 | John Perrin - French language - 1832 - 352 pages
...Allons faire un tour de promenade. PART II. CHAPTER I. A short Analysis of the Parts of Speech. 1. The article is a word prefixed to substantives to point them out, and to show how far the signification extends ; as, the study of history is useful and agreeable ; /'étude de l'histoire... | |
 | Giuseppe Baretti - English language - 1832 - 704 pages
...the Adjective , the Verb , lot Adverb, the Preposition, the conjunction and, the Interjection. 4 An Article is a word prefixed to Substantives, to point them out, and to show how fur their signification extends; as, un gtardiuo, a garden, un' aquila, an eagle, la donna, the woman.... | |
 | William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - Education - 1832 - 644 pages
...one of them is now, if it ever has been, expressed grammatically. 1. 'An Article is a word pnjizcd to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends.' This is obscure. In what manner, or in what respect, does an article point out substantives ? To point... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1832 - 234 pages
...PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION. and (he INTERJECTION. 1 An Article is a word prefixed to suhstantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. 2 A Suhstantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, H. T. N. Benedict - English language - 1832 - 204 pages
...an imperfect and indigested word. CHAPTER II. OF ARTICLES. An article is a word placed hefore nouns to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends; as. a garden, an eagle, the woman, &c. The English language has two articles, a and the. A is written... | |
 | William Hill (Lecturer.) - 1833 - 140 pages
...all — and that others of them, do actually convey a false idea to the mind. 15. Bishop Lowth says " The article is a word prefixed to substantives to point them out and to shew how far their signification extends." Now who can discover any allusion to this pointing and shewing... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1834 - 366 pages
...imperfect or indigested word. — See this Chapter in the OCTAVO Grammar. CHAPTER II. Of the ARTICLES. AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point...out, and to show how far their signification extends; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In English, there are but two articles, a and the : a becomes an... | |
 | J. V. Douville - French language - 1835 - 528 pages
...adjective, the pronoun, the twA,the adverb,ihe preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. 1 . The article is a word prefixed to substantives, to...out, and to show how far their signification extends : as — un homme, a man ; une femme, a woman ; le roi, the king. 2. The tubs/online is the name of... | |
 | 1835 - 224 pages
...called, parts of speech. 1. The Article, prefixed to substantives, when they are common names of things, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends. 2. The Substantive or Noun, being the name of any thing conceived to subsist, or of which we have any... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond - English language - 1835 - 240 pages
...adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection. An ARTICLE is a word prefixed to nouns, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends ; as, a garden, the woman. — In English there are two articles, a and the. A becomes an before a... | |
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An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. 
