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... pronoun thou ; he re- peats the definite article three times unnecessarily , and inserts two needless preposi tions , making them different where the relation is precisely the same : and all this , in a sentence of two lines , to tell ...
... pronoun thou ; he re- peats the definite article three times unnecessarily , and inserts two needless preposi tions , making them different where the relation is precisely the same : and all this , in a sentence of two lines , to tell ...
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... Pronouns ; The Declension of Pronouns Examples for Parsing , Praxis IV ; Chapter VI . Of Verbs ; Moods ; Tenses ; Persons and Numbers ; The Conjugation of Verbs ; The Form of Passive Verbs ; Irregular Verbs ; . Redundant Verbs ...
... Pronouns ; The Declension of Pronouns Examples for Parsing , Praxis IV ; Chapter VI . Of Verbs ; Moods ; Tenses ; Persons and Numbers ; The Conjugation of Verbs ; The Form of Passive Verbs ; Irregular Verbs ; . Redundant Verbs ...
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... Pronouns ; Rule VI . Of the Pronoun and Collective Noun ; Rule VII . Of the Pronoun and Joint Antecedents ; Rule IX . - Of Verbs ; Rule X. - Of the Verb and Collective Noun ; 154 . · 160 . 169 . 170 . Rule VIII . Of the Pronoun and ...
... Pronouns ; Rule VI . Of the Pronoun and Collective Noun ; Rule VII . Of the Pronoun and Joint Antecedents ; Rule IX . - Of Verbs ; Rule X. - Of the Verb and Collective Noun ; 154 . · 160 . 169 . 170 . Rule VIII . Of the Pronoun and ...
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... pronoun , and generally expresses quality : as , A wise man ; a new book . You two are diligent . 4. THE PRONOUN . A Pronoun is a word used in stead of a noun : as , The boy loves his book ; he has long lessons , and he learns them well ...
... pronoun , and generally expresses quality : as , A wise man ; a new book . You two are diligent . 4. THE PRONOUN . A Pronoun is a word used in stead of a noun : as , The boy loves his book ; he has long lessons , and he learns them well ...
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... pronoun : as , The paper lies before me on the desk . 10. THE INTERJECTION . An Interjection is a word that is uttered merely to indicate some strong or sudden emotion of the mind : as Oh ! alas ! ah ! poh ! pshaw ! avaunt ! PARSING ...
... pronoun : as , The paper lies before me on the desk . 10. THE INTERJECTION . An Interjection is a word that is uttered merely to indicate some strong or sudden emotion of the mind : as Oh ! alas ! ah ! poh ! pshaw ! avaunt ! PARSING ...
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according to Rule adjective adjuncts adverb agree antecedent apposition auxiliary classes clause comma common noun compound conjugated conjunction connected consonant construction definitions degree derived diphthong ellipsis English Grammar examples EXERCISE express FALSE SYNTAX finite verb FORMULE.-Not proper governed Gram grammarians honour imperative mood Imperfect Tense improvement indicative mood infinitive interjection interrogative language learner learning LESSON letters loved meaning Murray neuter gender never nominative Note noun or pronoun objective OBSERVATIONS ON RULE Orthography parsing perfect participle person or thing personal pronouns phrase Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Poss potential mood Praxis preceded prefixed preposition Present Tense preterit reading reference relation relative pronoun require says semivowels sense sentence signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speech subjunctive mood syllable SYNTAX UNDER RULE thee thing merely spoken third person thou tion triphthong uttered virtue vowel wise words writing
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