A Text-book of Applied English GrammarMacmillan, 1902 - 363 pages |
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... pronouns may mean more than persons ' names , which are often but unimportant pro- pronouns , and that pronouns may stand for verbs , adjectives , adverbs , and sentences ; when we reflect that what we call the parts of speech are the ...
... pronouns may mean more than persons ' names , which are often but unimportant pro- pronouns , and that pronouns may stand for verbs , adjectives , adverbs , and sentences ; when we reflect that what we call the parts of speech are the ...
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... of the Verb " To Be " 38 20 4. Correct Forms of the Verb " To Have " 29 5. Correct Forms of Certain Verbs of Action . 35 6. Subject and Object Forms of Personal Pronouns 71 xi СНАР . BOOK Two THE DEFINITION OF THE SENTENCE 1.
... of the Verb " To Be " 38 20 4. Correct Forms of the Verb " To Have " 29 5. Correct Forms of Certain Verbs of Action . 35 6. Subject and Object Forms of Personal Pronouns 71 xi СНАР . BOOK Two THE DEFINITION OF THE SENTENCE 1.
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... Pronouns 193 5. Adjectives . 207 6. Verbal Adjectives 216 7. Adverbs 227 8. Prepositions 238 9. Conjunctions 250 10. Summary of Sentence - Elements 259 11. Punctuation 266 12. Forms of Words 284 xiv CONTENTS СНАР . PAGE 13. Forms of ...
... Pronouns 193 5. Adjectives . 207 6. Verbal Adjectives 216 7. Adverbs 227 8. Prepositions 238 9. Conjunctions 250 10. Summary of Sentence - Elements 259 11. Punctuation 266 12. Forms of Words 284 xiv CONTENTS СНАР . PAGE 13. Forms of ...
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... . Forms of Nouns . 287 14. Forms of Pronouns 300 15. Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs 304 16. Forms of Verbs . 313 17. Form - Combinations 319 18. The Older Style 349 INDEX 355 A TEXT - BOOK OF APPLIED ENGLISH GRAMMAR APPLIED ENGLISH.
... . Forms of Nouns . 287 14. Forms of Pronouns 300 15. Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs 304 16. Forms of Verbs . 313 17. Form - Combinations 319 18. The Older Style 349 INDEX 355 A TEXT - BOOK OF APPLIED ENGLISH GRAMMAR APPLIED ENGLISH.
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... PRONOUNS 165. Present Form after have , etc. know known lay laid lie ( to recline ) lain ride ridden ring rung rise risen run run see seen set set shake shaken show shown sing sung sink sunk sit sat spring steal sprung stolen swim swum ...
... PRONOUNS 165. Present Form after have , etc. know known lay laid lie ( to recline ) lain ride ridden ring rung rise risen run run see seen set set shake shaken show shown sing sung sink sunk sit sat spring steal sprung stolen swim swum ...
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Page 278 - The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Page 131 - Heads, heads — take care of your heads!' cried the loquacious stranger, as they came out under the low archway, which in those days formed the entrance to the coach-yard. 'Terrible place — dangerous work — other day — five children — mother — tall lady, eating sandwiches — forgot the arch — crash — knock — children look round — mother's head off — sandwich in her hand — no mouth to put it in — head of a family off — shocking, shocking! Looking at Whitehall, sir? —...
Page 273 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,
Page 280 - That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies, That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
Page 156 - Spend not where you may save. Spare not where you must spend. 14. The fool's coat may be fine. It is only a fool's coat. 15. Foppishness is vulgar. Neatness never made a fop. 16. Fine clothes never won a position. Clean nails have made a man rich. 17. Labor makes dirty hands. Hands honestly dirty make clean money. 18. 'Tis a wicked world. We make a part of it.
Page 279 - I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed...
Page 237 - And so beside the Silent Sea, I wait the muffled oar; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Page 279 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled, The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form.
Page 98 - ... been with all the rest. As soon as I put a man in command of the army, he'd come to me with a plan of campaign and about as much as say, "Now, I don't believe I can do it, but if you say so, I'll try it on," and so put the responsibility of success or failure on me.