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A. There belong to a Noun thefe feven things : Number , Cafe , Gender , Perfon , Article , Declenfion and Comparison . Of NUMBER , Q. What is Number ? A. It is the Distinction of one from many . Q. How many Numbers are there ?
A. There belong to a Noun thefe feven things : Number , Cafe , Gender , Perfon , Article , Declenfion and Comparison . Of NUMBER , Q. What is Number ? A. It is the Distinction of one from many . Q. How many Numbers are there ?
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Of the Number of VERB S. Q. How many Numbers are there in Verbs ? A. Two : The Singular and the Plural . Q. How do you know the Number of the Verb ? A. By the Number of its Nominative Cafe . Q. Have all Verbs Numbers ?
Of the Number of VERB S. Q. How many Numbers are there in Verbs ? A. Two : The Singular and the Plural . Q. How do you know the Number of the Verb ? A. By the Number of its Nominative Cafe . Q. Have all Verbs Numbers ?
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In the Plural Number ; as , Peter and John fight ? Q. What Number is the Verb put in , when it follows a Noun of Multitude ? b A. It may be put in the Plural , when Cicumftances abfolutely determine the Cafe to be more than one ; but it ...
In the Plural Number ; as , Peter and John fight ? Q. What Number is the Verb put in , when it follows a Noun of Multitude ? b A. It may be put in the Plural , when Cicumftances abfolutely determine the Cafe to be more than one ; but it ...
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Accent Adjectives alfo begin Book Church comes Confonants denotes divided doth educate hereafter educated English Example fame fear ferve fhall field fignifies fing fome fometimes ford formed founded four fter fuch Future Tenfe give GUIDE Hand hath hear Heart keep Kind known land lefs LESSON Letters ling live Lord Mark ment Mind Mood Name nefs Note Nouns Number Perfon Place Plur Plural proper rain Rule Sentence Sing Sound Syllable TABLE Tenfe thee thefe Thing thofe thou Tongue true unto uſed Verb Vowel wanting Wicked wife Words World worth
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| Title | A New-guide to the English Tongue: In Five Parts |
| Author | Thomas Dilworth |
| Publisher | Joseph Crukshank, 1789 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 26 Mar 2015 |
| Length | 158 pages |
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