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... Construction of Articles , Nouns , and Pronouns , 103 . The Conftruction of Verbs and Participles , The Construction of Adverbs , Prepofitions , Interjections , and Conjunctions , Additional Remarks ,. & c . Of Grammatical Figures , VII ...
... Construction of Articles , Nouns , and Pronouns , 103 . The Conftruction of Verbs and Participles , The Construction of Adverbs , Prepofitions , Interjections , and Conjunctions , Additional Remarks ,. & c . Of Grammatical Figures , VII ...
Page 106
... construction of relative pronouns ? A. Who relates to perfons ; which , to things ; that , which is a relative as well as a demonstra- tive pronoun , relates both to perfons and things . What includes both the antecedent and the rela ...
... construction of relative pronouns ? A. Who relates to perfons ; which , to things ; that , which is a relative as well as a demonstra- tive pronoun , relates both to perfons and things . What includes both the antecedent and the rela ...
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... construction of Prepofitions ? A. Prepofitions take the oblique cafe after them : as , of me ; to him ; with her ; from us ; by them . Q. In what part of a fentence is the prepo- fition placed ? A. It is placed before the oblique case ...
... construction of Prepofitions ? A. Prepofitions take the oblique cafe after them : as , of me ; to him ; with her ; from us ; by them . Q. In what part of a fentence is the prepo- fition placed ? A. It is placed before the oblique case ...
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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