The Class and Home-lesson Book of English GrammarLondon, 1871 - 72 pages |
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... spoken or written by a nation form the language of that nation . 3. - Words are made up of syllables , and syllables are composed of one or more letters . 4. - That part of grammar which treats upon spelling is termed ORTHOGRAPHY ...
... spoken or written by a nation form the language of that nation . 3. - Words are made up of syllables , and syllables are composed of one or more letters . 4. - That part of grammar which treats upon spelling is termed ORTHOGRAPHY ...
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... spoken by themselves . They are five , a , e , i , o , and u . Two , w and y , sometimes are vowels . If they do not begin a word they are vowels , whilst if they begin a word , as wet , yet , they are semi - vowels ( semi means half ) ...
... spoken by themselves . They are five , a , e , i , o , and u . Two , w and y , sometimes are vowels . If they do not begin a word they are vowels , whilst if they begin a word , as wet , yet , they are semi - vowels ( semi means half ) ...
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... spoken ; thus , sometimes we talk of a table , sometimes of tables , or I , you , and he , may be used to signify the same person . 32. - The change which words undergo to show their relation to other words is called inflection . 33 ...
... spoken ; thus , sometimes we talk of a table , sometimes of tables , or I , you , and he , may be used to signify the same person . 32. - The change which words undergo to show their relation to other words is called inflection . 33 ...
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... spoken to are generally represented by pronouns . 68. - When a noun or pronoun signifies the speaker , it is said to be in the first person ; when the person or thing spoken to , it is in the second person ; and when the person or thing ...
... spoken to are generally represented by pronouns . 68. - When a noun or pronoun signifies the speaker , it is said to be in the first person ; when the person or thing spoken to , it is in the second person ; and when the person or thing ...
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... spoken Spin span or spun spun Spit spat spit Spring sprang sprung Steal stole stolen Stink stank , stunk stunk Stride strode stridden Strive strove striven Strew or strow strewed or strowed strown or strewed Swear swore sworn Swell Swim ...
... spoken Spin span or spun spun Spit spat spit Spring sprang sprung Steal stole stolen Stink stank , stunk stunk Stride strode stridden Strive strove striven Strew or strow strewed or strowed strown or strewed Swear swore sworn Swell Swim ...
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2nd If thou 2nd Thou shalt A. H. MONTEITH adjectives adverb AHN'S FIRST FRENCH apposition auxiliary verbs called co-ordinative conjunctions command Common noun comparative and superlative compound sentence Definite article degrees of comparison English English language EXERCISE feminine gender following sentences FRENCH COURSE FUTURE TENSE German Give examples governed grammar gular number Hecuba hit the table horse IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD INTERJECTION intransitive John hit kinds language letters London meaning neuter gender nominative noun or pronoun objective Parse past tense perfect participle perfect tenses person or thing Plur plural number possessive predicate prefixes preposition PRESENT TENSE Price 6d qualifying QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION relative pronoun signifying simple sentences Sing singular number sometimes speech spoken Strongly bound SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllables SYNTAX T. J. ALLMAN tell thee third person tive transitive verb twenty Nouns vowels words Write out twenty دو وو
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Page 29 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Page 68 - To look upon the soul as going on from strength to strength, to consider that she is to shine for ever with new accessions of glory, and brighten to all eternity ; that she will be still adding virtue to virtue, and knowledge to knowledge, carries in it something wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is natural to the mind of man.
Page 68 - I cannot but extract the following: —"The style of Bunyan Is delightful to every reader, and Invaluable as a study to every person who wishes to obtain a wide command over the English language. The vocabulary- Is the vocabulary of the common people. There Is not an expression, if we except a few technical terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant We have observed several pages which do not contain s single word of more than two syllables.
Page 53 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
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Page 68 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Page 57 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
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