English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners with an AppendixThomas Alson & Sons, 1831 - 348 páginas |
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... wise , great . The Comparative Degree increases or lessens the positive in signification : as , wiser , greater , less wise . The Superlative Degree increases or lessens the positive to the highest or lowest degree : as , wisest ...
... wise , great . The Comparative Degree increases or lessens the positive in signification : as , wiser , greater , less wise . The Superlative Degree increases or lessens the positive to the highest or lowest degree : as , wisest ...
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... wise , more wise , most wise . The termination ish may be accounted in some sort a degree of comparison , by which the signification is dimi- nished below the positive : as black , blackish , or tending to blackness ; salt , saltish ...
... wise , more wise , most wise . The termination ish may be accounted in some sort a degree of comparison , by which the signification is dimi- nished below the positive : as black , blackish , or tending to blackness ; salt , saltish ...
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... wise and good ; " " A few of them were idle , the others industrious ; " " Neither is there any that is unexceptionable ; ” “ One ought to know one's own mind ; " " They were all present ; " . " " Such is the state of man , that he is ...
... wise and good ; " " A few of them were idle , the others industrious ; " " Neither is there any that is unexceptionable ; ” “ One ought to know one's own mind ; " " They were all present ; " . " " Such is the state of man , that he is ...
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... wise , " & c . 10. Of interrogation : as , " How , why , wherefore , whether , " & c . 11. Of comparison : as , " More , most , better , best , worse , worst , less , least , very , almost , little , alike , " & c . Besides the adverbs ...
... wise , " & c . 10. Of interrogation : as , " How , why , wherefore , whether , " & c . 11. Of comparison : as , " More , most , better , best , worse , worst , less , least , very , almost , little , alike , " & c . Besides the adverbs ...
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... wise man governs his passions . " Here , a wise man is the subject ; governs , the attribute , or thing affirmed ; and his passions , the object . Syntax principally consists of two parts , Con cord and Government . Concord is the ...
... wise man governs his passions . " Here , a wise man is the subject ; governs , the attribute , or thing affirmed ; and his passions , the object . Syntax principally consists of two parts , Con cord and Government . Concord is the ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative degree denote derived distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language examples Exercises expressed following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive governed grammarians happy idea imperative mood IMPERFECT TENSE improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king latter learner Lord loved manner means mind nature nominative noun object observations Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense proper properly propriety relative pronoun respect sense sentiment signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable tences termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise writing