A school manual of English grammar. By W. Smith and T.D. Hall. [With] Key |
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2nd Pers 3rd pers accent Adjectives Adverbs Anacrusis beaten belongs Byron Cæs Cæsar called Catal Catalectic Cóme comma Compare COMPLETE Compound Conjunction Cowper Dactyl dare Dative denote derived ending Examples EXERCISE expressed feminine form of English Gender Germ Gerund Grammar Greek hath Iambic Imperative Mood INCOMPLETE INDICATIVE MOOD Infinitive Mood Interrogative form Intransitive king language Latin letter lines Macb masculine Matt metre Milt Milton Newc Nominative Noun or Pronoun Objective obsolete parsed Passive Voice PAST INDEFINITE TENSE Past Participle Past Tense Personal Pronouns phrase Plur poetry Pope Possessive Predicate prefixed Preposition PRESENT INDEFINITE PRESENT TENSE Prov Relative Pronoun rhyme Scott sense Shaks Shakspeare shalt Sing sometimes sound speak Spect Subject Subjunctive Mood suffix Superlative syllables Tetram thee thine things thou tive Transitive Verb Trochaic trochee usually Vicar Vocative vowel words writing Plur written
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