A Grammar Containing the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language: For Advanced Grammar Grades, and for High Schools, Academies, EtcHarper & Brothers, 1879 - 256 pages |
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... writing the English language with propriety . " The Progressive Grammar was an at- tempt to break loose from the shackles of purely technical grammar -to strip it of fruitless formalism , and to introduce the constructive element . It ...
... writing the English language with propriety . " The Progressive Grammar was an at- tempt to break loose from the shackles of purely technical grammar -to strip it of fruitless formalism , and to introduce the constructive element . It ...
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... writing our tongue . Very great care has been taken to make it a working class - book ; and particular attention is called to the sum maries , topical analyses , and written reviews . For the higher study of English , in its historical ...
... writing our tongue . Very great care has been taken to make it a working class - book ; and particular attention is called to the sum maries , topical analyses , and written reviews . For the higher study of English , in its historical ...
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... writing the English language correctly . S As a science Explains the structure of the language } THEORY . As an art Lays down rules for its correct use PRACTICE . 4. Words and Sentences . - Language consists of words arranged in ...
... writing the English language correctly . S As a science Explains the structure of the language } THEORY . As an art Lays down rules for its correct use PRACTICE . 4. Words and Sentences . - Language consists of words arranged in ...
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... write , wrote . 3. By an auxiliary term ; that is , by the use of a separate help- ing word joined with the word to be modified in meaning : as shall in " I shall love , " to denote the future tense ; more in " more fortunate , " to ...
... write , wrote . 3. By an auxiliary term ; that is , by the use of a separate help- ing word joined with the word to be modified in meaning : as shall in " I shall love , " to denote the future tense ; more in " more fortunate , " to ...
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... writing , " or " The boy , writing home , said , " etc. When the form in ing can be substituted for the common infinitive , it is a verbal noun : thus , " Writing [ = to write ] is more difficult than reading [ = to read ] . " SUMMARY ...
... writing , " or " The boy , writing home , said , " etc. When the form in ing can be substituted for the common infinitive , it is a verbal noun : thus , " Writing [ = to write ] is more difficult than reading [ = to read ] . " SUMMARY ...
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adjective clause adjective element adjunct adverbial clause adverbial element adverbial phrase ANALYSIS Anglo-Saxon antecedent apposition attributive auxiliary called comma common noun comparative complement complex sentence compound sentence conjugation connected construction Define degree denote direct object ellipsis EXERCISE expression feminine following sentences apply gerund grammatical form grammatical predicate grammatical subject Hence imperative mood indicative mood indirect object infinitive inflection interjection interrogative intransitive irregular language Latin learning limiting adjectives loved masculine gender meaning Model for Parsing modifying the noun noun or pronoun Parse etymologically passive voice past participle past tense Perfect Tense person and number personal pronoun possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate verb preposition principal pronominal adjective qualifying adjective relative pronoun second person sentence containing sentences apply Rule simple sentence singular number SPECIAL RULE speech statement subjunctive mood subordinate conjunction substantive suffix superlative syllable term thee thing third person Thou tion tive transitive verb verbal violations of Rule words
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Page 33 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.