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... thing to it . If , with this addition , it make fenfe , it is an adjective ; if nonfenfe , it is a fubftantive : as a good thing , a bad thing : both thefe expreffions are fenfe ; therefore good and bad are adjectives . But a tree thing ...
... thing to it . If , with this addition , it make fenfe , it is an adjective ; if nonfenfe , it is a fubftantive : as a good thing , a bad thing : both thefe expreffions are fenfe ; therefore good and bad are adjectives . But a tree thing ...
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... things may be learned from reading than converfation : here more is evi- dently an adjective , because it makes sense when joined to thing , which is the true definition of an adjective . John is more diligent than James : here . more ...
... things may be learned from reading than converfation : here more is evi- dently an adjective , because it makes sense when joined to thing , which is the true definition of an adjective . John is more diligent than James : here . more ...
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... thing elfe to fay concerning the 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 ...
... thing elfe to fay concerning the 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 ...
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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