An English School Grammar: With Very Copious Exercises and a Systematic View of the Formation and Derivation of Words : Comprising Anglo-Saxon, Latin, & Greek Lists, which Explain the Etymology of Above Seven Thousand English Words |
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Abstract Noun Active Verb Adjective Adverbs Aeneid affix antecedent Apposition appropriate Verbs Auxiliaries brackets brother called CAUTION.-Never changing or modifying Compound CONJUGATION Conjunctions consonant doubly underline Eutropius EXERCISE EXPL.-Here EXPL.-In EXPL.-The Feminine following sentences Future garden Gender governed Grammar Greek horse implies Incomplete Indefinite Article Infinitive James just-ice Latin letter Masculine means Mood neut Neuter Verbs Nominative Nominative Absolute Noun or Pronoun Number OBS.-Some OBS.-The OBS.-These omitted Parsing Participle Passive Past Complete Past Indefinite Past Tense phrase Pluperfect Plural Possessive POTENTIAL MOOD praised Thou Prefix Preposition Present Complete Present Indefinite Primary Derivatives Progressive Form Pron Pure English qualifies Relative Root RULE 9 Saxon Singular speak spoken Strong Verbs Subjunctive Superlative Supply the appropriate tell termination tive to-morrow tree Underline the Nouns Verb and Pronoun Verbal Noun vowel walks Weak Verbs Write
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