A New Grammar of the English Language, 1771Scolar P., 1967 - 204 pages |
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accent action active verb adding adjective adverb agreeing auxiliary beginning called CHAPTER compared compound confonant conftruction conjugated conjunction derived English examples exprefs fame Father fecond feems fenfe fentence ferves fhall fhew fhould fignifies figure fingular number foft fome fometimes fore formed four French frequently fubftantive noun fuch future imperfect fyllable gender give governed Grammar hand hard head Honourable Hundred imperative mood indicative mood Interjections irregular joined kind King Latin words learned letter likewife live Lord loved manner meaning mentioned natural neuter verb never nominative cafe obferve oblique cafe paffive participle perfect placed plural number Pope prefent tenfe prepofition Preter preter-imperfect tenfe proper relative Right rules Shakespear SING ſubſtantive Tenſe thefe theſe thing third perfon fingular thofe Thou tion tive ufed understood uſed vowel wife write