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... used ? 4. When a Verb has two Preter - imperfect Tenfes , one of them is generally the fame with the participle perfect ; and then that one is most frequently used in conversation , and the other is , or ought to be , most frequently used ...
... used ? 4. When a Verb has two Preter - imperfect Tenfes , one of them is generally the fame with the participle perfect ; and then that one is most frequently used in conversation , and the other is , or ought to be , most frequently used ...
Page 74
... used in an active fenfe , as he is gone a - fishing , they are gone a - rvalking . Q. Is not the present or active participle fome- times used as a substantive ' noun ? A. It is fo in the opinion of fome Gramma- rians , who give , for ...
... used in an active fenfe , as he is gone a - fishing , they are gone a - rvalking . Q. Is not the present or active participle fome- times used as a substantive ' noun ? A. It is fo in the opinion of fome Gramma- rians , who give , for ...
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... used in compofition ? " A. Some of thofe I have already mentioned ; as after , for , over , out , under , with : and ... used in the compofition of English words ? A. There are a great many Latin , and fome Greek prepofitions used for ...
... used in compofition ? " A. Some of thofe I have already mentioned ; as after , for , over , out , under , with : and ... used in the compofition of English words ? A. There are a great many Latin , and fome Greek prepofitions used for ...
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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