English Grammar on the Productive System: A Method of Instruction Recently Adopted in Germany and Switzerland : Designed for Schools and Academies |
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... Adverbs .... Prepositions ..... Conjunctions ...... ............ . Interjections Orthography Etymology ....... Syntax ....... Nouns ... Person 33 35 36 39 41 41 42 42 43 Gender ..... Number 43 45 Case .......... Declension of Nouns ...
... Adverbs .... Prepositions ..... Conjunctions ...... ............ . Interjections Orthography Etymology ....... Syntax ....... Nouns ... Person 33 35 36 39 41 41 42 42 43 Gender ..... Number 43 45 Case .......... Declension of Nouns ...
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... Adverbs ......... Prepositions Conjunctions : Interjections Agreement of Nouns . Nouns used independently . Infinitive Mood ....... Exercises ....... Words used as different parts of Speech .......... Contractions .......... 69 70 71 80 ...
... Adverbs ......... Prepositions Conjunctions : Interjections Agreement of Nouns . Nouns used independently . Infinitive Mood ....... Exercises ....... Words used as different parts of Speech .......... Contractions .......... 69 70 71 80 ...
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... ADVERB . Q. When I say , " The bird flies swiftly , " I do not mean by swiftly to describe bird : what does swiftly ... Adverbs , though very numerous , may ADVERBS . 333 840 Adverbs.
... ADVERB . Q. When I say , " The bird flies swiftly , " I do not mean by swiftly to describe bird : what does swiftly ... Adverbs , though very numerous , may ADVERBS . 333 840 Adverbs.
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... adverbs . 2. This fact should be remembered ; you shall , therefore , have it in the form of a rule : will you repeat it ? RULE IX . Adverbs qualify verbs , adjectives , and other adverbs . 2. From bad we form the adverb badly : how ...
... adverbs . 2. This fact should be remembered ; you shall , therefore , have it in the form of a rule : will you repeat it ? RULE IX . Adverbs qualify verbs , adjectives , and other adverbs . 2. From bad we form the adverb badly : how ...
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... Adverbs qualifying verbs . " The soldiers marched slowly . " The girls sing delightfully . " " Henry improves rapidly . " 66 99 They will return soon . " " The boys write admirably . " “ Susan dances elegantly . " Adverbs qualifying ...
... Adverbs qualifying verbs . " The soldiers marched slowly . " The girls sing delightfully . " " Henry improves rapidly . " 66 99 They will return soon . " " The boys write admirably . " “ Susan dances elegantly . " Adverbs qualifying ...
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according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun adverb agrees auxiliary verbs better called comma common noun compound conjugation conjunction connected Corresponding with Murray's DEFECTIVE VERBS definite article denote ellipsis EXERCISES IN PARSING EXERCISES IN SYNTAX following sentences future tense genitive Give an example grammarians happy imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection intransitive James John John's king Lord loved manner means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person PARSED AND CORRECTED passive verb Perf personal pronoun phrase PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preposition Pres present tense relative pronoun repeat RULE VII Rule XV second future second person sense signifies sing singular number sometimes speak subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable SYNTAX CONTINUED tence tense expresses thing Thou art Thou hast tion tive transitive verb virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write written
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Page 116 - The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 146 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Page 156 - O LORD, our heavenly ,Father, Almighty > and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; De(fend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant » that this day we fall into no ,sin, neither run into ,any kind of danger ; but » that all our doings may be ordered by ,thy governance, to do always » that > is ,righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus ,Christ > our Lord.
Page 191 - A divine legislator, uttering his voice from heaven ; an almighty governor, stretching forth his arm to punish or reward ; informing us of perpetual rest prepared hereafter for the righteous, and of indignation and wrath awaiting the wicked : these are the considerations which overawe the world, which support integrity, and check guilt.
Page 131 - Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son.
Page 192 - Alas ! how different ! yet how like the same !" 3. The appellations of the Deity : as, " God, Jehovah, the Almighty, the Supreme Being, the Lord, Providence, the Messiah, the Holy Spirit." 4. Proper names of persons, places, streets, mountains, rivers, ships : as, " George, York, the Strand, the Alps, the Thames, the Seahorse.
Page 30 - Lupin was, comforted by the mere voice and presence of such a man; and, though he had merely said 'a verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person...
Page 129 - ... all the virtues that have been ever in mankind are to be counted upon a few fingers, but his follies and vices are innumerable, and time adds hourly to the heap.
Page 192 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill...
Page 118 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.