 | William Joseph Simmonite - 1843 - 114 páginas
...longest walk; a strong city; the green park; the chief magistrate; a large white house. PRONOUNS. 1. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same Because the third person is spoken of. Singular, Man, man's, man noun or name ; as, " A lady went to... | |
 | E F C. Ritter - 1844 - 236 páginas
...ne vendent-elles pas ? pas ? Do not my sisters receive ? Do not my sisters sell ? OF PRONOUNS. 79. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word. 80. There are five sorts of pronouns : the personal, possessive, relative, demonstrative, and indefinite.... | |
 | James Brown (Grammarian) - 1845 - 658 páginas
...instead of a noun, and generally to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word. KIRKHAM. 5. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word. BRADFORD FRAZEE. 6. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun. PARDON DAVIS. 7. A pronoun is a word... | |
 | Arnold James Cooley - 1845 - 152 páginas
...stabtlis, e, firm ; llquidus, a, um, liquid; fuscus, a, um, brown. PRONOUNS. A PRONOUN' is a part of speech used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word; it shows the being or subsistence of a thing, by a designation of its essence, self, or person. There... | |
 | Bradford Frazee - 1845 - 214 páginas
...Defective verbs are those which are used in only part of the conjugation. III. PRONOUNS OR SUBSTITUTES. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid a too frequent repetition of the same word. LISTS OF THE SUBSTITUTES. .-j| 1 1. I, thou or you, he,... | |
 | John Best Davidson - 1846 - 152 páginas
...by English grammarians for the name of this class, and hence their definitions are as follow : — " A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word. — Murray. Lfnnie simply says, that " pronouns are words used instead of nouns." These are the usual... | |
 | B. Du Gué - 1848 - 230 páginas
...LESSON. ON PRONOUNS. Pronoun is derived from two Latin words, PRG (for), and NOMEN (noun). Therefore it is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word. Pronouns are used as well of necessity when the noun is not known, as also for the sake of brevity... | |
 | Antonio Boschi - 1850 - 264 páginas
...moleslali 2 1 by the rabble following them. (Abl.) che seguiva It LESSON VII. A Pronoun is a word employed instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same — There are seven kinds of Pronouns, viz. Personal, Conjunctive, Possessive, Demonstrative, Relative,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1852 - 272 páginas
...thing; ; or of any particular substantive ; as, a sweet apple, a pleasant prospect, a lively boy. 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same wond: as, "The man is happy ; he is benevolent: he is useful. 5. A Verb is a word which signifies to... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1853 - 204 páginas
...William is a scholar, Rufus is a one, but Thomas is the one that I ever saw." XXXII. OF PRONOUNS. 391. A PRONOUN is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid a disagreeable repetition of the noun. 382. A PE«SONAL PRONOUN is so called, because it invariably... | |
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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, k- The man is happy ; he is benevolent ; he is useful. 
