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... speak of one perfon or thing only , as a lord , a ladder . Q. When do we ufe the plural number ? A. When we speak of more than one person or thing , as lords , ladders . Q. How is the plural number formed ? · A. By adding s to the ...
... speak of one perfon or thing only , as a lord , a ladder . Q. When do we ufe the plural number ? A. When we speak of more than one person or thing , as lords , ladders . Q. How is the plural number formed ? · A. By adding s to the ...
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Daniel Fenning. read ; I might fee ; I could hear ; I would speak ; I should give . Q. What is the Imperative Mood ? A The Imperative Mood commands , entreats , exhorts , or permits ; as run thou ; let us pass ; Arive ye ; let them go ...
Daniel Fenning. read ; I might fee ; I could hear ; I would speak ; I should give . Q. What is the Imperative Mood ? A The Imperative Mood commands , entreats , exhorts , or permits ; as run thou ; let us pass ; Arive ye ; let them go ...
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... speak to him , i . c . " I beg that you would speak to him : Take care you do not forget it ; i . e . Take care , that you do not forget it . Q. Do the above obfervations contain all the rules of Syntax ? A. They do but there are many ...
... speak to him , i . c . " I beg that you would speak to him : Take care you do not forget it ; i . e . Take care , that you do not forget it . Q. Do the above obfervations contain all the rules of Syntax ? A. They do but there are many ...
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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