The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.
the sabbath.”—­Tr. of Iren. cor. “And each of them bears the image of purity and holiness.”—­Hope of Is. cor.Was either of these meetings ever acknowledged or recognized?”—­Foster cor. “Whilst neither of these letters exists in the Eugubian inscription.”—­Knight cor. “And neither of them is properly termed indefinite.”—­Dr. Wilson cor. “As likewise of the several subjects, which have in effect their several verbs:”  or,—­“each of which has in effect its own verb.”—­Lowth cor. “Sometimes, when the word ends in s, neither of the signs is used.”—­A.  Mur. cor. “And as neither of these manners offends the ear.”—­J.  Walker cor. “Neither of these two tenses is confined to this signification only.”—­R.  Johnson cor. “But neither of these circumstances is intended here.”—­Tooke cor. “So that all are indebted to each, and each is dependent upon all.”—­Bible Rep. cor. “And yet neither of them expresses any more action in this case, than it did in the other.”—­Bullions cor. “Each of these expressions denotes action.”—­Hallock cor. “Neither of these moods seems to be defined by distinct boundaries.”—­Butler cor. “Neither of these solutions is correct.”—­Bullions cor. “Neither bears any sign of case at all.”—­Fowler cor.

   “Each in his turn, like Banquo’s monarchs, stalks.” Or:—­
    “All in their turn, like Banquo’s monarchs, stalk.”—­Byron cor.

    “And tell what each doth by the other lose.”—­Shak. cor.

UNDER NOTE V.—­VERB BETWEEN TWO NOMINATIVES.

“The quarrels of lovers are but a renewal of love.”—­Adam et al. cor. “Two dots, one placed above the other, are called a Sheva.”—­Wilson cor. “A few centuries more or less are a matter of small consequence.”—­Id. “Pictures were the first step towards the art of writing; hieroglyphics were the second step.”—­Parker cor. “The comeliness of youth is modesty and frankness; of age, condescension and dignity.”  Or, much better:  “The great ornaments of youth are,” &c.—­Murray cor. “Merit and good works are the end of man’s motion.”—­Bacon cor. “Divers philosophers hold, that the lips are parcel of the mind.”—­Shak. cor. “The clothing of the natives was the skins of wild beasts.”  Or thus:  “The clothes of the natives were skins of wild beasts.”—­Hist. cor. “Prepossessions in favour of our native town, are not a matter of surprise.”—­Webster cor. “Two shillings and sixpence are half a crown, but not a half crown.”—­Priestley and Bicknell cor. “Two vowels, pronounced by

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