Analytical and Practical GrammarFarmer, Brace & Company, 1857 |
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Pagina 20
... tell whether they are proper or common , and why . Thus : " Table " a noun , because the name of a thing ; common , because applied to all things of the same sort . The table and chairs in this room belong to John ; the book - case ...
... tell whether they are proper or common , and why . Thus : " Table " a noun , because the name of a thing ; common , because applied to all things of the same sort . The table and chairs in this room belong to John ; the book - case ...
Pagina 24
... Tell of what gender the following nouns are , and why . Man , horse , tree , field , father , house , mother , queen , count , lady , king , prince , castle , tower , river , stone , hen , goose , seamstress , mountain , cloud , air ...
... Tell of what gender the following nouns are , and why . Man , horse , tree , field , father , house , mother , queen , count , lady , king , prince , castle , tower , river , stone , hen , goose , seamstress , mountain , cloud , air ...
Pagina 37
... Tell which words are nouns , and why - parse them ( 177 ) -decline them . Chair , table , horse , cart , book , house , garden , bird , owl , egg , ear , eye , tree , cow , unit , use , old man , young man , word , hook , pot , bench ...
... Tell which words are nouns , and why - parse them ( 177 ) -decline them . Chair , table , horse , cart , book , house , garden , bird , owl , egg , ear , eye , tree , cow , unit , use , old man , young man , word , hook , pot , bench ...
Pagina 42
... Tell its degree of com- parison , if compared . 4. The noun which it qualifies . Do this always in the same order , and in the fewest words possible . EXAMPLES . " A wise son maketh a glad father . ” — “ Wisdom is more precious than ...
... Tell its degree of com- parison , if compared . 4. The noun which it qualifies . Do this always in the same order , and in the fewest words possible . EXAMPLES . " A wise son maketh a glad father . ” — “ Wisdom is more precious than ...
Pagina 43
... telling what sort of a man is meant ( 196-1 ) . What part of speech are words used to qualify nouns ? Then what part of speech are tall , short , old , young , & c . ? Prefix an adjective to each of the nouns in the list above , so as ...
... telling what sort of a man is meant ( 196-1 ) . What part of speech are words used to qualify nouns ? Then what part of speech are tall , short , old , young , & c . ? Prefix an adjective to each of the nouns in the list above , so as ...
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abridged active voice adjective adjective pronoun adjunct adverb affirms antecedent apposition auxiliary belong Cæsar called comma common compared conjunction connected connexion construction copula correct denote dependent clause ellipsis English examples EXERCISES expressed following sentences gender governed grammarians grammatical predicate grammatical subject honor 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 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 understood usage verse vowel words write
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Pagina 59 - Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Pagina 211 - 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...
Pagina 121 - God : and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Pagina 113 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Pagina 42 - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Pagina 113 - If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Pagina 212 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms...
Pagina 222 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro
Pagina 208 - 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 59 - Length of days is in her right hand ; And in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.