Institutes of Grammar: As Applicable to the English Langage, Or as Introductory to the Study of Other Languages, Systematically Arranged, and Briefly Explained. To which are Added Some Chronological Tables |
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Accent additional long syllable additional short syllable Adjectives Adverbs affirmation agree Amphibrach Anapestic antecedent auxiliary born cadence common commonly compound tenses CONJUGATION Conjunctions consonants CONSTRUCTION couldst Declension derived Diphthong discourse Ellipsis emphatic English Etymology expresses followed Future Tense Gender Gerunds Grammar Grammarians Greek Iambic Iambuses IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Improper Indefinite Article Infinitive Mood Interjections Kings language Latin letter mayst or canst meaning neuter verbs never nominative Nouns and Pronouns perfect participle Perfect Tense phrase Plur plural Poetry Poss POTENTIAL MOOD preceded Prepositions Present Tense Preterpluperfect Tense pronunciation proper Relative rhetorical rhyme rules Semivowels sense sentence shews shouldst signify simple Sing singular number sometimes sound species speech style Subjunctive Mood Substantive syllabic emphasis Syntax termination thing Thou mayst Thou mightst tion tive Triphthong Trochaic Trochees unemphatic Verbal Nouns Verbal Nouns denoting verse voice vowel words writing