Lectures on Language - As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch
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verbs.--Participles.--Some prepositions.--Meaning unknown.--With.--
In.--Out.--Of. LECTURE VII. ON ADJECTIVES. Adjectives.--How formed.--The syllable _ly_.--Formed from proper nouns. --The apostrophe and letter _s_.--Derived from pronouns.--Articles.--_A_ comes from _an_.--_In_definite.--_The_.--Meaning of _a_ and _the_.-- Murray's example.--That.--What.--"Pronoun adjectives."--_Mon_, _ma_.--Degrees of comparison.--Secondary adjectives.--Prepositions admit of comparison. LECTURE VIII. ON VERBS. Unpleasant to expose error.--Verbs defined.--Every thing acts.--Actor and object.--Laws.--Man.--Animals.--Vegetables.--Minerals.--Neutrality degrading.--Nobody can explain a neuter verb.--_One_ kind of verbs.--_You_ must decide.--Importance of teaching children the truth.--Active verbs.--Transitive verbs false.--Samples.--Neuter verbs examined.--Sit.--Sleep.--Stand.--Lie.--Opinion of Mrs. W.--Anecdote. LECTURE IX. |
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