An Improved Grammar of the English LanguageH. Howe, 1831 - 180 pages |
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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