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... GENDER . Of NUMBER . HERE are two NUMBERS , the SIN- GULAR , and the PLURAL . TH The † DIRECTION . If therefore we prefix the words , " I fpeak of " --whatever word compleats the fenfe is a Noun ; as I fpeak of - virtue , wisdom , gold ...
... GENDER . Of NUMBER . HERE are two NUMBERS , the SIN- GULAR , and the PLURAL . TH The † DIRECTION . If therefore we prefix the words , " I fpeak of " --whatever word compleats the fenfe is a Noun ; as I fpeak of - virtue , wisdom , gold ...
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... GENDER . OUNS have properly two GENDERS ; the MASCULINE , to denote the male kind ; and the FEMININE , to denote the female . ‡ When there is no diftinction of fex , a Noun is faid to be of the NEUTER Gender . The feminine Gender is ...
... GENDER . OUNS have properly two GENDERS ; the MASCULINE , to denote the male kind ; and the FEMININE , to denote the female . ‡ When there is no diftinction of fex , a Noun is faid to be of the NEUTER Gender . The feminine Gender is ...
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... Gender , or Perfon . Government is , when one word caufes ano- ther to be in fome Cafe of Form . Pofition is the proper arrangement of words . RULES of CONCORD . 1. T Number and Perfon . HE Verb agrees with its fubjeâ in EXAMPLE.t I ...
... Gender , or Perfon . Government is , when one word caufes ano- ther to be in fome Cafe of Form . Pofition is the proper arrangement of words . RULES of CONCORD . 1. T Number and Perfon . HE Verb agrees with its fubjeâ in EXAMPLE.t I ...
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Abfolute Form Adjectives Adjedive Adverbs afked alfo anſwer Auxiliary Auxiliary Verbs bird flies BRITISH MUSEUM CHAP chidden chufes to walk circumftance coft compariſon confift Conjunction defire diftribute diligent ELLIPSI ENGLISH GRAMMAR exercife expreffed expreffeth expreſſed faid falfe fame fcholar fecond feem feem'd fenfe fentence fhall fhed fhut fignification fing fingular Number firft firſt follows the Verb fome fometimes foreign hands thy fpeak fubject Gender given to animals hath horfe horſe INDICATIVE MODE infinitive Mode inflance Inflection inſtead joined loft loveft MENSTON moft neuter Nominative Cafe Noun Noun or Pronoun Objec Objective Cafe Partic Participle prefent perfpicuity Plur plural number Poff Poffeffive Pofitive Pope Prefent Tenfe Prepofitions Preter Preterite Tenfe profe promife Pronoun queſtion Relative SCOLAR PRESS LIMITED Shakef ſhall Sing Subftantive SUBJUNCTIVE tafle Tenſe thee thefe third perfon thofe thoſe Thou improve thou love tion ufually precedes underflood underſtood uſed virtue whofe wife words