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... word noun mean ? Ans . The word noun means name . Q. What , then , may your name be called ? 1. A NOUN . Q. What may all games be called ? 2. Nouns . Q. Boston is the name of a place : is Boston a noun ? and if so , why ! 3. Boston is a ...
... word noun mean ? Ans . The word noun means name . Q. What , then , may your name be called ? 1. A NOUN . Q. What may all games be called ? 2. Nouns . Q. Boston is the name of a place : is Boston a noun ? and if so , why ! 3. Boston is a ...
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... word plural mean ? 10. It means more than one . Q. Of what number is lamps , and why ? 11. Lamps is of the plural ... word gender mean ? 14. Gender signifies sex . Q. What does the word masculine mean ? 15. It means male . Q. John is the ...
... word plural mean ? 10. It means more than one . Q. Of what number is lamps , and why ? 11. Lamps is of the plural ... word gender mean ? 14. Gender signifies sex . Q. What does the word masculine mean ? 15. It means male . Q. John is the ...
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... word common ; as , A common com- plaint ? " 31. Common means general . Q. Although there are a vast many male children in the world , each one may be called by the general name of boy : what kind of a noun , then . would you call boy ...
... word common ; as , A common com- plaint ? " 31. Common means general . Q. Although there are a vast many male children in the world , each one may be called by the general name of boy : what kind of a noun , then . would you call boy ...
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... words are the nouns in the following sen- tences ; which are proper , and which common ; also their gender and number ... word case mean ? 47. Case means condition , state , & c . Q. When I say , " Charles strikes William , 10 ENGLISH ...
... words are the nouns in the following sen- tences ; which are proper , and which common ; also their gender and number ... word case mean ? 47. Case means condition , state , & c . Q. When I say , " Charles strikes William , 10 ENGLISH ...
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... words in the same sentence . Q. What does the word nominative mean ? 49. Nominative means naming . Q. When I say , " John strikes , " he evidently does something : what , hen , may John be called ? 50. An actor or dcer . Q. Well , then ...
... words in the same sentence . Q. What does the word nominative mean ? 49. Nominative means naming . Q. When I say , " John strikes , " he evidently does something : what , hen , may John be called ? 50. An actor or dcer . Q. Well , then ...
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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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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 116 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
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.
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 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 131 - And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. And he came unto his father, and said, My father.
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 185 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images, which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...
Page 130 - Of this rule there are many violations to be met with ; a few of which may be sufficient to put the learner on his guard. " Each of the sexes should keep within its particular bounds, and content themselves with the advantages of their particular districts:" better thus: "The sexes should keep within their particular bounds," &c. " Can any one, on their entrance into the world, be fully secure that they shall not be deceived?" " on his entrance,
Page 51 - There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative.