A Short Introduction To English Grammar With Critical Notes

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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1791. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... There are one or two small Irregularities to be noted, to which some Verbs are subject in the sormation os the Present Participle. The Present- Participle is sormed by adding tng to the Verb; as, turn, turning. Verbs ending in e omit the e in the Present Participle: as, love, loving. Verbs ending with a single consonant preceded by a single Vowel, and, is os more than one Syllable, having the accent on the last Syllable, double the Consonant in the Present Participle, as well as in every other part os the Verb in which a Syllable is added: as, put, putting, putteth; forgot, forgetting, forgetteth j abet, abetting, abetted 3. DVERBS are added to Verbs, and to Ad circumstance os an action, or quality; as, the manner, order, time, place, distance, motion, relation, quantity, quality, comparison, doubt, affirmation, negation, demonstration, interrogation. 3 Some Verbs having the Accent on the last Syllable but one, as iuorjhf, counsel, are represented in like manner, as doubling the last consonant in thelfermation os those parts os the Verb, in which a Syllable is added; as war/hipping, ctunselling. But this I rather judge to be a sault in the spelling; which neither Analogy nor Pronunciation justisies. ADVERB. denote some modification or In In English they admit of no Variation; except some sew os them, which have the degrees os Comparison: as, 4 osten, ostener, ostenest soon, sooner, soonest; and those Irregulars, derived srom Adjectives 5 in this respect likewise irregular; well, better, best, &c. An Adverb is sometimes joined to another A'dverb, to modify or qualisy its meaning; as, . very much; much too little; not very prudently. PREPOSITION. PREPOSITIONS, so cajled because they are commonly put before the words to which they are applied, se...