The Principles of English Grammar: Comprising the Substance of All the Most Approved English Grammars Extant, Briefly Defined, and Neatly Arranged ; with Copious Exercises in Parsing and SyntaxOliver and Boyd, 1872 - 216 páginas |
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... singular number only . It is used before the plural in nouns preceded by such phrases as A few ; a great many ; as , a few books ; a great many apples . The is used before nouns in both numbers : and sometimes before adverbs in the ...
... singular number only . It is used before the plural in nouns preceded by such phrases as A few ; a great many ; as , a few books ; a great many apples . The is used before nouns in both numbers : and sometimes before adverbs in the ...
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... and also when the names are different , we plu- ralize the title ( Mr or Miss ) , and write Misses Brown ; Misses Roy ; Messrs ( for essieurs , Fr. ) Oliver and Boyd . Of NUMBER . Nouns have two numbers ; the Singular 8 ETYMOLOGY .
... and also when the names are different , we plu- ralize the title ( Mr or Miss ) , and write Misses Brown ; Misses Roy ; Messrs ( for essieurs , Fr. ) Oliver and Boyd . Of NUMBER . Nouns have two numbers ; the Singular 8 ETYMOLOGY .
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... Singular and the Plural . The singular denotes one , the plu- ral more than one . The plural is generally formed by adding s to the singular ; as , Book , books . To this general rule there are many exceptions : — 1. Nouns in ss , sh ...
... Singular and the Plural . The singular denotes one , the plu- ral more than one . The plural is generally formed by adding s to the singular ; as , Book , books . To this general rule there are many exceptions : — 1. Nouns in ss , sh ...
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... singular being distinguished from the plural by the article a ; as , A deer , a sheep , a swine . EXERCISES ON NUMBER . Write , - —or tell , - —or spell , the Plural of Fox , * book , leaf , candle , hat , loaf , wish , fish , sex ...
... singular being distinguished from the plural by the article a ; as , A deer , a sheep , a swine . EXERCISES ON NUMBER . Write , - —or tell , - —or spell , the Plural of Fox , * book , leaf , candle , hat , loaf , wish , fish , sex ...
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... singular ; such as nouns descriptive of objects which have a plurality of parts , or which nature or art has made double . The following are examples : - Annals Compasses Archives Drawers Ashes Entrails Bellows Folk Billiards Lungs ...
... singular ; such as nouns descriptive of objects which have a plurality of parts , or which nature or art has made double . The following are examples : - Annals Compasses Archives Drawers Ashes Entrails Bellows Folk Billiards Lungs ...
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active verb adjectives adverbs agrees Analysis of Sentences anapaests antecedent ARITHMETIC auxiliary brother Cæsar called Carefully Revised Cicero comma compound conjunction containing CORRECTED denotes Dig dug diligent Edinburgh EDINBURGH ACADEMY Edition ellipsis ENGLISH GRAMMAR Etymology example express father French friends gender governed happy HISTORY Honourable Imperative Mood improper Indicative Mood Infinitive Mood James John JUNIOR CLASSES king Latin learned Lessons letter LL.D Lord loved Master means MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS names Neuter verbs never nominative Noun clause objective PARSED AND CONSTRUED Past Participle Past Tense Perfect personal pronoun phrases Pluperfect Tense plural possessive Potential Mood PREDICATE preposition Present Tense PROMISCUOUS EXERCISES pupil Questions for Examination READING-BOOK REID'S relative pronoun RUDIMENTS RULE Schools sense sometimes stiff wrapper Subjunctive Mood SURENNE'S syllable Syntax tell tence thee thing thou art tion tive trochees understood verse virtue Vocabulary vowel words write
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