Grammatical institutes: or, An easy introduction to dr. Lowth's English grammar1810 |
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accusative action active participle addition adjective adverb agent agreeing answering beginning broad called cause changing common compared conjunction consonant dare denotes double durst ellipsis English EXERCISE express father final force formed by adding future tense gender genitive give gone Grammar hadst hath imperative IMPERFECT indicative mode infinitive mode instances irregular joined least letter likewise Lord middle nature neuter verb nominative NOTE noun object observe omitted Parti passive participle past tense PERFECT TENSE perhaps PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number potential mode preposition present tense Preter pronoun referring regular verbs requires rules second person seems seen sentence shews shined signifying SING singular number sometimes sound speak speech substantive syllable thine thing third person thou Thou hast understood unto vowel wilt word worship writing written wrote
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