The Grammar of the English Language Made Easy, EtcW. Nicholson & Sons, 1864 - 287 páginas |
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... proper ; as , oi , in voice , toil ; ou , in ounce . When only one vowel is sounded , it is called an improper diphthong ; as ea in bread , eagle ; ai , in aim ; ie in friend . 8. A triphthong is the union of three vowels in one ...
... proper ; as , oi , in voice , toil ; ou , in ounce . When only one vowel is sounded , it is called an improper diphthong ; as ea in bread , eagle ; ai , in aim ; ie in friend . 8. A triphthong is the union of three vowels in one ...
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... proper Diphthong ? the English Alphabet ? 7. What is a Diphthong ? 9 . What is an improper Diph- 4. How are Letters divided ? thong ? 5. What is a Vowel , and how many are there ? Name them . 10 . What is a Triphthong ? RULES FOR ...
... proper Diphthong ? the English Alphabet ? 7. What is a Diphthong ? 9 . What is an improper Diph- 4. How are Letters divided ? thong ? 5. What is a Vowel , and how many are there ? Name them . 10 . What is a Triphthong ? RULES FOR ...
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... Proper Noun ; as , a George , a James ; but George , James . The use of a before metals , grains , & c . has been condemned by some Grammarians . But I think the application of a to metals , grains , & c . is , in some cases , quite ...
... Proper Noun ; as , a George , a James ; but George , James . The use of a before metals , grains , & c . has been condemned by some Grammarians . But I think the application of a to metals , grains , & c . is , in some cases , quite ...
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... Proper and Common . ( 1. ) Proper Nouns are the names given to per- sons , places , rivers , seas , nations , countries , towns , B cities , ships , & c . as , Richard ETYMOLOGY . 17.
... Proper and Common . ( 1. ) Proper Nouns are the names given to per- sons , places , rivers , seas , nations , countries , towns , B cities , ships , & c . as , Richard ETYMOLOGY . 17.
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... Proper Nouns become common by having an Article prefixed to them ; as , He is the Demosthenes of his age . All Proper Nouns should begin with Capital Letters . ( 2. ) Common Nouns are the names of animals , and of things in general , as ...
... Proper Nouns become common by having an Article prefixed to them ; as , He is the Demosthenes of his age . All Proper Nouns should begin with Capital Letters . ( 2. ) Common Nouns are the names of animals , and of things in general , as ...
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Términos y frases comunes
according to Rule Active Verb Adjective Pronouns Adverbs Affix animal Antecedent Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb called Common Noun Compound Conjugation Conjunctions consonant CONTINGENT MODE Correct the following Definite Article denotes DERIVATIVES earth English language EXAMPLES Exclamation EXERCISE EXERCISE II express following Errors FUTURE TENSE Gender happy Hence HERB horse Indicative Mode INFINITIVE MODE Intransitive Intransitive Verbs Irregular Verbs language Latin letter loved means Nominative Object Parse Passive Passive Voice PAST TENSE Paul the Apostle Perfect Participle PERFECT TENSE Phrase Plural Possessive POTENTIAL MODE Predicate Prefixes Preposition PRESENT TENSE PRETER PRIOR PERFECT TENSE Proper Nouns RADICALS recited Ye reciting Plural reciting Thou relating Relative Pronoun Sentence Sing Singular Number SION sometimes speak Subject syllable tence thee thing Third Person tion tive TRANS tree turn Voice vowel walk word writing
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Página 126 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Página 113 - To be wise in our own eyes, to be wise in the opinion of the world, and to be wise in the sight of our Creator, are three things so very different, as rarely to coincide.
Página 68 - TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. I had had 1. We had had 2. Thou hadst had 2. Ye or you had had 3. He had had 3. They had had B FIRST FUTURE TENSE.
Página 10 - All words of more than one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, and accented on the last syllable, double that consonant in derivatives : as, commit, committee ; compel, compelled; appal, appalling; distil, distiller.
Página 170 - And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky.
Página 169 - The dog in the manger would not eat the hay himself, nor suffer the ox to eat it.
Página 71 - They might have been. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. If I be, 1. If we be, 2. If thou be, 2. If you be 3. If he be ; 3. If they be.
Página 136 - Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt...
Página 70 - Future Tense. Singular. Plural. 1 I shall or will be 1 We shall or will be 2 Thou shalt or wilt be 2 Ye or you shall or will be 3 He shall or will be 3 They shall or will be Second Future Tense.
Página 51 - In music; thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee.