An Analytical and Practical Grammar of the English LanguagePratt, Oakley & Company, 1859 - 244 pagine |
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Pagina 75
... implying , It is not of this world ; " O that thou wert as my brother , " implying , that thou art not . 440. In this way , the Past subjunctive seems to be always used when the con- junctive term is omitted , and the verb or auxiliary ...
... implying , It is not of this world ; " O that thou wert as my brother , " implying , that thou art not . 440. In this way , the Past subjunctive seems to be always used when the con- junctive term is omitted , and the verb or auxiliary ...
Pagina 122
... implying comparison , have the same case after them as before them ; and the latter case has the same construction as the former ; as , 1. He has more books than my brother ( has ) . 2. Mary is not so handsome as her sister ( is ) . 3 ...
... implying comparison , have the same case after them as before them ; and the latter case has the same construction as the former ; as , 1. He has more books than my brother ( has ) . 2. Mary is not so handsome as her sister ( is ) . 3 ...
Pagina 148
... implying comparison , refer to the same per- son , or thing , the last must want the article ; as , " He is a better soldier than states- man . " But when they refer to different persons , the last must have the article ; as , He is a ...
... implying comparison , refer to the same per- son , or thing , the last must want the article ; as , " He is a better soldier than states- man . " But when they refer to different persons , the last must have the article ; as , He is a ...
Pagina 153
... implying unity - and also to persons in asking questions . 746. In the translation of the Bible , which is applied to persons ; as , " Our Father which art in heaven . " 747. Which applies to a noun denoting a person , when the ...
... implying unity - and also to persons in asking questions . 746. In the translation of the Bible , which is applied to persons ; as , " Our Father which art in heaven . " 747. Which applies to a noun denoting a person , when the ...
Pagina 172
... The sickness of the king's son . " 847. When several nouns come together in the possessive case , implying com- mon possession , the sign of the possessive is annexed 172 ENGLISH GRAMMAR . Possessive governed by Substantives.
... The sickness of the king's son . " 847. When several nouns come together in the possessive case , implying com- mon possession , the sign of the possessive is annexed 172 ENGLISH GRAMMAR . Possessive governed by Substantives.
Parole e frasi comuni
abridged active voice adjective adjective pronoun adjunct adverb affirms antecedent auxiliary belong Cæsar called comma compared conjunction connected construction copula correct denote dependent clause ellipsis English examples EXERCISES following sentences future gender governed grammarians grammatical predicate grammatical subject horse imperative IMPERATIVE MOOD implying indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood interrogative intransitive James John language letter logical predicate logical subject loved manner masculine means modified neuter never noun or pronoun object omitted parsing passive voice past participle past tense Past-perfect person or thing person singular personal pronoun phrases plural poetry possessive potential mood preceding prefixed preposition present tense present-perfect proper properly qualify reference regarded relative pronoun respect RULE second person sense simple sometimes speech spoken subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable Syntax thee third person thou tion tive transitive verb understood usage verse vowel words write
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Pagina 192 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Pagina 196 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Pagina 211 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Pagina 87 - Singular. Plural. 1. If I love, 1. If we love, 2. If thou love, 2. If you love, 3. If he love; 3. If they love. Imperfect Tense. This tense...
Pagina 85 - THE VERB, To love. PRESENT TENSE. Singular. Plural. 1. I love. 1. We love. 2. Thou lovest. 2. You love. 3. He loves. 3. They love. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE. 1. I have loved. 1. We have loved. 2. Thou hast loved. 2. You have loved. 3. He has loved. 3. They have loved.
Pagina 207 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Pagina 182 - He was a learned man, he was a wise man, and he was a good man ;" we make use of the ellipsis, and say, " He was a learned, wise, and good man.
Pagina 9 - ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English Language with propriety.
Pagina 101 - If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Pagina 199 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...