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... used ? A. Before nouns beginning with a consonant , as a ball , a club , a ... use of the Article the ? A. It ferves to confine the sense to one or more of a ... sometimes joined to articles , as an Alexander , that is , a man brave as ...
... used ? A. Before nouns beginning with a consonant , as a ball , a club , a ... use of the Article the ? A. It ferves to confine the sense to one or more of a ... sometimes joined to articles , as an Alexander , that is , a man brave as ...
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... used in poetry , befides thofe you have mentioned in the chapter of grammatical figures ? ; A. Yes ; not only in poetry , but even in profe , especially in dialogues , two , three , and sometimes four letters are left out in certain ...
... used in poetry , befides thofe you have mentioned in the chapter of grammatical figures ? ; A. Yes ; not only in poetry , but even in profe , especially in dialogues , two , three , and sometimes four letters are left out in certain ...
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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