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... adding er to the prefent tenfe , and these substantives fignify the agent , or perfón act- ing ; as lover , drinker , fighter , frighter , ftriker . : Q. How are verbs derived from fubftantives , adjectives , and other parts of speech ...
... adding er to the prefent tenfe , and these substantives fignify the agent , or perfón act- ing ; as lover , drinker , fighter , frighter , ftriker . : Q. How are verbs derived from fubftantives , adjectives , and other parts of speech ...
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Daniel Fenning. A. Adjectives are derived from fubftantives by adding y , ly , en , ful , fome , or lefs . ་ Q. What kind of Adjectives are derived from fubftantives by adding y ? 4. Adjectives of plenty as health , healthy ; wealth ...
Daniel Fenning. A. Adjectives are derived from fubftantives by adding y , ly , en , ful , fome , or lefs . ་ Q. What kind of Adjectives are derived from fubftantives by adding y ? 4. Adjectives of plenty as health , healthy ; wealth ...
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... adding less ? A. Adjectives of want : as father , fatherless ; mother , motherless ; child , childiefs ; worth , worth- lefs ; name , nameless ; blame , blameless . Q Are not fone adjectives formed from other adjectives , or from ...
... adding less ? A. Adjectives of want : as father , fatherless ; mother , motherless ; child , childiefs ; worth , worth- lefs ; name , nameless ; blame , blameless . Q Are not fone adjectives formed from other adjectives , or from ...
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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