An Improved Grammar of the English LanguageH. Howe, 1831 - 180 pàgines |
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... modifier ; a term much wanted to denote certain words which have the uses of different parts of speech . Thus most and very , which are adjectives , are often used as adverbs ; as in the phrases most wise , very good . If we call the ...
... modifier ; a term much wanted to denote certain words which have the uses of different parts of speech . Thus most and very , which are adjectives , are often used as adverbs ; as in the phrases most wise , very good . If we call the ...
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... modifier by re- ceiving the termination ly ; as lovingly , laughingly : and this species of modifiers admits of comparison , as more lov- ingly , most charmingly . This participle also becomes a name and admits of the definitive ; as ...
... modifier by re- ceiving the termination ly ; as lovingly , laughingly : and this species of modifiers admits of comparison , as more lov- ingly , most charmingly . This participle also becomes a name and admits of the definitive ; as ...
Pàgina 109
... modifier under like circumstances ; for in every case it entirely perverts the sense of the passage . In this instance , the use of the adverb in- stead of the attribute , may have been an oversight . In this kind of phrase , I have ...
... modifier under like circumstances ; for in every case it entirely perverts the sense of the passage . In this instance , the use of the adverb in- stead of the attribute , may have been an oversight . In this kind of phrase , I have ...
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... modifier , widely be used ; for it is not simply the manner of the act which is intended ; but the effect . " Let us write slow and exact . ” — Guthrie . Quinct . 2. 375 . We might perhaps substitute slowly for slow , as descri- bing ...
... modifier , widely be used ; for it is not simply the manner of the act which is intended ; but the effect . " Let us write slow and exact . ” — Guthrie . Quinct . 2. 375 . We might perhaps substitute slowly for slow , as descri- bing ...
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... modifier attends the verb or partici- ple to mark the manner or character of the act or affirma- tion ; and the attribute attends the modifier to mark the de- gree or extent of that manner of character . For a like purpose of defining ...
... modifier attends the verb or partici- ple to mark the manner or character of the act or affirma- tion ; and the attribute attends the modifier to mark the de- gree or extent of that manner of character . For a like purpose of defining ...
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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