English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners: With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations, for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and Accuracy |
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Page 78
... king , his crown was fecured . " This conftitutes what is properly called , the Cafe Abfolute . SECT . 4. Remarks on the Potential Mood . THAT the Potential Mood should be separated from the fubjunctive , is evident , from the ...
... king , his crown was fecured . " This conftitutes what is properly called , the Cafe Abfolute . SECT . 4. Remarks on the Potential Mood . THAT the Potential Mood should be separated from the fubjunctive , is evident , from the ...
Page 82
... king's proclamation ; " " I have heard great news this morning : " in thefe inftances , " He has been , " " I have read , " and " heard , " denote things that are paft : but they occurred in this year , in this week , and to- day ; and ...
... king's proclamation ; " " I have heard great news this morning : " in thefe inftances , " He has been , " " I have read , " and " heard , " denote things that are paft : but they occurred in this year , in this week , and to- day ; and ...
Page 83
... king comes to prorogue them . " It is to be observed , that in the fubjunctive mood , the event being spoken of under a condition or fuppofition , or in the form of a wish , and therefore as doubtful and con- tingent , the verb itself ...
... king comes to prorogue them . " It is to be observed , that in the fubjunctive mood , the event being spoken of under a condition or fuppofition , or in the form of a wish , and therefore as doubtful and con- tingent , the verb itself ...
Page 127
... king and queen are an amiable pair ; " where the affirmation cannot refer to each ; it being abfurd to say , that the king or the queen only is an amiable pair . So in the inftances , ETYMOLOGY . 127.
... king and queen are an amiable pair ; " where the affirmation cannot refer to each ; it being abfurd to say , that the king or the queen only is an amiable pair . So in the inftances , ETYMOLOGY . 127.
Page 142
... King ! " 2d , When a fuppofition is made without the conjunc- tion if : as , " Were it not for this ; " " Had I been there . " 3d , When a verb neuter is used : as , " On a fudden appeared the king . " 4th , When the verb is preceded by ...
... King ! " 2d , When a fuppofition is made without the conjunc- tion if : as , " Were it not for this ; " " Had I been there . " 3d , When a verb neuter is used : as , " On a fudden appeared the king . " 4th , When the verb is preceded by ...
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accent adjective adverb alfo alſo Amphibrach auxiliary becauſe beſt better circumſtances compariſon compofition confiderable confifts confonant conftruction conjunction denote diftinct diphthong diſtinguiſh emphafis English English language expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fentiments feparated ferve fhall fhort fhould fhow fignifies fimple fingle fingular number firſt following fentence fometimes fpeak fpeech fubftantive fubject fubjunctive mood fuch fufficient fyllable grammar grammarians imperative mood Imperfect Tenfe indicative mood infinitive mood inftances inſtead irregular verb itſelf laft language laſt learner lefs loved means meaſure moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neuter nominative cafe noun obfervations objective cafe occafions paffive participle paufe perfon fingular perfonal pronoun phrafes pleaſure plural number poffeffive pofition Potential Mood preceding Prefent Tenfe prepofition proper propriety reafon refpect RULE ſhall ſhort ſpeak ſtate thefe theſe thing third perfon thofe thoſe thou tion Trochee underſtanding underſtood uſed verb voice vowel whofe writing
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