Easy lessons in English grammarA. Thom, 1877 - 120 pages |
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... intelligible to all children who are learning to read words of three syllables . To attain the first of these objects , the author has never lost sight of the simple definition with which his little treatise com- mences , viz A 2.
... intelligible to all children who are learning to read words of three syllables . To attain the first of these objects , the author has never lost sight of the simple definition with which his little treatise com- mences , viz A 2.
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... never say : The duchess ' carriage , or The Princess ' retinue , or The actress ' robes , or James ' brother , & c . ] 94. When the Nominative plural does not end in 8 , the Possessive plural is formed by adding the apostrophe and the ...
... never say : The duchess ' carriage , or The Princess ' retinue , or The actress ' robes , or James ' brother , & c . ] 94. When the Nominative plural does not end in 8 , the Possessive plural is formed by adding the apostrophe and the ...
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... never be used . ] LESSON XI . Adjectives . 97. An Adjective is a word used to qualify a noun ; as a good man , a large town , an expensive book , great goodness , five shillings . 98. [ The phrase : " to qualify a noun " means simply ...
... never be used . ] LESSON XI . Adjectives . 97. An Adjective is a word used to qualify a noun ; as a good man , a large town , an expensive book , great goodness , five shillings . 98. [ The phrase : " to qualify a noun " means simply ...
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... never used as independent verbs in a sentence , but are always joined with other verbs . ] 203. The verbs To be , To have , and To do , may be employed as independent verbs , but shall , will , can , and may , are always auxiliary verbs ...
... never used as independent verbs in a sentence , but are always joined with other verbs . ] 203. The verbs To be , To have , and To do , may be employed as independent verbs , but shall , will , can , and may , are always auxiliary verbs ...
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... never be joined with either the Present Tense , or the Past Tense , or the Imperative Mood . Many mistakes in parsing arise from ignorance of this simple principle . ] LESSON XXIII . Compound Moods and Tenses . 211. The Compound Moods ...
... never be joined with either the Present Tense , or the Past Tense , or the Imperative Mood . Many mistakes in parsing arise from ignorance of this simple principle . ] LESSON XXIII . Compound Moods and Tenses . 211. The Compound Moods ...
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1st pers 2nd 3rd 2nd Thou action or event Adverb Agent or Subject auxiliary verb called Complex sentence Compound Mood Compound Relative Conjugation Conjunctions copy Defective Verbs denotes the action depends Distributive pronouns English expressed or understood father Future Tense gender Grammar Idioms Imperative Mood INDICATIVE MOOD Infinitive Mood Intransitive Irregular Verbs John joined LESSON means moods and tenses move Ye moved 2nd namely noun boy noun or pronoun objective case governed parsed Passive Voice Past Participle Past Tense Perf person or thing person singular personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense PLUR Plur.-We plural number Poss Possessive Potential Mood Prepositions Pres PRESENT PARTICIPLE PRESENT TENSE Principal sentence Proper Noun qualify refers Relative Pronoun Rule of Syntax Simple sentence Simple Tenses SING Sing.-I sometimes speaking Subject or Nominative Subjunctive Mood syllable TENSE-I Third person thou move tive to-morrow Transitive Verb vowel walk word write
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Page 109 - In the first Person simply shall foretells ; In will a Threat, or else a Promise dwells. Shall, in the second and the third, does threat ; Will simply, then, foretells the future feat.
Page 36 - An Irregular Verb is one that does not form its past tense and past participle by adding ed to the present.
Page 1 - ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English Language with propriety.
Page 70 - I have not loved the world, nor the world me, — But let us part fair foes ; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things, — hopes which will not deceive, And virtues which are merciful, nor weave Snares for the failing ; I would also deem O'er others...
Page 20 - A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word : as, "The man is happy : he is benevolent : he is useful
Page 11 - When a noun ends with y preceded by a vowel, the plural is formed by adding s in the regular way; as, boy, boys; chimney, chimneys; turkey, turkeys; valley, valleys. RULE 3 When a noun ends with y preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by changing y to i, and adding es; as, liberty, liberties; family, families; history, histories; berry, berries.
Page 103 - I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey!
Page 16 - s to the nominative ; but the j is sometimes omitted when the sound is unpleasant; as, " for conscience' sake," " Socrates
Page 20 - The speaker is called the first person, the person spoken to is called the second person, and any person or thing spoken of is called the third person.