The Grammar, History, and Derivation of the English Language: With Chapters on Parsing, Analysis of Sentences, and Prosody |
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accent adjective adjective clause adverbs Amphibrachic antecedent apposition atum auxiliary Ben Jonson Cæsar called Classify Comp compound conjunction connected consonant constructions corruption dare Dative definite article denote derived Direct Object examples express Factitive following passages French gender genitive German Gerundial Infinitive Give instances governed grammar Greek hath Hence imperative IMPERFECT TENSE indefinite Indicative Mood Indirect inflexion Interrogative intrans intransitive John Julius Cæsar king language Latin letter limiting Lord meaning modern English Mood Nominative originally Parse Passive Voice PAST IMPERFECT TENSE past tense perfect participle phrase plural Poet possessive Predicate prefix preposition PRESENT IMPERFECT principal sentence principal verb qualify relative pronoun rhymes root Shakspere sing singular sometimes sound speak speech Subj subjunctive Subjunctive Mood suffix syllable Syntactical Relations termination thee things thou tion tive transitive verb verbal noun verse vowel words write