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... means of mental discipline , fails to accomplish the pro- fessed design of English grammar , which design now is , and always has been , to teach " the art of speaking and writing the English language with propriety . " In the mean time ...
... means of mental discipline , fails to accomplish the pro- fessed design of English grammar , which design now is , and always has been , to teach " the art of speaking and writing the English language with propriety . " In the mean time ...
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... means of ( 1 ) the senses or of ( 2 ) the understanding . Ev- ery thing we think about or speak about - person , place , object , action , or thought - must have a name , and every name is a NoUN . Exercise 1 . Pick out the NOUNS . 1 ...
... means of ( 1 ) the senses or of ( 2 ) the understanding . Ev- ery thing we think about or speak about - person , place , object , action , or thought - must have a name , and every name is a NoUN . Exercise 1 . Pick out the NOUNS . 1 ...
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... means for or instead of a noun . The use of pronouns is to prevent the repetition of nouns , and to make speaking and writing more rapid and less encumbered with words . ( b ) The principal pronouns are : I , You , He , She , It , We ...
... means for or instead of a noun . The use of pronouns is to prevent the repetition of nouns , and to make speaking and writing more rapid and less encumbered with words . ( b ) The principal pronouns are : I , You , He , She , It , We ...
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... means word , and this part of speech is so called because it is the word , the word which gives life to a sentence ; in fact , no string of words can make a sentence unless one of the words is a verb . ( b ) The definition of Verb may ...
... means word , and this part of speech is so called because it is the word , the word which gives life to a sentence ; in fact , no string of words can make a sentence unless one of the words is a verb . ( b ) The definition of Verb may ...
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... means a placing before ( Latin pre and positio ) , and is so called because it is placed before a noun or a pronoun . ( c ) Prepositions may be known by observing that they are closely at- tached to their nouns , and can not be removed ...
... means a placing before ( Latin pre and positio ) , and is so called because it is placed before a noun or a pronoun . ( c ) Prepositions may be known by observing that they are closely at- tached to their nouns , and can not be removed ...
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adjective element adverb adverbial phrase Anglo-Saxon antecedent apposition auxiliary brother called clause comma Common noun complement Complex Sentence compound sentence conjugation conjunction connected denote dependent proposition Dispose ellipsis English Grammar English language enlargement Example Exercise EXPLANATION.-Here EXPLANATION.-The express following Sentences Future Perfect gender geschrie hence ILLUSTRATIONS IMPERATIVE MOOD Incomplete verb INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive inflections introduce king Latin letter live loved means move Name or write neuter verb nominative NOTE number and person object parsed Passive Voice Past Perfect Past Tense peculiar Perf Perfect Tense Personal Pronoun plural number possessive POTENTIAL MOOD PRACTICAL SYNTAX predicate preposition Present Perfect Present Tense PRINCIPAL PROPOSITIONS pupil Relative Adverbs relative pronoun river rule Saxon second person Simple sentence singular number sometimes speak speech stand statement Subjunctive Mood suffix superlative tell tence thing Thou tion tive transitive verb walk words
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