A New Guide to the English Tongue (1793)Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1978 - 156 pages |
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... Verb ? A. A Verb is a Part of Speech that betokeneth Being ; as , I live : Doing ; as , I love : Or Suffering as , I am loved . Q. How many Kinds of Verbs are there ? A. Three : Active , Paffive , and Neuter . Q. What is a Verb Active ...
... Verb ? A. A Verb is a Part of Speech that betokeneth Being ; as , I live : Doing ; as , I love : Or Suffering as , I am loved . Q. How many Kinds of Verbs are there ? A. Three : Active , Paffive , and Neuter . Q. What is a Verb Active ...
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... VERBS . 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 Case . Q. Have all Verbs Numbers ? A. All , but Verbs of the ...
... VERBS . 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 Case . Q. Have all Verbs Numbers ? A. All , but Verbs of the ...
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... Verb , and answers 10 the Question who or what ; as , Boys play : Where it may be afked , Who ao play ? Anfwer , Boys . Q. Does the Nomínative Cafe or Word always go before the Verb ? A. Yes ; except when a Question is asked , and then ...
... Verb , and answers 10 the Question who or what ; as , Boys play : Where it may be afked , Who ao play ? Anfwer , Boys . Q. Does the Nomínative Cafe or Word always go before the Verb ? A. Yes ; except when a Question is asked , and then ...
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Accent Adjectives Adverb alfo alſo American becauſe Book Cafe caft Church confifling of Words confifting Confonants Conjunction David Abercrombie Defire denotes Dilworth's Diphthong Divifion doth eafy Leffons edition educated hereafter English language English Tongue FABLE fame fave fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies fing firft following Words fome fometimes foregoing Tables fuch Give an Example hath Heart himſelf Hugh Jones IMPERATIVE MOOD Jefus juft laft LESSON LESSON VI Lord Mind moft muft muſt Noah Webster Note Nouns Number Optative Mood Paffive paft Perfon Plur Plural Potential Mood praiſe Prefent Tenfe Prepofition Preter Preterperfect Tenfe Preterpluperfect Tenfe Pronoun puniſh rain Rule Second Future Tenfe Senfe Sentence ſhall Sing Singular ſpeaketh Subftantive Subjunctive Mood Syllable Tenſe thee thefe theſe Thing thofe Thomas Dilworth thoſe thou Truft unto uſed Verb Verfe Vowel wanting Wicked wife Words not exceeding