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... wrote a letter to his father . " MODEL . " He " is ( 1. ) à personal pronoun , ( 2. ) third person , ( 3. ) masculine gender , ( 4. ) singular number , ( 5. ) nominative case . Parse all the Personal Pronouns in the following examples ...
... wrote a letter to his father . " MODEL . " He " is ( 1. ) à personal pronoun , ( 2. ) third person , ( 3. ) masculine gender , ( 4. ) singular number , ( 5. ) nominative case . Parse all the Personal Pronouns in the following examples ...
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... wrote it , " means , I m not acquainted with him , which is quite a different idea . 187. Which and what , when used ... wrote the book ? I do not I do not now who wrote it . Which of the gentlemen was it ? know which of them it was ...
... wrote it , " means , I m not acquainted with him , which is quite a different idea . 187. Which and what , when used ... wrote the book ? I do not I do not now who wrote it . Which of the gentlemen was it ? know which of them it was ...
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... wrote it ? Noah Webster ; " what asks for the person's character or occupation ; as , “ What was Mr. Webster ? A lexicographer . " NOTE . Relative Pronouns are of the same gender , number , and person as their antecedent . PARSING ...
... wrote it ? Noah Webster ; " what asks for the person's character or occupation ; as , “ What was Mr. Webster ? A lexicographer . " NOTE . Relative Pronouns are of the same gender , number , and person as their antecedent . PARSING ...
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... wrote it . " " Who " is a responsive pro- n , not relating to any word , either antecedent or subsequent ; person , number , and gender cannot be determined ; it is in nominative case , subject of the verb " wrote . " Parse the Relative ...
... wrote it . " " Who " is a responsive pro- n , not relating to any word , either antecedent or subsequent ; person , number , and gender cannot be determined ; it is in nominative case , subject of the verb " wrote . " Parse the Relative ...
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... wrote . crit 5- the NOTE . This is sometimes called the Imperfect Tense . 226. The PERFECT TENSE is that form of the verb which denotes what is past and finished , but con- nected also with the present time ; as , I have written . 22 ...
... wrote . crit 5- the NOTE . This is sometimes called the Imperfect Tense . 226. The PERFECT TENSE is that form of the verb which denotes what is past and finished , but con- nected also with the present time ; as , I have written . 22 ...
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