| Robert Lowth - English language - 1763 - 226 pages
...Words, or, as they are commonly called^ Parts of Speech. i. The ARTICLE, prefixed to fubftan-, tives, when they are common names of things, to point them out, and to.fhew how far their fignification extends. . . : 2. The SUBSTANTIVE, or NOUN, .being, the name of... | |
| Robert Lowth - English language - 1774 - 168 pages
...Words, or, as they are commonly called, Parts of Speech. 1. The ARTICLE ; prefixed to fubftantives, when they are common names of things, to point them out, and to fhew how far their fignification extends. 2. The SUBSTANTIVE, or NoUN ; being the name of any thing... | |
| John Dougall - 1810 - 734 pages
...are in English nine sorts of Words, or, as they are commonly called, Parts of Speech. 1 The ARTICLE; prefixed to substantives, when they are common names of things, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends. 2 The SUBSTANTIVE, or NOON; being the name of any' thing... | |
| Alexander Adam - English language - 1812 - 334 pages
...speech more than the Latin, namely, the^ARTICLE. The article is a word put before substantive nouns, to point them out, and to shew how far their signification extends. There are two articles, a and the : a becomes an before a vowel, or a silent h. A is called the Indefinite,... | |
| Hallard - 1813 - 330 pages
...Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection. 1. The Article, le, la, Ics, the, prefixed to nouns, when they are common names of things, to point them...out, and to shew how far their signification extends. 2. The Noun, being the name of any thing conceived to exist, or of which we have any notion, as, livre,... | |
| John Dougall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 514 pages
...in English nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, parts of speech. 1. The Article ; prefixed to substantives, when they are common names of things, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends. 8. • The Substantive, or Noun ; being the name of any thing... | |
| James Andrew - English language - 1817 - 152 pages
...whilst Wideness, width. 6 ETYMOLOGY. . DEFINITIONS. I. AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives to point them out, and to shew how far their signification extends. 1. The Indefinite Article, A or an, is used in a vague sense, to point out one single thing of the... | |
| William Hill (Lecturer.) - 1833 - 140 pages
...convey a false idea to the mind. 15. Bishop Lowth says " The article is a word prefixed to substantives to point them out and to shew how far their signification extends." Now who can discover any allusion to this pointing and shewing in the word Article? According to this... | |
| 1835 - 224 pages
...in English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, parts of speech. 1. The Article, prefixed to substantives, when they are common names of things, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends. 2. The Substantive or Noun, being the name of any thing conceived... | |
| Alexander Adam - English language - 1846 - 372 pages
...speech more than the Latin, namely, the ARTICLE. The article is a word put before substantive nouns, to point them out, and to shew how far their signification extends. There are two articles, a and the : a becomes an before a vowel, or a silent h. A. is called the Indefinite,... | |
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