A New Grammar of the English Language, 1771 |
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Page 120
... agreeing with Jefus . His , a poffeffive pronoun , third perfon fingular , mafculine gen- der , agreeing with Son . Only , an adjective : it is frequently an adverb . Son , a fubftantive noun , fingular number , oblique cafe , agreeing ...
... agreeing with Jefus . His , a poffeffive pronoun , third perfon fingular , mafculine gen- der , agreeing with Son . Only , an adjective : it is frequently an adverb . Son , a fubftantive noun , fingular number , oblique cafe , agreeing ...
Page 125
... agreeing with its nominative he : this verb is fometimes active . Poor , an adjective , agreeing with the pronoun he . That , is here used as a re- lative pronoun , for who , and agrees with its an- tecedent , he , in the third perfon ...
... agreeing with its nominative he : this verb is fometimes active . Poor , an adjective , agreeing with the pronoun he . That , is here used as a re- lative pronoun , for who , and agrees with its an- tecedent , he , in the third perfon ...
Page 126
... agreeing with the relative that , as its nominative . In , a prepofition . Sum- mer , a fubftantive noun , fingular number , oblique cafe , governed by the prepofition in . Is , as be- fore . A wife fon , as before . But he that , as be ...
... agreeing with the relative that , as its nominative . In , a prepofition . Sum- mer , a fubftantive noun , fingular number , oblique cafe , governed by the prepofition in . Is , as be- fore . A wife fon , as before . But he that , as be ...
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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