenious student to inquiry and reflection , and prompt him to a more enlarged , critical , and philosophical research . WITH respect to the definitions and rules , it may not ...
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... sentiment generally admitted , that a proper selection of faulty composition is more instructive to the young ... sentiments and the lan- guage , to suit the connexion , and to adapt them to the particular purposes for which they ...
... sentiment generally admitted , that a proper selection of faulty composition is more instructive to the young ... sentiments and the lan- guage , to suit the connexion , and to adapt them to the particular purposes for which they ...
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... sentiments are all that can be admitted here with propriety . As words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others , and communicate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which they are ...
... sentiments are all that can be admitted here with propriety . As words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others , and communicate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which they are ...
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... sentiments of an eminent and candid writer on language and composition . " All that regards the study of composition , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is intimately con- nected with the improvement of our ...
... sentiments of an eminent and candid writer on language and composition . " All that regards the study of composition , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is intimately con- nected with the improvement of our ...
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... sentiments of the most judicious grammarians ; if his reasonings and illustrations , respecting particular points , are founded on just principles , and the pecu- . liarities of the English language ; he has , perhaps , done all that ...
... sentiments of the most judicious grammarians ; if his reasonings and illustrations , respecting particular points , are founded on just principles , and the pecu- . liarities of the English language ; he has , perhaps , done all that ...
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accent according to RULE action active verb adjective pronoun admit adverbs agreeable appear articulate sound auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis English language examples express following sentence frequently future tense governed grammar grammarians guage happy ideas imperative imperative mood IMPERFECT TENSE improve indicative mood infinitive mood instances interrogative irregular verb learner loved manner meaning mind names nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle passion passive pause perfect person singular personal pronoun perspicuous phrases PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense proper properly propriety relative render respect Saxon SECOND FUTURE sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood syllable Syntax termination thing third person thou tion tive tongue Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel words writing