Text-book of English Grammar: A Treatise on the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language ... : for the Use of Students in Training Colleges and the Upper Classes in National and Other Elementary SchoolsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 - 190 страници |
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Страница vii
... nature may be seen to derive improvement , effectually though indirectly , from the tendency of gram- matical investigation to strengthen that mental sight , to which Revelation presents the objects of man's everlasting interest . Our ...
... nature may be seen to derive improvement , effectually though indirectly , from the tendency of gram- matical investigation to strengthen that mental sight , to which Revelation presents the objects of man's everlasting interest . Our ...
Страница ix
... natural structure is far from being conformable . To translate a system of Latin Grammar , as a model for the grammatical exhibition of the English , has been repeatedly protested against by authors whose repu- tation as Latin ...
... natural structure is far from being conformable . To translate a system of Latin Grammar , as a model for the grammatical exhibition of the English , has been repeatedly protested against by authors whose repu- tation as Latin ...
Страница x
... nature was the trea- tise of the renowned Ben Jonson , who was regarded by Horne Tooke as having given " the first † as well as the best English Grammar . " " We have , as I apprehend , " says Hallam , " no earlier Grammar upon so ela ...
... nature was the trea- tise of the renowned Ben Jonson , who was regarded by Horne Tooke as having given " the first † as well as the best English Grammar . " " We have , as I apprehend , " says Hallam , " no earlier Grammar upon so ela ...
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... natural distinctions and relations of speech , and chiefly by the concurrent usages of reputable writers and speakers ... nature ; and hence man has been enabled to form an immense variety of artificial ex- B pressions , whereby he can ...
... natural distinctions and relations of speech , and chiefly by the concurrent usages of reputable writers and speakers ... nature ; and hence man has been enabled to form an immense variety of artificial ex- B pressions , whereby he can ...
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... nature of that notion , or rather from the man- ner in which it expresses that notion , it derives a gram- matical character , according to which it ranks in some one of a certain number of classes , called the Parts of Speech . * 2 ...
... nature of that notion , or rather from the man- ner in which it expresses that notion , it derives a gram- matical character , according to which it ranks in some one of a certain number of classes , called the Parts of Speech . * 2 ...
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3rd pers adverb antecedent apposition assertion auxiliary auxiliary verb Ben Jonson Brightland called CHAP clause common noun comparative and superlative compound verb conjugation conjunction copula Defective verbs definition denoting diphthong discourse distinction distinguished elementary employed English Grammar English language etymological example EXERCISES expression gender governed Gram grammarians Horne Tooke IMPERATIVE MODE imperfect implies infinitive mode inflexion instance J. S. Mill John language Latin letter Lond meaning modified neut neuter nominative noun or pronoun object parsing passive voice past tense Perf perfect participle personal verb persuading phrase plur plural possessive possessive adjective preceding predicate preposition principal verb pron pronominal proper referred relation relative relative pronoun Rule Shakspeare signifies simple sentences sing singular sometimes sound speak speech subj subjoined Subjunctive substantive verb syllable syntactical Syntax term termination thing thou tive transitive verb treatise verbal vowel words
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