An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Volumes 1-2

Collins and Company, 1819 - English language

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... occasions , decides the propriety of language . CHAP . 1. The nature and characters of the use which gives law to language SECT . 1 . Of reputable use 2. Of national use 3 . Of present use 357 358 381 362 CHAP . 2. The nature and use of ...

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... occasion . " Let no persons despise , as inconsiderable , the elements of grammar , because it may seem to them a matter of small consequence , to show the distinction between vowels and consonants , and to divide the latter into ...

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... occasions , however , the adjective precedes a or an : as , " such a shame , " " as great a man as Alexander , " " too careless an author . " The indefinite article can be joined to substantives in the singular number only ; the ...

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... occasions no material inconvenience . It is easy to advance plausible objections against almost every defi- nition , rule , and arrangement of grammar . But in most cases of this nature , it is certainly much better , to supply the ...

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... occasions of a very opposite nature , even in the humblest supplications of an inferior being , to one who is infinitely his superior : as " Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our trespasses . " The Potential Mood implies ...

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ORTHOGRAPHY	1

Of syllables and the rules for	21

A general view of the parts of speech	27

Of substantives	36

Of adjectives	46

Of pronouns Page	50

Of verbs	59

Of adverbs	114

PART IV	235

Of versification	252

Of the comma	268

Of the semicolon	275

Of the apostrophe caret	281

APPENDIX	291

Of precision	301

Of reputable use	358

Of conjunctions	123

Of derivation	130

Number and variety of words c	138

Of nouns connected by disjunctives	151

Of the syntax of the adjective 161	161

Of the syntax of the article	170

Of the syntax of the verb	179

Of the syntax of the participle	192

Of two negatives	198

Of the syntax of conjunctions	204

Of the syntax of interjections	214

General rule of syntax	222

The nature and use of verbal criti	365

EXERCISES IN PARSING	1

PART II	27

EXERCISES IN SYNTAX	43

PART IV	97

ORTHOGRAPHY	165

SYNTAX	179

PART IV	229

fective punctuation 240	240

PART V	249

Alphabetical Index to both the Volumes 283	283

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accent according to RULE action adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears auxiliary beauty better c�sura Chap common substantive conduct conjunction connexion considered consonant construction denote diphthong distinct ellipsis English English language examples Exercises expression favour following sentence frequently give governed grammar grammarians happy heart honour human ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improved indicative mood infinitive mood instances irregular verb kind king labours language learner live Lord manner means mind nature never nominative noun object observations occasions participle passions pause perfect perspicuity phrases pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principles proper properly propriety reason regard relative relative pronoun religion render respect SECTION sense sentiments signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable temper tence thing third person thou tion Trochee virtue vowel wise words writing youth

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Title	An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Volumes 1-2 An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Lindley Murray
Author	Lindley Murray
Edition	4
Publisher	Collins and Company, 1819
Original from	University of Georgia Libraries
Digitized	28 Feb 2022

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