 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 352 pages
...ABJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION! 1.' An article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point...their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, tli,e woman. i 2. ' A substantive or noun, is the name of any thing that exists, or of which we have... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...been omitted, without injuring the construction of the sentence, or destroying the sense. ARTICLE. THE ARTICLE is a word prefixed to substantives, to point...out, and to show how far their signification extends. In English there are but two articles, a, and the : a beL 2 ccmt-s comes an before a vowel, y and w... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Perrin - 1810 - 320 pages
...ADVERB, the PARTICIPLE, the PREPOSITION, thé CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. I. The ARTICLE is a ward prefixed to substantives to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends ; as, Me study of history is useful and agreeable; I't'tude. de l'histuire tst utile et agiénblt' : the... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 732 pages
...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 conceived to subsist, or of which we have... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1811 - 322 pages
...Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their lignification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In English,...a becomes an before a vowel,* and before a silent A .as, an acorn, an hour. But if the h be sounded, the a only is to be used ; as, a hand, a heart,... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 pages
...There are, in English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called parts of speech. 1. The ARTICLE is a word prefixed to substantives to point them out, and to show how Car their signification extends. There are but two articles, a and the; a becomes an before a vowel,... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 pages
...word prefixed to substantives to point them out, arid to show how far their signification exr tends. There are but two articles, a and the: a becomes an before a vowel, y and w excepted ; and before a silent A preceding a vowel. // is indefinite, and the a definite article:... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1. An Article is ;t word prefixed to substantives, to point them out,...how far their signification extends ; as, a garden, un eagle, the woman. 2. A Subtantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists, or of which we have... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...express the passions or emotions or the speaker: as, O virtue! how amiable thou art! AHTICLE. AN Aim. LI. is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them...out, and to show how far their signification extends; «s, a garden, an eagle, the woman. an hour. But if the A be sounded, the a only is to be used ; as,... | |
 | John Dougall - 1815 - 514 pages
...been omitted, without injuring the construction of the sentence, or destroying die sense. ARTICLE. The Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out and to shew how far their signification exeiuls. In English there are but two articles, a, and the : a becomes... | |
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AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In English, there are but two articles, a and the : a becomes an before a vowel *, and before a silent... 
