Institutes of Grammar: As Applicable to the English Langage, Or as Introductory to the Study of Other Languages, Systematically Arranged, and Briefly Explained. To which are Added Some Chronological TablesBlack, Parbury, and Allen, 1817 - 129 pages |
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... Termination is the last syllable , or sometimes the last letter , or last two letters of a word . IV . A Word is an audible and articulate sign of thought . 1. A_Primitive Word , Theme , or Root , is that whose Etymology cannot be ...
... Termination is the last syllable , or sometimes the last letter , or last two letters of a word . IV . A Word is an audible and articulate sign of thought . 1. A_Primitive Word , Theme , or Root , is that whose Etymology cannot be ...
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... terminate with a single conso- nant ; the terminations ff , ll , and ss , preceded by a single vowel , are excepted . 2. Y before an assumed termination beginning with any vowel , except i , is changed into i ; y between two vowels , or ...
... terminate with a single conso- nant ; the terminations ff , ll , and ss , preceded by a single vowel , are excepted . 2. Y before an assumed termination beginning with any vowel , except i , is changed into i ; y between two vowels , or ...
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... termination . 3. The Masculine and Feminine differ by composition.- Thus , 1. The Masculine and Feminine are unlike . Masc . Fem . Masc . Fem . 1. Bachelor Maid Horse Mare Beau Belle Husband Wife Boar Sow King Queen Boy Girl Lad Lass ...
... termination . 3. The Masculine and Feminine differ by composition.- Thus , 1. The Masculine and Feminine are unlike . Masc . Fem . Masc . Fem . 1. Bachelor Maid Horse Mare Beau Belle Husband Wife Boar Sow King Queen Boy Girl Lad Lass ...
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... termination . Abbot Fem . Abbess Masc . Fem . Host Hostess Actor Actress Jew Jewess Administrator Administratrix ... termination o has some- times s and sometimes es . 3. The termination y is changed into ies , and for fe into ves in the ...
... termination . Abbot Fem . Abbess Masc . Fem . Host Hostess Actor Actress Jew Jewess Administrator Administratrix ... termination o has some- times s and sometimes es . 3. The termination y is changed into ies , and for fe into ves in the ...
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... , almost , so , too , exceedingly , and others , to the Adjective . Also by adding the termination ish to the Positive . V. Double Comparisons are improper . IRREGULAR COMPARISON . 3. Positive . Comparative . Good Better 30 ETYMOLOGY .
... , almost , so , too , exceedingly , and others , to the Adjective . Also by adding the termination ish to the Positive . V. Double Comparisons are improper . IRREGULAR COMPARISON . 3. Positive . Comparative . Good Better 30 ETYMOLOGY .
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Accent additional long syllable additional short syllable Adjectives Adverbs affirmation agree Amphibrach Anapestic antecedent auxiliary born cadence common commonly compound tenses CONJUGATION Conjunctions consonants CONSTRUCTION couldst Declension derived Diphthong discourse Ellipsis emphatic English Etymology expresses followed Future Tense Gender Gerunds Grammar Grammarians Greek Iambic Iambuses IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Improper Indefinite Article Infinitive Mood Interjections Kings language Latin letter mayst or canst meaning neuter verbs never nominative Nouns and Pronouns perfect participle Perfect Tense phrase Plur plural Poetry Poss POTENTIAL MOOD preceded Prepositions Present Tense Preterpluperfect Tense pronunciation proper Relative rhetorical rhyme rules Semivowels sense sentence shews shouldst signify simple Sing singular number sometimes sound species speech style Subjunctive Mood Substantive syllabic emphasis Syntax termination thing Thou mayst Thou mightst tion tive Triphthong Trochaic Trochees unemphatic Verbal Nouns Verbal Nouns denoting verse voice vowel words writing