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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... tion shows , in its arrangement , the course which , after long and anxious experience , he has found the most successful , and which he therefore conceives to be the best . It may be that some work upon a similar plan already exists in ...
... tion shows , in its arrangement , the course which , after long and anxious experience , he has found the most successful , and which he therefore conceives to be the best . It may be that some work upon a similar plan already exists in ...
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... tion in it , he now sees defined with a precision that defies mistake . The sympathy of the Participle and the Adjective with the substantive becomes visible in the Concord : the varying termination of the substantive , indicating its ...
... tion in it , he now sees defined with a precision that defies mistake . The sympathy of the Participle and the Adjective with the substantive becomes visible in the Concord : the varying termination of the substantive , indicating its ...
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... tion , which is , that of standing as the substitute of a noun ( substantive ) . The personal pronouns , there- fore , which stand as the subject of a sentence , are , FIRST Person Singular . I Plural . WE THOU You } THEY SECOND Person ...
... tion , which is , that of standing as the substitute of a noun ( substantive ) . The personal pronouns , there- fore , which stand as the subject of a sentence , are , FIRST Person Singular . I Plural . WE THOU You } THEY SECOND Person ...
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... tion of a verb which does express in itself an idea of action , we effect the assertion , and show , at the same time , the relation of the attribute or action expressed by the verb , to the subject of which the OF THE PREDICATE . 17.
... tion of a verb which does express in itself an idea of action , we effect the assertion , and show , at the same time , the relation of the attribute or action expressed by the verb , to the subject of which the OF THE PREDICATE . 17.
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... tion of the verb . Thus in the girl sings " the final " S is the medium by which assertion is effected , and is the equivalent of " is " in " the girl is singing . " So the ter- mination 66 es in " the master teaches , ' is the perfect ...
... tion of the verb . Thus in the girl sings " the final " S is the medium by which assertion is effected , and is the equivalent of " is " in " the girl is singing . " So the ter- mination 66 es in " the master teaches , ' is the perfect ...
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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.
Page 238 - ... read read read rend rent rent rid rid rid ride rode ridden ring rang rung rise rose risen run ran run...
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?
Page 238 - Know, knew, known, Lade, laded, laden. Lay, laid, laid. Lead, led, led. Leave, left, left. Lend, lent, lent. Let, let, let Lie, to lie down, lay, lain. Load, loaded, laden, x. Lose, lost, lost. Make, made, made. Meet, met, met. Mow, mowed, mown, R.
Page 104 - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page 236 - Bear, to carry, bore, Beat, beat, Begin, began, Bend, bent, Bereave, bereft, R. Beseech, besought, Bid, bid, bade, Bind, bound, Bite, bit, Bleed, bled, Blow, blew, Break, broke, Breed, . bred, Bring, brought, Build, built, Burst, burst, Buy, bought, Cast, cast, Catch, caught, R.
Page 132 - And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 237 - ... Froze Got Gilt, R. Girt, R. Gave Went Graved Ground Grew Had Hung, R. Heard Hewed Hid Hit Held Hurt Kept Knit, R.
Page 237 - ... fall fell feed fed feel felt fight fought find found flee fled fling flung fly flew forbear forbore...
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...