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... belong gender , person , number , and case . GENDER . GENDER is the distinction of sex . Nouns have three genders , the masculine , the feminine , and the neuter . The masculine gender denotes males ; as , a man . a boy . The feminine ...
... belong gender , person , number , and case . GENDER . GENDER is the distinction of sex . Nouns have three genders , the masculine , the feminine , and the neuter . The masculine gender denotes males ; as , a man . a boy . The feminine ...
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... belong number , person , mood , and tense . At present I shall speak only of the number and person of verbs ; but hereafter I will give you a full explanation of all their properties . And permit me to inform you , that I shall not lead ...
... belong number , person , mood , and tense . At present I shall speak only of the number and person of verbs ; but hereafter I will give you a full explanation of all their properties . And permit me to inform you , that I shall not lead ...
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... belong to nouns ? —What is gender ? -How many genders have nouns ? -What is person ? -How many persons have nouns ? -What is number ? -How many numbers have nouns ? -What is case ? -How many cases have nouns ? -Does case consist in the ...
... belong to nouns ? —What is gender ? -How many genders have nouns ? -What is person ? -How many persons have nouns ? -What is number ? -How many numbers have nouns ? -What is case ? -How many cases have nouns ? -Does case consist in the ...
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... belong to that class of adjectives denominated definitives or restrictives . A , an , ane , or one , is the past participle of ananad , to add , to join . It de- notes that the thing to which it is prefixed , is added , uni.ed , aned ...
... belong to that class of adjectives denominated definitives or restrictives . A , an , ane , or one , is the past participle of ananad , to add , to join . It de- notes that the thing to which it is prefixed , is added , uni.ed , aned ...
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... belong to creatures and things , and not to their quali- ties ; therefore gender , person , number , and case , are the pro- perties of nouns , and not of adjectives . Adjectives are varied only to express the de- grees of comparison ...
... belong to creatures and things , and not to their quali- ties ; therefore gender , person , number , and case , are the pro- perties of nouns , and not of adjectives . Adjectives are varied only to express the de- grees of comparison ...
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according to RULE action active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverbs agreeably to RULE antecedent apple belong comma compound conjugation conjunction connected construction correct DEFECTIVE VERBS denotes derived diphthong employed English English language examples EXERCISES IN PARSING express FALSE SYNTAX gender give governed grammar horse imperative imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood Kirkham language learner lecture loved manner meaning mind moods and tenses neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun objective order of parsing passive verb perceive perf perfect participle personal pronouns PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES phrase Pluperfect Tense Plur poss possessive potential mood preposition Pres present tense principles pron relative pronoun second person sense sentence signifies Sing singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable SYSTEMATICK ORDER tence termination thing third person thou tion tive transitive verb understood virtue vowel walk words write
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