An Improved Grammar of the English LanguageH. Howe, 1831 - 180 pàgines |
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... adjective , verb , adverb ; words he never saw or heard of before , as they are no part of the common language which he ... adjectives , are often used as adverbs ; as in the phrases most wise , very good . If we call the words , in such ...
... adjective , verb , adverb ; words he never saw or heard of before , as they are no part of the common language which he ... adjectives , are often used as adverbs ; as in the phrases most wise , very good . If we call the words , in such ...
Pàgina 9
... adjectives , attributes or attributives . These are primary words in point of importance ; but be- ing necessarily dependent on other words in construction , they are here ranked with the secondary . 3d . Words which modify the sense of ...
... adjectives , attributes or attributives . These are primary words in point of importance ; but be- ing necessarily dependent on other words in construction , they are here ranked with the secondary . 3d . Words which modify the sense of ...
Pàgina 10
... Adjectives or Attributes , which express the qualities of things , and qualify the action of verbs , or the sense of other attributes and modifiers . V. Adverbs or Modifiers , which qualify the action of verbs , and the sense of ...
... Adjectives or Attributes , which express the qualities of things , and qualify the action of verbs , or the sense of other attributes and modifiers . V. Adverbs or Modifiers , which qualify the action of verbs , and the sense of ...
Pàgina 11
... mentioned . These are all adjectives or attributes , having a dependence on some noun expressed or implied ; but some of them are used also as substitutes . Of these , an or a and OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 11 DIVISION OF NAMES OR NOUNS. ...
... mentioned . These are all adjectives or attributes , having a dependence on some noun expressed or implied ; but some of them are used also as substitutes . Of these , an or a and OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 11 DIVISION OF NAMES OR NOUNS. ...
Pàgina 14
... adjectives , and the Saxon an or ane , are mere dia- lectical differences of orthography , as are the German ein and ... adjective or ordinal number one ; and was never written a until after the Conquest . * The origin of this use of a ...
... adjectives , and the Saxon an or ane , are mere dia- lectical differences of orthography , as are the German ein and ... adjective or ordinal number one ; and was never written a until after the Conquest . * The origin of this use of a ...
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accent action adjectives admit adverbs affirmation Amphibrach attribute authors auxiliary called clause comma common connective considered consonant definitive denotes Dig dug discourse distinct ellipsis English English language example express fact foot future tense gender Grammar Greek hath Hence Hist idea idiom indefinite Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inflections John joined language Latin letters Lord loved Thou shalt loved Ye Lowth manner modifier n be loved n been loved nature nominative NOTE noun number of words object obsolete omitted original participle passages passive form Past Tense Perfect Tense phrases plural number Pope possessive preceding prefix preposition present tense principles Prior-future Prior-past pronoun qualities represents Rhet RULE Saxon semicolon sense sentence shalt or wilt signification singular number sometimes sound species subjunctive mode substitute suppose syllables tence thine things third person tion tive transitive verb Trochee usually uttered verse vowel whole writers