In both excerpts, the word structure refers to the the <u>components, or parts, of words.</u>
Explanation:
Many quotations serve no other Thus have I laboured by settling the
purpose, than that of proving the bare orthography, displaying the analogy,
existence of words, and are therefore regulating the structures, and
selected with less scrupulousness ascertaining the signification of
than those which are to teach their English words, to perform all the parts
structures and relations.
of a faithful lexicographer.
In both excerpts, the word structure refers to - <u>components, or parts, of words.</u>
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<u>So we can say that in </u> both excerpts, the word structure refers to the the <u>components, or parts, of words.</u>