An Analytical and Practical Grammar of the English LanguagePratt, Oakley & Company, 1859 - 244 pagine |
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Pagina 11
... modified by certain changes in the position of the organs of speech . 27. ASPIRATES are mere whispering sounds without vocality , but which still have an audible effect in the enunciation of words . They are all articulate , except h ...
... modified by certain changes in the position of the organs of speech . 27. ASPIRATES are mere whispering sounds without vocality , but which still have an audible effect in the enunciation of words . They are all articulate , except h ...
Pagina 12
... Organs of speech are those parts employed to articulate or modify whisper ing or vocal sounds . These are the tongue , lips , teeth , and palate . 33. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable 12 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... Organs of speech are those parts employed to articulate or modify whisper ing or vocal sounds . These are the tongue , lips , teeth , and palate . 33. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable 12 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Pagina 51
... moves with great celerity " = " Light is a body , and it moves with great celerity . " 2. It is more commonly restrictive , and connects its clause , as an adjunct , with the antecedent , in order to modify ETYMOLOGY - PRONOUNS . 51.
... moves with great celerity " = " Light is a body , and it moves with great celerity . " 2. It is more commonly restrictive , and connects its clause , as an adjunct , with the antecedent , in order to modify ETYMOLOGY - PRONOUNS . 51.
Pagina 52
Peter Bullions. adjunct , with the antecedent , in order to modify or restrict its mean ing . Thus used , the relative with its clause is equivalent to an adjec- tive ; as , " Every thing which has life is an animal " = " Every living ...
Peter Bullions. adjunct , with the antecedent , in order to modify or restrict its mean ing . Thus used , the relative with its clause is equivalent to an adjec- tive ; as , " Every thing which has life is an animal " = " Every living ...
Pagina 62
... modified , however , in their use , by their primary signification . They are usually distinguished as follows : - SHALL and WILL , expressing resolution , purpose , & c . 336. Will denotes the purpose , resolution or inclination , of a ...
... modified , however , in their use , by their primary signification . They are usually distinguished as follows : - SHALL and WILL , expressing resolution , purpose , & c . 336. Will denotes the purpose , resolution or inclination , of a ...
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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...