An Improved Grammar of the English LanguageSidney Babcock, 1839 - 192 pages |
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... is the proper transla- tion of the Latin modus ; and the orthography mood confounds this grammatical term with a word of different origin , denoting temper or state of the mind . AN IMPROVED GRAMMAR , & c . OF LANGUAGE . 4 PREFACE . ་
... is the proper transla- tion of the Latin modus ; and the orthography mood confounds this grammatical term with a word of different origin , denoting temper or state of the mind . AN IMPROVED GRAMMAR , & c . OF LANGUAGE . 4 PREFACE . ་
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... tion shall rise against nation " -What ! every nation ? How the rule vanishes before the test ! RULE II . The definitive an or a , being merely one , in its English orthography , and precisely synonymous with it , limits a common name ...
... tion shall rise against nation " -What ! every nation ? How the rule vanishes before the test ! RULE II . The definitive an or a , being merely one , in its English orthography , and precisely synonymous with it , limits a common name ...
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... tion of property , ownership or possession , is expressed by adding s to a name , with an apostrophy ; thus , John's book ; which words are equivalent to " the book of John . " This is called the Possessive Case . In English therefore ...
... tion of property , ownership or possession , is expressed by adding s to a name , with an apostrophy ; thus , John's book ; which words are equivalent to " the book of John . " This is called the Possessive Case . In English therefore ...
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... tion of all language . So is the practice in the United States - not mere- ly popular usage , though this , when general , is respectable authority ; but the practice of men of letters . " Where was you standing during the transaction ...
... tion of all language . So is the practice in the United States - not mere- ly popular usage , though this , when general , is respectable authority ; but the practice of men of letters . " Where was you standing during the transaction ...
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... tion of the expression is - More that , or further that , we may proceed . It is the simple mode our ancestors used to ex- press addition to what has preceded , equivalent to the mod- ern phrase ; let us add , or we may add what follows ...
... tion of the expression is - More that , or further that , we may proceed . It is the simple mode our ancestors used to ex- press addition to what has preceded , equivalent to the mod- ern phrase ; let us add , or we may add what follows ...
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accent adjective admit adverbs affirmation agreeing Amphibrach attribute authors auxiliary called clause common compound conjunction connective considered construction definitive denoting distinct ellipsis English English language examples express fact future tense gender Grammar hath Hence idea idiom imperative mode indefinite indicative mode infinitive mode inflections intransitive irregular verb John language Latin letters Lord loved Thou loved Ye Lowth manner modifier n be loved n been loving nominative NOTE noun number of words object obsolete omitted original participle passages passive form past tense pause Perfect Tense personal pronoun phrases plural number Pope possessive preceding prefix preposition present tense principles Prior-Future Prior-Past represents Rhet RULE Saxon sense sentence shalt or wilt signification singular number sometimes sound species subjunctive mode substitute suppose syllables Tacitus tence termination thine things third person Thou shalt tion tive transitive verb Trochee true uttered verse vowel whole writers
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Page 87 - A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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Page 86 - To reform and not to chastise I am afraid is impossible, and that the best precepts, as well as the best laws, would prove of small use if there were no examples to enforce them. To attack vices in the abstract, without touching persons, may be safe fighting indeed, but it is fighting with shadows.