The Principles of Language Exemplified in a Practical English Grammar: With Copious Exercises Designed as an Introduction to the Study of Language Generally, for the Use of Schools, and Self-instructionWhittaker and Company, 1843 - 264 pages |
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... Complement of Verbs 2444 34 43 47 V. - Pronominal Complement of Verbs 52 VI . - Reflected Action 53 ... VII . - Double Complement of Verbs 56 VIII . - Complement of Adjectives IX . - The Attribute expressed by a Substantive X. - The ...
... Complement of Verbs 2444 34 43 47 V. - Pronominal Complement of Verbs 52 VI . - Reflected Action 53 ... VII . - Double Complement of Verbs 56 VIII . - Complement of Adjectives IX . - The Attribute expressed by a Substantive X. - The ...
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... COMPLEMENT OF VERBS . In all the examples hitherto given of sentences con- taining adjective verbs , a perfect thought has been expressed , the action predicated of the subject having ... COMPLEMENT OF VERBS . 47 -Complement of Verbs 2444 34.
... COMPLEMENT OF VERBS . In all the examples hitherto given of sentences con- taining adjective verbs , a perfect thought has been expressed , the action predicated of the subject having ... COMPLEMENT OF VERBS . 47 -Complement of Verbs 2444 34.
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... COMPLEMENT of each of the above verbs , stands in what is called the ACCUSATIVE CASE ; where , as in all other positions , its range or signifi- cation may be more accurately determined by addi- tions , as seen in the last three ...
... COMPLEMENT of each of the above verbs , stands in what is called the ACCUSATIVE CASE ; where , as in all other positions , its range or signifi- cation may be more accurately determined by addi- tions , as seen in the last three ...
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... complement ; and take care to underline both the addition defining the subject and the substantive forming the complement of verb . Er .: The idle scholar deserves punishment . The farmer's dog caught a rabbit . LESSON 46. - Write ...
... complement ; and take care to underline both the addition defining the subject and the substantive forming the complement of verb . Er .: The idle scholar deserves punishment . The farmer's dog caught a rabbit . LESSON 46. - Write ...
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... complement ; and so of many other neuter verbs . On the other hand , many transitive verbs that exercise a direct government are frequently used without a complement , and are consequently in such expressions intransitive . EXERCISE ...
... complement ; and so of many other neuter verbs . On the other hand , many transitive verbs that exercise a direct government are frequently used without a complement , and are consequently in such expressions intransitive . EXERCISE ...
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accessory attributive sentence accessory sentence action adjective verb ADVERBIAL SENTENCES adverbs of degree antecedent assertion auxiliary verbs called child class of words clause combined complex sentences commonly compound conjugated conjunctions connected convey defined definitive determined distinct ellipsis employed English equivalent examples EXERCISE feminine following sentences forming the complement frequently Future Perfect Future Perfect Tense Future Tense genitive governed grammar grammarians hyphen idea IMPERATIVE MOOD indicative mood infinitive mood inflection instances interrogative language Latin latter LESSON masculine master negative nominative sentence noun object participial substantive passive voice peculiar Perfect Tense Indefinite person singular personal pronouns phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number POTENTIAL MOOD preceding preposition Present Tense principal sentence pupil regarded relation relative pronoun second person SECTION sense serving simple sentences singular number sometimes speak speaker spoken stantive subjunctive mood syllable tence third person tion tive transitive verb twelve complex sentences twenty sentences verbal substantive whence write
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Page 258 - Thus the first years are usually employed and diverted in looking abroad. Men's business in them is to acquaint themselves with what is to be found without; and so, growing up in a constant attention to outward sensations, seldom make any considerable reflection on what passes within them till they come to be of riper years; and some scarce ever at all.
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Page 222 - Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
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Page 104 - ... prudence : the youth commits himself to magnanimity and chance. The young man who intends no ill, believes that none is intended, and therefore acts with openness and...