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... phrase , " Thomas pursues the thief ? " " 56. In the objective case . Q. What , then , does the objective case denote ? 57. The objective case denotes the object . Q. When I say , " William whips John , " in what case is John , and why ...
... phrase , " Thomas pursues the thief ? " " 56. In the objective case . Q. What , then , does the objective case denote ? 57. The objective case denotes the object . Q. When I say , " William whips John , " in what case is John , and why ...
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... phrase , " William strikes James , " we leave out the word strikes , you perceive at once that the sense is destroyed : what reason , then , can you give , for calling some words in a sentence verbs , and others by a different name ...
... phrase , " William strikes James , " we leave out the word strikes , you perceive at once that the sense is destroyed : what reason , then , can you give , for calling some words in a sentence verbs , and others by a different name ...
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... phrase and the foregoing consists in a change in the order of the words , so as to show that a question is asked ... phrases denote what is past : in what tense are they ? 176. In the past tense . Q. What does the word future mean ; as ...
... phrase and the foregoing consists in a change in the order of the words , so as to show that a question is asked ... phrases denote what is past : in what tense are they ? 176. In the past tense . Q. What does the word future mean ; as ...
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... word auxiliary mean ? 196. Auxiliary means helping . In what tense ? Why ? " We learn ? " " I did " I shall or will learn ? " " You learn ? " " We " We had learned ? " Q. In the phrase , " I will sing , 26 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... word auxiliary mean ? 196. Auxiliary means helping . In what tense ? Why ? " We learn ? " " I did " I shall or will learn ? " " You learn ? " " We " We had learned ? " Q. In the phrase , " I will sing , 26 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... phrase , " I will sing , " will , you perceive , used to help form the future tense of sing : will is , therefore , called an auxiliary verb , and the verb sing is reckoned the principal verb : what , then , are auxiliary verbs ? 197 ...
... phrase , " I will sing , " will , you perceive , used to help form the future tense of sing : will is , therefore , called an auxiliary verb , and the verb sing is reckoned the principal verb : what , then , are auxiliary verbs ? 197 ...
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according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun adverb agrees auxiliaries auxiliary verbs better called comma compound conjugation conjunction connected Corresponding with Murray's DEFECTIVE VERBS definite article denote ellipsis English English language EXERCISES IN PARSING EXERCISES IN SYNTAX following sentences future tense gender genitive Give an example governed happy imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection intransitive James John king language loved manner masculine means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person objective pages 12mo PARSED AND CORRECTED passive verb Perf phrase pluperfect PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preposition present tense proper relative pronoun repeat RULE VII Rule XV second future second person sense signifies sing singular number sometimes subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable SYNTAX CONTINUED tence thing Thou art tion tive transitive verbs virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write
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