An Abridgment of L. Murray's English Grammar: With Alterations and Improvements. Designed for the Use of the Younger Class of Learners |
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... vowels and confonants . A vowel is a fimple articulate found , formed by the impulfe of the voice . A confonant cannot be perfectly founded by it- felf ; but , joined with a vowel , forms an articulate found . The vowels are , a , e , i ...
... vowels and confonants . A vowel is a fimple articulate found , formed by the impulfe of the voice . A confonant cannot be perfectly founded by it- felf ; but , joined with a vowel , forms an articulate found . The vowels are , a , e , i ...
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... vowel , and before a filent b ; as , an acorn , an hour . A or an , the indefinite article , is used to point out ... vowel u when long ; and the article an ( in preference to a ) muft be used before all words beginning with a vowel ...
... vowel , and before a filent b ; as , an acorn , an hour . A or an , the indefinite article , is used to point out ... vowel u when long ; and the article an ( in preference to a ) muft be used before all words beginning with a vowel ...
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... vowel , is not changed intoi ; as , Gay , gayer , VERB . gayeft . A Verb is a word which fignifies to BE , to Do , or to SUFFER ; as , “ I am , I rule , I am ruled . " Verbs are of three kinds ; TRANSITIVE , IN- TRANSITIVE , and PASSIVE ...
... vowel , is not changed intoi ; as , Gay , gayer , VERB . gayeft . A Verb is a word which fignifies to BE , to Do , or to SUFFER ; as , “ I am , I rule , I am ruled . " Verbs are of three kinds ; TRANSITIVE , IN- TRANSITIVE , and PASSIVE ...
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... vowel or fyllable is long , when the accent is on the vowel ; which occafions the vowel to be flowly joined , in pronunciation , to the following letter ; as , 66 Fāil , bāle , mōōd , hōūse , fēature . ” A fyllable is fhort when the ...
... vowel or fyllable is long , when the accent is on the vowel ; which occafions the vowel to be flowly joined , in pronunciation , to the following letter ; as , 66 Fāil , bāle , mōōd , hōūse , fēature . ” A fyllable is fhort when the ...
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... vowels form separate fyllables ; as , “ Creätor . " A Section is marked thus , § . A Paragraph , thus , ¶ . A Quotation has two inverted commas at the beginning , and two direct ones at the end of a phrase or paffage : as , " The proper ...
... vowels form separate fyllables ; as , “ Creätor . " A Section is marked thus , § . A Paragraph , thus , ¶ . A Quotation has two inverted commas at the beginning , and two direct ones at the end of a phrase or paffage : as , " The proper ...
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ACTIVE VOICE adjective adjuncts adverb alſo becauſe caſe circumſtances comma compariſon confifts confonant conjugated Conjunctions DEFECTIVE VERBS diftinguiſhed expreffes expreffion faid fame fecond femicolon fenfe fhall fhould have loved fhouldft fignifies fimple fentence fingular number firft firſt flain fome fubftantive fubject fuch fuperlative fyllable gender governed houſe Imperf IMPERFECT TENSE increaſe Indicative Mode infinitive mode inftances intranfitive juſt laſt lefs mayft or canft Metonymy modes and tenfes moft moſt muft muſt nominative cafe noun or pronoun obferved Objective Cafe paffion PASSIVE VOICE pauſe Perf perfect participle perfon phrafes PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number poffeffive cafe Potential Mode prepofition PRESENT TENSE refpect REGULAR VERBS relative pronoun repreſents RULE ſay SECOND FUTURE TENSE ſenſe ſeparated ſeveral ſhall shalt or wilt ſometimes ſpeech Subjunctive Mode Synecdoche tence tenſe themſelves theſe thing thoſe Thou mayft Thou mightft Tranfitive verb underſtood uſed vowel wife words and phraſes wouldft
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