A plain, rational essay on English grammar, by D. Mackintosh and his two daughters |
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a'lways a'nd a're ac'cent accent'ed adjective aft'er an'y anoth'er art'icle be'ing befo're begin'ning bo'th can'not cha'nge com'e con'fonant di'graph diphthong do'ing don'e e'nd E'ng-liſh ev'ery excep't fa'me fa'y fe'parate fen'tence fhall fhort fhould fi'nal firft firſt fo'rm followed fom'e fometimes foû'nd foû'nded lik'e Fren'ch fubftantives fuch Future imperfect fyllable gen'eral giv'e grea't ha'rd ha've he're I I I I I I I I ils ou elles imper'ative in'to La'tin lov'ed ma'y man'y maſters mi'ne mo're moft moſt muft muſt na'tural nam'es nev'er nom'inative noûn noûn's o'nly obfe'rve oft'en oth'er oû'r oûr oût Paft imperfect Participle past paſt pen's perf'on perfect plac'ed plural preceded Prefent imperfect prefix'ed prepositions pro'noûns pronunciation received reçu reg'ular ru'le RULE 3d RULE 6th sil'ent sing'ular ta'ke tea'r tens'es the'fe their's theŷ thi'ne thing tho'fe thoû u'fed un'accent'ed unleſs ve'rb ver'y verb vow'el wa's withoût word's
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Page 176 - Passé antérieur j'eus eu tu eus eu il ou elle eut eu nous eûmes eu vous eûtes eu ils ou elles eurent eu Futur antérieur j'aurai eu tu auras eu il ou elle aura eu nous aurons eu vous aurez eu ils ou elles...
Page 180 - J'ai ; tu a ; il ou elle a ; nous avons ; vous avez-, ils qu elles ont. a * i 3 S í I i Prefent perfeft. Г ha vi, thoû' h aft ; he, fhe or it' ha'th i 33I3 * f \ I or has had'.
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Page 180 - J'aurai, tu auras, il aura, nous aurons, vous aurez, ils auront. 8. Future Anterior, or Compound Future. 1 shall have had. J'aurai eu, tu auras eu, il aura eu, nous aurons eu, vous aurez eu, ils auront eu. 9. Conditional Mood, Present Tense. I should, could, or would have. J'aurais, tu aurais, il aurait, nous aurions, vous auriez, ils auraient.
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