English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - 336 Seiten |
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... refer to many gems and many flowers , separately , not col- lectively considered . The definite article the is frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more ...
... refer to many gems and many flowers , separately , not col- lectively considered . The definite article the is frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more ...
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... refer or are joined ; but as each class of them does this , more or less exactly , or in a manner peculiar to itself , a division adapted to this circum- stance appears to be suitable to the nature of things , and the understanding of ...
... refer or are joined ; but as each class of them does this , more or less exactly , or in a manner peculiar to itself , a division adapted to this circum- stance appears to be suitable to the nature of things , and the understanding of ...
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... refer to a subject peculiarly appropriated to that person ; as , " It rains , it snows , it hails , it lightens , it thunders . " But as the word impersonal implies a total ab- sence of persons , it is improperly applied to those verbs ...
... refer to a subject peculiarly appropriated to that person ; as , " It rains , it snows , it hails , it lightens , it thunders . " But as the word impersonal implies a total ab- sence of persons , it is improperly applied to those verbs ...
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... not sentences : as , " The king and queen are an amiable pair ; " where the affirmation cannot refer to each ; it being absurd to say , that the king or the queen only is an amiable pair . So in the instances , ETYMOLOGY . 127.
... not sentences : as , " The king and queen are an amiable pair ; " where the affirmation cannot refer to each ; it being absurd to say , that the king or the queen only is an amiable pair . So in the instances , ETYMOLOGY . 127.
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... refers the verb to one or other of the preceding terms in a separate view . To preserve the distinctive uses of the ... refer , to be placed in the plural number . " 2. In many complex sentences , it is difficult for learners to ...
... refers the verb to one or other of the preceding terms in a separate view . To preserve the distinctive uses of the ... refer , to be placed in the plural number . " 2. In many complex sentences , it is difficult for learners to ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 323 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Seite 304 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Seite 245 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Seite 325 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Seite 324 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Seite 320 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Seite 317 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Seite 279 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Seite 180 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Seite 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.