| J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1. 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. 2. A Subtantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists,... | |
| J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1. An Article is ;t word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends ; as, a garden, un eagle, the woman. 2. A Subtantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists,... | |
| John Dougall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 514 pages
...been omitted, without injuring the construction of the sentence, or destroying die sense. ARTICLE. The Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out and to shew how far their signification exeiuls. In English there are but two articles, a, and the : a becomes... | |
| James Andrew - English language - 1817 - 152 pages
...price 1.607 Variation, variety, change While, whilst Wideness, width. 6 ETYMOLOGY. . DEFINITIONS. I. AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives to point them out, and to shew how far their signification extends. 1. The Indefinite Article, A or an, is used in a vague sense,... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 120 pages
...express the passions or emotions of the speaker ; as, " O virtue ! how amiable thou art !" ARTICLE. &n 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...NOUN, 7. PREPOSITION, 3. ADJECTIVE, 8. CONJUNCTION, 4. PRONOUN, AND 5. VERB, .9. INTERJECTION. 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far the signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. 2. A Substantive or noun is the name... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1821 - 324 pages
...thii Chapter, in the OCTAVO Grammar. CHAPTER ir. Of the Articles. AN Article is a word prefixed te substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends ; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. The inattention of writers and printers to this neces.=.iry distinction,... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 116 pages
...4. Pronoun, 5. Verb, 6. Adverb, 7. Preposition, 8. Conjunction, and 9. Interjection. I. ARTICLE. 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 716 pages
...against the trifling ambition of teaching arts in a new language." CHAPTER II. OF THE ARTICLES. AN article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to snow how far their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In English, there are... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 94 pages
...LINDLEY( MURRAY, f ROM THE LATEST ENGLISH ED BY THE AUTHOR. CONCORD: .,r-, ,. . ...- i.,.. ARTICLE. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point, them out and show how tar their signification extends; as a garden, an eagle, the woman. - In English there are... | |
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