Live and Learn: A Guide for All, who Wish to Speak and Write CorrectlyJ.F. Shaw, 1855 |
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... tion , tious , tial , geon , gian , geous , gious , sion , and sier , are seldom divided . Thus , we write , na - tion , o - cean , capa - cious , pi - geon , cap - tious . 3. Compound words are commonly separated into the simple words ...
... tion , tious , tial , geon , gian , geous , gious , sion , and sier , are seldom divided . Thus , we write , na - tion , o - cean , capa - cious , pi - geon , cap - tious . 3. Compound words are commonly separated into the simple words ...
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... in y were formerly spelled with ze in the singular ; as , glorie , vanitie . The termina- tion ie in the singular is now laid aside for y , while the old plural termination ies is retained ; as , PLURAL NUMBER OF NOUNS . 19.
... in y were formerly spelled with ze in the singular ; as , glorie , vanitie . The termina- tion ie in the singular is now laid aside for y , while the old plural termination ies is retained ; as , PLURAL NUMBER OF NOUNS . 19.
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... tion with eight sail of frigates under his command . " -Southey . " A body of a thousand horse was sent forward to reconnoitre the city . ” — Robertson . ordered two cannon to be fired . " ” — Irving . " He The following words , though ...
... tion with eight sail of frigates under his command . " -Southey . " A body of a thousand horse was sent forward to reconnoitre the city . ” — Robertson . ordered two cannon to be fired . " ” — Irving . " He The following words , though ...
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... tion of the article , the adjectives are confined to one and the same noun . To avoid repetition , inconsistent qualities are some- times joined to a plural noun : as , " The old and new testaments , " for " The old and the new ...
... tion of the article , the adjectives are confined to one and the same noun . To avoid repetition , inconsistent qualities are some- times joined to a plural noun : as , " The old and new testaments , " for " The old and the new ...
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... tion , known . " 47. The speaker should generally mention himself last : as , " Thou or I must go . " - " He then addressed his discourse to my father and me . " - But in con- fessing a fault he may assume the first place : as , “ I and ...
... tion , known . " 47. The speaker should generally mention himself last : as , " Thou or I must go . " - " He then addressed his discourse to my father and me . " - But in con- fessing a fault he may assume the first place : as , “ I and ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accent additional syllable beginning adjective adverb Æneid ambiguity applied to persons Author Beau belle called clause cloth collective noun comma congé d'élire connected connexion consonant denote Diaeresis double the final Drink Drank Drunk Dug Dug employed ending in silent English envelope Examples:-"The express feminine figure final consonant following sentence Foolscap 8vo form the plural formed by adding governed grammar hyphen imperfect implied inserted interrogatively IRREGULAR VERBS language last syllable Live and Learn Lord Masculine mean never nominative nouns ending object omitted passive past tense Perf perfect participle plural by adding plural number pluralise possessive preceded preposition pronoun propriety reference regular Reverend Right Honorable Royal 32mo rule Sawed Say scholar Scholium second person seen sense Shakspere signification silent e single vowel solecism sometimes superlative termination thee things thou tion transitive verb usage verbal noun Verbs ending vowel Words ending
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 105 - The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the still lapse of ages.
Seite 106 - The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Seite 106 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
Seite 121 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Seite 120 - The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Seite 120 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Seite 115 - ship-boy on the high and giddy mast," but also in the cabin, where every menial office fell to my lot : yet if I was restless and discontented, I can safely say, it was not so much on account of this, as of my being precluded from all possibility of reading; as my master did not possess, nor do I recollect seeing during the whole time of my abode with him, a single book of any description, except the...
Seite 121 - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Seite 96 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Seite 120 - But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign : Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ^ Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew.