A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five Parts. ... The Thirteenth Edition. By Thomas Dilworth, ...Henry Kent, 1751 - 154 pages |
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Page 97
... Adjective Minúte . But the Long and the Short are much ufed in Latin Ditionaries and Grammars , as alfo that which is called common , and the ( ^ ) are much in ufe amongst French Writers . CH A P. III . Of A NALOGY . QTHAT is Analogy ...
... Adjective Minúte . But the Long and the Short are much ufed in Latin Ditionaries and Grammars , as alfo that which is called common , and the ( ^ ) are much in ufe amongst French Writers . CH A P. III . Of A NALOGY . QTHAT is Analogy ...
Page 100
... Adjectives admit of any Article before them ? A. They do ; but it is by Virtue of fome Subftantive expreffed or understood ; as , A good Servant , generally makes a good Mafter . Of the Declension of a Noun . Q. What is meant by the ...
... Adjectives admit of any Article before them ? A. They do ; but it is by Virtue of fome Subftantive expreffed or understood ; as , A good Servant , generally makes a good Mafter . Of the Declension of a Noun . Q. What is meant by the ...
Page 101
... Adjectives than one joined together , or one Adjective with other Words depending on it ; the Adjective may be fet after the Substantive ; as , a General , both wife and valiant : A Man fkilful in Numbers . Q. What do you obferve of two ...
... Adjectives than one joined together , or one Adjective with other Words depending on it ; the Adjective may be fet after the Substantive ; as , a General , both wife and valiant : A Man fkilful in Numbers . Q. What do you obferve of two ...
Page 102
... Adjectives , that admit of any Comparison , compared thus ? A. No : Some Adjectives are irregular ; as , good , better , beft ; bad , worse , worst ; much , more , moft ; little , lefs , leaft . Q. W CHAP . IV . Of PRONOUNS . HAT is a ...
... Adjectives , that admit of any Comparison , compared thus ? A. No : Some Adjectives are irregular ; as , good , better , beft ; bad , worse , worst ; much , more , moft ; little , lefs , leaft . Q. W CHAP . IV . Of PRONOUNS . HAT is a ...
Page 107
... Adjective . Q. How many Participles are there ? A. Two ; the Active Participle , that ends in ing ; as loving ; and the Paffive Participle , that ends in d , t , or n ; as , loved , taught , flain . Of the Formation of the Verb Active ...
... Adjective . Q. How many Participles are there ? A. Two ; the Active Participle , that ends in ing ; as loving ; and the Paffive Participle , that ends in d , t , or n ; as , loved , taught , flain . Of the Formation of the Verb Active ...
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Accent Adverb alfo Bachelor of Arts becauſe beſt Cafe caft CHAP Church confifting of Words Confonants Defire denotes Diphthong Divifion of Syllables doth eafy Leffons educated hereafter English Tongue FABLE fafe fame fave ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies fing firft following Words fome fometimes foregoing Tables fuch Give an Example hath Heart himſelf IMPERATIVE MOOD increaſe INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Inftruction juft LESSON LESSON Lord Mafter Mind moft Monofyllables muft muſt Note Nouns Number Optative Mood ourſelves paft Perfon Plur Plural Potential Mood Praifes Praiſe Prefent Tenfe Prepofition Preter Preterperfect Tenfe Preterpluperfect Tenfe Pronouns Proper Names Puniſhment rain reft Schoolmaster Second Future Tenfe Senfe Sentence ſhall Sing Singular Spelling Subftantive Subjunctive Mood thee thefe theſe Thing thofe THOMAS DILWORTH thou Truft unto uſed Verb Verfe Vowel wanting whofe Wicked wife Words not exceeding