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Q. Are all Adjectives , that admit of any Comparison , com . pared thus ? 4. No : Some Adjectives are irregular ; as , good , better , beft ; bad , worje , werft ; much , more , moft , title , lefs , leaft . CHAP . IV . Of PRONOUNS .
Q. Are all Adjectives , that admit of any Comparison , com . pared thus ? 4. No : Some Adjectives are irregular ; as , good , better , beft ; bad , worje , werft ; much , more , moft , title , lefs , leaft . CHAP . IV . Of PRONOUNS .
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A. Many Subflantives , and fometimes Adjectives , and fometimes the other Parts of Speech becomes Verbs , by prefixing the Sign to before them , or by adding the Termination en to the Adjective ; as , from a House comes to houfe ...
A. Many Subflantives , and fometimes Adjectives , and fometimes the other Parts of Speech becomes Verbs , by prefixing the Sign to before them , or by adding the Termination en to the Adjective ; as , from a House comes to houfe ...
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From Aujectives by adding the fame Termination , are formed Adjectives aiminutive ; as , from Green comes greenis ; Soft , fojtib ; Hard , bardife , & c . 2. There are alfo fome National Names which end in i ; as , Engife , Spanife ...
From Aujectives by adding the fame Termination , are formed Adjectives aiminutive ; as , from Green comes greenis ; Soft , fojtib ; Hard , bardife , & c . 2. There are alfo fome National Names which end in i ; as , Engife , Spanife ...
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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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