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... plural , it becomes a com- mon noun ; as , the eight Henrys , the four Georges . This is obvious from the fact , that a proper name is , in its nature , descriptive of one object only , and , therefore , essentially singular . Spain is ...
... plural , it becomes a com- mon noun ; as , the eight Henrys , the four Georges . This is obvious from the fact , that a proper name is , in its nature , descriptive of one object only , and , therefore , essentially singular . Spain is ...
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... plurals , are com- mon nouns . OBS . 3. — A common noun with the definite article or a pronoun prefixed to it , sometimes becomes proper ; as , The park ; the Borough , Obs . 4. — The common name of a thing or quality personified often ...
... plurals , are com- mon nouns . OBS . 3. — A common noun with the definite article or a pronoun prefixed to it , sometimes becomes proper ; as , The park ; the Borough , Obs . 4. — The common name of a thing or quality personified often ...
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... plural number denotes more than one : as , The boys read . The plural number of nouns is generally formed by add- ing s or es to the singular : as , book , books , box , boxes . Rule I. — When the singular ends in a sound which will ...
... plural number denotes more than one : as , The boys read . The plural number of nouns is generally formed by add- ing s or es to the singular : as , book , books , box , boxes . Rule I. — When the singular ends in a sound which will ...
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... plural ; sheaf , leaf , loaf , beef , thief , calf , half , elf , shelf , self , wolf : as , sheaves , leaves , & c . Life , lives ; knife , knives ; wife , wives ; are si- milar . Staff makes staves ; though the compounds of staff are ...
... plural ; sheaf , leaf , loaf , beef , thief , calf , half , elf , shelf , self , wolf : as , sheaves , leaves , & c . Life , lives ; knife , knives ; wife , wives ; are si- milar . Staff makes staves ; though the compounds of staff are ...
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... plural . Obs . 12. — Compounds in which the principal word is put first , vary the principal word to form the plural , and the adjunct to form the pos- sessive case ; as , Sing , father - in - law , Plur . fathers - in - law , Poss ...
... plural . Obs . 12. — Compounds in which the principal word is put first , vary the principal word to form the plural , and the adjunct to form the pos- sessive case ; as , Sing , father - in - law , Plur . fathers - in - law , Poss ...
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according to Rule action active verb active-transitive verb adjective adverbs agree animal antecedent applied apposition clause comma common noun compared compound conjunction connected consonant definite article degree denotes the person derived ellipsis English EXAMPLE PARSED FALSE SYNTAX First-future Tense following verbs give grammar idea IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense improper diphthong indicative mood infinitive mood interjection irregular verb LESSON letters neuter gender neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun OBSERVATIONS ON RULE passive verb perfect participle person and number person or thing personal pronoun pleonasm Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Poss possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preceded prefixes the auxiliary preposition Present Tense preterit principal pronominal adjective proper names reading relation Rule 3d second person semivowels sentence shew signification simple Sing singular number denotes sometimes sound speech subjunctive mood syllable SYNTAX UNDER RULE thee thing merely spoken Thou mightst triphthong vowel word which affirms word which expresses Write
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Página 209 - But what think ye ? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to.day in my vineyard.
Página 208 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Página 210 - OH that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Página 105 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 212 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...
Página 120 - If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too.
Página 37 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Página 148 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 78 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 196 - And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.