The rudiments of English grammar1799 |
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adjective ADVERBS agent or fubject APOCOPE auxiliary verbs befide beneath bleffings boaſt Catalogue of irregular celeſtial CHAPTER confin'd CONJUNCTIONS deferving defire degrees of compariſon delight difcernment doft double &c ELLIPSIS ENGLISH GRAMMAR eſteemed Ev'n ev'ry expreffed expreſſed fame cafe fecret fenate fenfe fentence fhall fhines fhut fingular number firſt fix TENSES fmiling fome fometimes ftand fubftantives fuch fupplied fwell Genders happineſs hath heart himſelf Infinitive Mode inflected throughout INTERJECTIONS irregular Verbs itſelf juft letter or fyllable Maſculine MODE has fix modes and tenfes moſt muft muſt Neuter nevertheleſs noun or pronoun o'er objective caſe paffion Part.paft Part.pr PARTICIPLE paſt Perfect PLUPERFECT Plural Prefent PREPOSITIONS PRETER Preterite pride purſue put abfolutely raiſe reaſon rife ſecond ſelect ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhould ſpeak ſpin SUBJUNCTIVE teach tence tenſe thee theſe thoſe thouſand throughout the modes underſtanding underſtood unleſs uſed Verbs which double vowels WALSALL waſte whofe wiſh word
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