Appendix to Lectures on English Grammar: Containing an Additional Number of Incorrect Phrases, Or Vulgarisms, and a Selection of Nearly Four Hundred Words : which are Frequently Pronounced Contrary to the Best UsageLincoln & Edmands, 1828 - 12 pages |
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... superlative ; though strickly speaking , there are but two degrees , the comparative and superlative . The positive being merely the state of the adjective itself . I will now proceed to de- fine the degrees of comparison . The positive ...
... superlative ; though strickly speaking , there are but two degrees , the comparative and superlative . The positive being merely the state of the adjective itself . I will now proceed to de- fine the degrees of comparison . The positive ...
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... superlatives ; as , a worser production , the most beautifulest situation . Others endeavour to raise those which are naturally superlative ; as , the chiefest offices in the gift of government . Such expressions I need not ask you to ...
... superlatives ; as , a worser production , the most beautifulest situation . Others endeavour to raise those which are naturally superlative ; as , the chiefest offices in the gift of government . Such expressions I need not ask you to ...
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... superlative degree ? Name one that is . Do adjectives always precede the nouns , of which they express the quality ... superlatives ? Give an example . How shall we distin- guish adjectives from adverbs ? When an adjective follows a prep ...
... superlative degree ? Name one that is . Do adjectives always precede the nouns , of which they express the quality ... superlatives ? Give an example . How shall we distin- guish adjectives from adverbs ? When an adjective follows a prep ...
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... superlative degree ; as , " He was the best grammarian that attended the Lectures . " the adjective same ; as , " This is the same person that I saw . the antecedent who ; as , " Who that is at all conversant with the customs and ...
... superlative degree ; as , " He was the best grammarian that attended the Lectures . " the adjective same ; as , " This is the same person that I saw . the antecedent who ; as , " Who that is at all conversant with the customs and ...
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... superlative degrees , to mark the degrees more strongly ; as , The more I see him , the better I like him . The more , and the better , are adverbial phrases . I shall conclude this lecture , by parsing an adverb agreeably to the order ...
... superlative degrees , to mark the degrees more strongly ; as , The more I see him , the better I like him . The more , and the better , are adverbial phrases . I shall conclude this lecture , by parsing an adverb agreeably to the order ...
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active transitive verb active verb adverbs qualify agent or actor agreeably to Rule antecedent apply the definitions auxiliary verb beautiful conclude this lecture copulative conjunction defective verb Define definite article degree of comparison English Grammar English language express the quality expresses action Favour gentlemen govern the objective grammarian imperative mood imperfect tense indefinite article indicative mood infinitive mood interjection introductory lecture lady language mood and tense Name a noun neuter verb never nominative case independent noun of multitude noun or pronoun order laid order of parsing passive verb perfect participle Permit person and number personal pronoun Place the noun pluperfect tense plural number plural verb positive degree possessive potential mood preposition present tense relative pronoun require a plural require a singular second future tense sentence signify singular nouns singular number singular verb speak speech subjunctive mood taught third person singular thou tive ungrammatical verb learn verb love word
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