An Analytical and Practical Grammar of the English LanguagePratt, Oakley & Company, 1859 - 244 pagine |
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... kind , has been annexed as a specimen of the way in which the mind of the learner may be trained to think and reason on the subject , and prepared to profit more by the exercises that follow . By adopting the plan of a running series of ...
... kind , has been annexed as a specimen of the way in which the mind of the learner may be trained to think and reason on the subject , and prepared to profit more by the exercises that follow . By adopting the plan of a running series of ...
Pagina 19
... kind ; as , stream , streamlet ; leaf , leaflet ; hill , hillock , & c . 108. To the class of nouns belongs everything , whether word , letter , mark , or character , of which we can think , speak , or write , regarded merely as an ...
... kind ; as , stream , streamlet ; leaf , leaflet ; hill , hillock , & c . 108. To the class of nouns belongs everything , whether word , letter , mark , or character , of which we can think , speak , or write , regarded merely as an ...
Pagina 27
... kind of spirit ) Index ( a table of reference ) Index ( a sign in algebra ) Pea Pea Sow Sow or swine Penny ( a coin- - ) Penny ( as a distinct seed ) ( as a species of grain ) ( an individual animal ) ( the species ) ( a sum or value ) ...
... kind of spirit ) Index ( a table of reference ) Index ( a sign in algebra ) Pea Pea Sow Sow or swine Penny ( a coin- - ) Penny ( as a distinct seed ) ( as a species of grain ) ( an individual animal ) ( the species ) ( a sum or value ) ...
Pagina 35
... kind of noun , except when a proper noun occurs , for reasons stated ( 180 ) , to say more briefly , “ A noun , neuter , in the nominative singular . " This last method is the one here recom- mended , as being brief and sufficiently ...
... kind of noun , except when a proper noun occurs , for reasons stated ( 180 ) , to say more briefly , “ A noun , neuter , in the nominative singular . " This last method is the one here recom- mended , as being brief and sufficiently ...
Pagina 38
... kind ; as , “ A red flag ; " ; " " an amusing story . " Such are common and participial adjectives ( 202 ) . 2. Others merely limit , without expressing any quality ; as , " An American book ; " " ten dollars ; " " last week ; " " this ...
... kind ; as , “ A red flag ; " ; " " an amusing story . " Such are common and participial adjectives ( 202 ) . 2. Others merely limit , without expressing any quality ; as , " An American book ; " " ten dollars ; " " last week ; " " this ...
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abridged active voice adjective adjective pronoun adjunct adverb affirms antecedent auxiliary belong Cæsar called comma common compared compound sentence conjunction connected construction copula correct denote dependent clause ellipsis English examples EXERCISES expressed following sentences gender governed grammarians grammatical predicate grammatical subject horse IMPERATIVE MOOD implied indefinite indicative infinitive mood interrogative intransitive James John language letter logical predicate logical subject loved masculine meaning modified neuter never noun or pronoun object omitted parsed 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 principle proper properly qualify reference regarded relative pronoun respect RULE sense simple sometimes speech spoken subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable Syntax thee third person thou tion tive transitive verb Trochee 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...