The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley.
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The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley.
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Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
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London :: Printed by J. Macock for R. Lownds, and are to be sold at his shop at the white Lyon in Paul's Church-yard,
1656.
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Latin language -- Grammar
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"The rudiments of grammar.: The rules composed in English verse, for the greater benefit and delight of young beginners. / By James Shirley." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93177.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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Use of the Gerunds di and dum.
When the Infinitive English is exprest,After Nouns, [di] or [dum] make Latine best.
When the English of the Infinitive mood (which some∣times is varied by the English of the Participle of the Pre∣sent tense) cometh after a Noun Substantive immaterial, such as, studium, causa, tempus, spes, locus, amor, gratia, modus, ratio, &c. it is made by the Gerund in di; as a love to write, or of writing, amor scribendi.
And sometimes by the Gerund in dum, with the prepo∣sition ad, as a place to act in, locus ad agendum.
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