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Page 102
... fen- tence , which inakes the meaning moft clear and distinct 1 . A. Certainly . QWhat is a sentence ? A. A fentence is a number of words joined to- gether in fuch a manner as to form a complete fenfe .. Q How many kinds of fentences ...
... fen- tence , which inakes the meaning moft clear and distinct 1 . A. Certainly . QWhat is a sentence ? A. A fentence is a number of words joined to- gether in fuch a manner as to form a complete fenfe .. Q How many kinds of fentences ...
Page 159
... fentence , which is : inferted in the body of a longer fentence , and is neither neceffary to the fenfe , nor at all affects the construction ; as , " Cromwell , I charge thee , fling away ambition ; By that fin fell the angels ; how ...
... fentence , which is : inferted in the body of a longer fentence , and is neither neceffary to the fenfe , nor at all affects the construction ; as , " Cromwell , I charge thee , fling away ambition ; By that fin fell the angels ; how ...
Page 179
... fentence ? A. By attending carefully to the chief defign of the writer or fpeaker ; and that word which fhews his chief defign , muft neceffarily be the emphatical word ; as in this question , “ Who is " there ? " Who is evidently the ...
... fentence ? A. By attending carefully to the chief defign of the writer or fpeaker ; and that word which fhews his chief defign , muft neceffarily be the emphatical word ; as in this question , “ Who is " there ? " Who is evidently the ...
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accent active verb Addifon adjective adverb agreeing auxiliary verbs becauſe caſe compound confifts confonant conftruction conjugated conjunction diphthong English expreffion exprefs faid fame fecond perfon fingular feems fenfe fentence ferves fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies filent fimple fingular number firſt foft fometimes fometimes uſed fore formed fpeak ftand ftantive noun fubftantive noun fuch fupplying the place future imperfect tenfe gender governed Grammar Honourable imperative mood indicative mood Infinitive Mood Interjections irregular King laft Latin words lefs letter likewife Lord loved manner meaning meaſure moft moſt neuter verb nominative cafe obferve oblique cafe paffion paffive verb participle perfect perfonal pronoun pluperfect plural number poffeffive pronoun pofitive Pope Potential Mood prefent tenfe prepofition Preter preter-imperfect tenfe Shakespear SING ſpeak Subjunctive Mood ſubſtantive Tenſe thefe theſe thing third perfon fingular third perfon plural thofe thoſe Thou three fyllables Trochee ufed uſed Verfes vowel