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... sense ? A. Yes , as dinner is dreffing , the clothes are making , the books are binding . Mr. Johnson fays that this is a vicious expreffion , probably cor- rupted from a phrafe more pure , but now fome- what obfolete , viz . Dinner is ...
... sense ? A. Yes , as dinner is dreffing , the clothes are making , the books are binding . Mr. Johnson fays that this is a vicious expreffion , probably cor- rupted from a phrafe more pure , but now fome- what obfolete , viz . Dinner is ...
Page 78
... sense when joined to thing , which is the true definition of an adjective . John is more diligent than James : here . more is evidently an adverb , for it is only a par- ticle ufed in comparing the adjective diligent . Moft things - may ...
... sense when joined to thing , which is the true definition of an adjective . John is more diligent than James : here . more is evidently an adverb , for it is only a par- ticle ufed in comparing the adjective diligent . Moft things - may ...
Page 86
... sense . Q. Are not fome words compounded with the prepofition en ? A. Yes ; and this prepofition is of French .cx- traction . Q. What have you to fay of the prepofition en ? A. It has never a negative , but always a po- fitive fenfe ...
... sense . Q. Are not fome words compounded with the prepofition en ? A. Yes ; and this prepofition is of French .cx- traction . Q. What have you to fay of the prepofition en ? A. It has never a negative , but always a po- fitive fenfe ...
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accent active verb Addifon adjective adverb agreeing auxiliary verbs becauſe caſe compound confifts confonant conftruction conjugated conjunction diphthong English expreffion exprefs faid fame fecond perfon fingular feems fenfe fentence ferves fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies filent fimple fingular number firſt foft fometimes fometimes uſed fore formed fpeak ftand ftantive noun fubftantive noun fuch fupplying the place future imperfect tenfe gender governed Grammar Honourable imperative mood indicative mood Infinitive Mood Interjections irregular King laft Latin words lefs letter likewife Lord loved manner meaning meaſure moft moſt neuter verb nominative cafe obferve oblique cafe paffion paffive verb participle perfect perfonal pronoun pluperfect plural number poffeffive pronoun pofitive Pope Potential Mood prefent tenfe prepofition Preter preter-imperfect tenfe Shakespear SING ſpeak Subjunctive Mood ſubſtantive Tenſe thefe theſe thing third perfon fingular third perfon plural thofe thoſe Thou three fyllables Trochee ufed uſed Verfes vowel