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V. OF A VERB . Q. What is a 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 , passive , and ...
V. OF A VERB . Q. What is a 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 , passive , and ...
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A. All but verbs of the infinitive mood , which have no num . ber , because they admit of no nominative case . ... A. Any verb that will admit the pronoun I , thou , he , she , or their plurals , we , ye , or they , before it .
A. All but verbs of the infinitive mood , which have no num . ber , because they admit of no nominative case . ... A. Any verb that will admit the pronoun I , thou , he , she , or their plurals , we , ye , or they , before it .
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There are also substantives ( derived from adjectives and verbs ) which are made by adding the ending ih , with some small ... A. It is that wherein there is but one verb , and one nomina . tive word of the subject , either expressed or ...
There are also substantives ( derived from adjectives and verbs ) which are made by adding the ending ih , with some small ... A. It is that wherein there is but one verb , and one nomina . tive word of the subject , either expressed or ...
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accent adjectives begin bridge CHAP church comes consonants denotes derived divided doth educated educated hereafter fear field ford foregoing formed future tense give hand hast hath hear heart keep kind known land less LESSON letters ling Lord mark ment mind mood mouth ness Note nouns person Plur plural praise Present pronoun proper rain rule sentence serve short signifies Sing singular sion sometimes sounded substantive syllable TABLE tense thee thing thou tion tive true trust unto verb vowel wicked wise words worth
Bibliographic information
| Title | A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five Parts |
| Author | Thomas Dilworth |
| Publisher | S. Babcock, 1840 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2019 |
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