The Principles of English Grammar: Comprising the Substance of All the Most Approved English Grammars Extant, Briefly Defined, and Neatly Arranged ; with Copious Exercises in Parsing and SyntaxOliver and Boyd, 1872 - 216 páginas |
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... of it without delay ; and when he comes to the exercises on the verbs , he can look back to the definition of a verb active , & c . , as occasion may require . The Present tense expresses what is going on just now 22 22 ETYMOLOGY .
... of it without delay ; and when he comes to the exercises on the verbs , he can look back to the definition of a verb active , & c . , as occasion may require . The Present tense expresses what is going on just now 22 22 ETYMOLOGY .
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... time , frequently , and similar vague intimations of time , except in narrations , require the perfect , because they admit a certain latitude , and do not limit the action to any definite portion of past time ; 24 ETYMOLOGY .
... time , frequently , and similar vague intimations of time , except in narrations , require the perfect , because they admit a certain latitude , and do not limit the action to any definite portion of past time ; 24 ETYMOLOGY .
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... requires the perfect ; as , He has been dead four days . We say , Cicero has written orations , because the orations are still in existence ; but we cannot say , Cicero has written poems , because the poems do not exist ; they are lost ...
... requires the perfect ; as , He has been dead four days . We say , Cicero has written orations , because the orations are still in existence ; but we cannot say , Cicero has written poems , because the poems do not exist ; they are lost ...
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... requires an objective case after it.- preposition does not govern an objective case , it becomes an adverb ; as , He rides about . But in such phrases as , cast up , hold out , fall on , the words up , out , and on , must be considered ...
... requires an objective case after it.- preposition does not govern an objective case , it becomes an adverb ; as , He rides about . But in such phrases as , cast up , hold out , fall on , the words up , out , and on , must be considered ...
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... forms the nominative ; for it is not to drink that is death ; but to drink poison . † Two or more infinitives usually require a verb in the plural . See also R. 18. b.t EXERCISES . Usually the relative which or that is the 66 PARSING .
... forms the nominative ; for it is not to drink that is death ; but to drink poison . † Two or more infinitives usually require a verb in the plural . See also R. 18. b.t EXERCISES . Usually the relative which or that is the 66 PARSING .
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active verb adjectives adverbs agrees Analysis of Sentences anapaests antecedent ARITHMETIC auxiliary brother Cæsar called Carefully Revised Cicero comma compound conjunction containing CORRECTED denotes Dig dug diligent Edinburgh EDINBURGH ACADEMY Edition ellipsis ENGLISH GRAMMAR Etymology example express father French friends gender governed happy HISTORY Honourable Imperative Mood improper Indicative Mood Infinitive Mood James John JUNIOR CLASSES king Latin learned Lessons letter LL.D Lord loved Master means MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS names Neuter verbs never nominative Noun clause objective PARSED AND CONSTRUED Past Participle Past Tense Perfect personal pronoun phrases Pluperfect Tense plural possessive Potential Mood PREDICATE preposition Present Tense PROMISCUOUS EXERCISES pupil Questions for Examination READING-BOOK REID'S relative pronoun RUDIMENTS RULE Schools sense sometimes stiff wrapper Subjunctive Mood SURENNE'S syllable Syntax tell tence thee thing thou art tion tive trochees understood verse virtue Vocabulary vowel words write
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