Grammatical QuestionsWilson, 1830 - 111 pages |
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accented in dissyllables active verb adverbs anapæstic verse auxiliary begin with capital cæsura CHAPTER class of words comma Conjugate consonant Correct the following Correct the sentence defective verb diphthong edition express fifth rule figure ellipsis following sentence fourth rule gender genitive Give an example IMPERATIVE MOOD imperfect tense indicative mood infinitive mood kind letters marked Mention the feminine Mention the imperfect mood distinguished neuter verbs nominative nouns number and person omitted passive verb pause person plural person singular Pluperfect tense plural number POTENTIAL MOOD preposition Present tense Price principal quantity relative pronouns Repeat the feminine Repeat the imperfect Repeat the masculine Repeat the plural rule for spelling Saxon Saxon genitive Second future tense second person second rule seventh rule signify singular number sometimes sounds spelling words SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllable is accented tense and passive tense and perfect tense distinguished third rule Thou ticiple tion tive triphthong vowel Whence
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