Synthesis of the English Sentence, Or, An Elementary Grammar on the Synthetic MethodIvison, Phinney & Company, 1863 - 231 pages |
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... jective form . EXAMPLES . - 1 . It is I. 2. I am he . 3. That is she . 4. It was they . 151. When the complement of a neuter verb is a declinable pronoun , it takes the same form as the subject of the neuter verb ; this is , of course ...
... jective form . EXAMPLES . - 1 . It is I. 2. I am he . 3. That is she . 4. It was they . 151. When the complement of a neuter verb is a declinable pronoun , it takes the same form as the subject of the neuter verb ; this is , of course ...
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... jective form , and essential element of a phrase . " When the essential element of a phrase , " etc. " Is it you ? " ( d . ) — You is a personal pronoun ( decline it ) , second person , singular number , subjective form , and comple ...
... jective form , and essential element of a phrase . " When the essential element of a phrase , " etc. " Is it you ? " ( d . ) — You is a personal pronoun ( decline it ) , second person , singular number , subjective form , and comple ...
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... jective sentences : 1. I know who you are . 2. They told us who founded the city . 3. I will ask what troubles him . 4. Do you know whom you have insulted ? 249. It is easy to see by the test question , already given , that the ...
... jective sentences : 1. I know who you are . 2. They told us who founded the city . 3. I will ask what troubles him . 4. Do you know whom you have insulted ? 249. It is easy to see by the test question , already given , that the ...
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... jective , it is often limited by an adverbial word , while , in its character as a pronoun , it may be limited by an adnominal word . " This is the very best that I have . ” Here best is an adjective pronoun ; very , an adverbial word ...
... jective , it is often limited by an adverbial word , while , in its character as a pronoun , it may be limited by an adnominal word . " This is the very best that I have . ” Here best is an adjective pronoun ; very , an adverbial word ...
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... jective pronouns ? When the noun is supplied , what does the word be- come ? Supply nouns with the adjective pronouns in the parsing lesson above . Are adjective pronouns declinable or indeclinable ? LESSON XL . ADJECTIVES . ADJECTIVES ...
... jective pronouns ? When the noun is supplied , what does the word be- come ? Supply nouns with the adjective pronouns in the parsing lesson above . Are adjective pronouns declinable or indeclinable ? LESSON XL . ADJECTIVES . ADJECTIVES ...
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adjective limiting adjective pronoun adjunct Adnominal words limit adverb adverbial word antecedent called co-ordinate connective complement compound relative pronoun Correct the following declinable pronoun DEFECTIVE VERBS dependent sentence direct object double personal pronoun element of phrase ellipsis essential element EXAMPLES.-1 false syntax following examples following exercises Future Perfect future perfect tense Give examples Grammar grammarians horse intensive personal pronoun interrogative pronoun intransitive irregular verbs Lars Porsena masculine gender MODELS FOR PARSING moneywhich neuter participle neuter sentence neuter verb NOTES AND REFERENCES noun or pronoun objective form Parse the nouns participial noun participle limiting passive participle past tense perfect participle person and number ples plural number possessive present perfect tense present tense Principle QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES secondary connective singular number tence thing third person thou ticiple tive pronoun transitive sentence transitive verb tree verbal noun walk Write five Write three
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Page 126 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.