 | Mrs. Lovechild - 1831 - 80 Seiten
...are called positive, comparative, and superlative. See farther in Continuation. PRONOUN. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word. Speaking of myself, instead of Mary (or whatever ismyproper name), I say,/,or me. Not John is merry... | |
 | Giuseppe Baretti - 1832 - 704 Seiten
...books ; la scricciolo e un uccello jiiccolissimo, tlie wren is a very small bird. PRONOUNS A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word , as iuomo è Jelice ; egli * benevolo, egli è savio e vii'luoso, the man is happy; he is benevolent, he... | |
 | William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - 1832 - 644 Seiten
...adjective or of the noun, but to express some quality of Me thing signified by the noun. . . 4. ' A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word.' The latter part of this sentence is needless, and contains several errors. The verb avoid is certainly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1834 - 366 Seiten
...See tite THIRD, or any subsequent, edition of the OCTATO GRAMMAR. CHAPTEB v. Of PRONOUNS. A PRONOUN is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too...of the same word : as, " The man is happy ; he'}$, benevolent; he is useful." There are three kinds of pronouns, viz. the PERSONAL, the RELATIVE, and... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1834 - 188 Seiten
...or things is mentioned; as, " The first, second, third, fourth, fifth." 4.—OF PRONOUNS. A Pronoun* is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word; as, " \Vhen Caesar had conquered Gaul, he turned his arms against his country." There are two kinds of... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1835 - 72 Seiten
...— to speak deliberately — to play here — to stay there — to come hither — to go thither. , OF PRONOUNS. A Pronoun (3) is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of it; as, " The man is happy; he is benevolent; he is useful." Pronouns, like the nouns for which they... | |
 | J. V. Douville - 1835 - 528 Seiten
...manner of being: as — une belle femme, a fine woman; une grande ville, a large town. 4. The pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word : as — man ami est arrive ; il m'a apporte de bien jolies chosei : my friend is arrived ; he has brought... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond - 1835 - 240 Seiten
...superlative of eminence '! — What adjectives admit of no degrees of comparison ? LESSON A PRONOUN is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word. There arc three kinds of pronouns, the personal, the relative, and the adjective. — The PERSONAL... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1835 - 298 Seiten
...explained it to me ; but let me see what comes after nouns," and she read, " ' a pronoun is a word put instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word.' I do not understand that at all, mamma." " I will tell you a story that will make you understand it."... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1836 - 176 Seiten
...crispus, dispar, jejunus, memor, minu, mutus, mutilus, wfastus, precox, sospes. OF PRONOUNS. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word; as "When Caesar had conquered Gaul, he turned his arms against his country." Pronouns are generally divided... | |
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A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, the man is happy, he is benevolent, he is useful. 
