A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five PartsS. Babcock, 1840 |
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... noun , pronoun , verb , participle , adverb , conjunction , preposition , interjection . OF A NOUN . Q. How many kinds of nouns are there ? A. Two : a substantive and an adjective . OF SUBSTANTIVES . Q. What is a noun substantive ? A ...
... noun , pronoun , verb , participle , adverb , conjunction , preposition , interjection . OF A NOUN . Q. How many kinds of nouns are there ? A. Two : a substantive and an adjective . OF SUBSTANTIVES . Q. What is a noun substantive ? A ...
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... nouns , such as the proper names of places , have no plural : as , London , York , & c . as also lime , slime , & c ... nouns according to their sex . Q. How many genders are there ? A. Three the masculine , the feminine , and the neuter ...
... nouns , such as the proper names of places , have no plural : as , London , York , & c . as also lime , slime , & c ... nouns according to their sex . Q. How many genders are there ? A. Three the masculine , the feminine , and the neuter ...
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... NOUN . Q What is meant by the word declension ? A. Declension is the variation of a word by cases ? Q. How are nouns declined or varied by cases ? A. Thus : Singular . Nom . A book . Gen. Of a book . Dat . To a book . Acc . The book ...
... NOUN . Q What is meant by the word declension ? A. Declension is the variation of a word by cases ? Q. How are nouns declined or varied by cases ? A. Thus : Singular . Nom . A book . Gen. Of a book . Dat . To a book . Acc . The book ...
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