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The Grammar of English Grammars

CHAPTER III
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"All participles _are compound_ in their meaning and office."-- _Ib._, p.

79.
VERBS.--"Verbs express, not only _the state_ or _manner of being_, but, likewise, all the different _actions_ and _movements_ of all creatures and things, whether animate or inanimate."-- _Ib._, p.62.

"It can be easily shown, that from the noun and verb, all the other parts of speech have sprung.

Nay, more.

_They_ may even be reduced to _one_.


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