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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... verb to be , which does not suggest the idea either of a thing , or a quality , or an action , but affirms the most general of all attributes , that of mere existence ; and while serving as the medium of assertion , this verb con- nects ...
... verb to be , which does not suggest the idea either of a thing , or a quality , or an action , but affirms the most general of all attributes , that of mere existence ; and while serving as the medium of assertion , this verb con- nects ...
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... verb , to the subject of which the verb pre- dicates . Ex .: The girl sing - s . The master teach - es . He write - s . 66 Every other verb contains within itself the idea of exist- ence that is expressed by the verb to be ; and this ...
... verb , to the subject of which the verb pre- dicates . Ex .: The girl sing - s . The master teach - es . He write - s . 66 Every other verb contains within itself the idea of exist- ence that is expressed by the verb to be ; and this ...
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... verb changing with the person of the subject ; but in the plural , the change merely shows the number of the subject , the same form serving for all the three persons . Let us take another verb ... verb NUMBER AND PERSON OF THE VERB . 19.
... verb changing with the person of the subject ; but in the plural , the change merely shows the number of the subject , the same form serving for all the three persons . Let us take another verb ... verb NUMBER AND PERSON OF THE VERB . 19.
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... verb in the plural . With such a subject the number of the verb depends , in a great measure , upon the consideration whether the body is spoken of as a whole , or whether it is regarded as an aggregate of individuals . In the first ...
... verb in the plural . With such a subject the number of the verb depends , in a great measure , upon the consideration whether the body is spoken of as a whole , or whether it is regarded as an aggregate of individuals . In the first ...
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... verbs . The various modifications which the verb undergoes to express the different relations of time are called the TENSES of the verb . Our verb contains in all six tenses ; three of which having a direct reference to the time of ...
... verbs . The various modifications which the verb undergoes to express the different relations of time are called the TENSES of the verb . Our verb contains in all six tenses ; three of which having a direct reference to the time of ...
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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...