An Abridgment of L. Murray's English Grammar: With Alterations and Improvements : Designed for the Use of the Younger Class of Learners |
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... Subjunctive Mode reprefents a thing under a condition , motive , wish , or fuppofition , & c .; and is preceded by a ... PLUPERFECT , and the FIRST and SECOND FUTURE . The Prefent Tense represents an action or event as paffing B 2 ...
... Subjunctive Mode reprefents a thing under a condition , motive , wish , or fuppofition , & c .; and is preceded by a ... PLUPERFECT , and the FIRST and SECOND FUTURE . The Prefent Tense represents an action or event as paffing B 2 ...
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... Perfect Tense not only refers to what is past , but also conveys an allusion to the pref- ent time , and is formed by the auxiliary have , haft or bas , and the perfect participle ; as , " I have finished my letter ; " " I have feen the ...
... Perfect Tense not only refers to what is past , but also conveys an allusion to the pref- ent time , and is formed by the auxiliary have , haft or bas , and the perfect participle ; as , " I have finished my letter ; " " I have feen the ...
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... PERFECT TENSE . PLURAL . 1. We have had . 2. Ye or you have had . 3. They have had . PLUPERFECT TENSE . 2. Thou hadst had . 3. He had had , PLURAL . 1. We had had . 2. Ye or you had had . 3. They had had . FIRST FUTURE TENSE . SINGULAR ...
... PERFECT TENSE . PLURAL . 1. We have had . 2. Ye or you have had . 3. They have had . PLUPERFECT TENSE . 2. Thou hadst had . 3. He had had , PLURAL . 1. We had had . 2. Ye or you had had . 3. They had had . FIRST FUTURE TENSE . SINGULAR ...
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... TENSE . PLURAL . 1. We may or can have had . 2. Ye or you may or can have 3 . had . They may or can have had . * Will is not ufed in the first perfon in the second future T PLUPERFECT TENSE . SINGULAR . PLURAL . 1. We 20 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... TENSE . PLURAL . 1. We may or can have had . 2. Ye or you may or can have 3 . had . They may or can have had . * Will is not ufed in the first perfon in the second future T PLUPERFECT TENSE . SINGULAR . PLURAL . 1. We 20 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... PLUPERFECT TENSE . SINGULAR . PLURAL . 1. We might , could , would , or fhould have had . X. Í might , could , would , or fhould have had . 2 . 2. Thou mightft , couldft , wouldft , or fhouldst have had . Ye or you might , could , would ...
... PLUPERFECT TENSE . SINGULAR . PLURAL . 1. We might , could , would , or fhould have had . X. Í might , could , would , or fhould have had . 2 . 2. Thou mightft , couldft , wouldft , or fhouldst have had . Ye or you might , could , would ...
Common terms and phrases
adjective adjuncts adverb alſo becauſe caufe colon comma compariſon COMPOUND PERFECT confifts confonant conjunction connected DEFECTIVE VERBS defire diphthong diſtinguiſhed Engliſh expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feen femicolon fenfe feparated fhalt fhort fhould have loved fhould love fhouldft fign fignifies fimple fentence fingle finite verb fome fometimes fpeech ftudy fubftantive fubject fuch fuperlative fyllable gender houfe Imperative Mode IMPERFECT SINGULAR Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances itfelf lefs LESSON Metonymy moft moſt muft muſt nominative cafe nouns nouns and pronouns objective cafe paffion Perf perfect participle PERFECT TENSE Perfonal pronouns phraſe PLUPERFECT SINGULAR PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number pofitive Potential Mode preffed prepofition PRESENT TENSE refpect REGULAR VERB relative pronoun repreſents requifite RULE SECOND FUTURE TENSE ſhall shalt or wilt Subjunctive Synecdoche tenfe tenſe thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe Thou art Thou mayft Thou mightft Thou shalt ufed uſed verb virtue vowel wife words and phrafes wouldft
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Page 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 57 - Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper : there would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions of volumes that would be utterly annihilated.
Page 43 - When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by some word in its own member of the sentence : as, " He who preserves me, to whom I owe my being, whose I am, and whom I serve, is eternal.
Page 31 - They might have been loved. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. If I be loved, 1. If we be loved, 2. If thou be loved, 2. If you be loved, 3. If he be loved; 3. If they be loved.
Page 12 - What, is a kind of compound relative, including both the antecedent and the relative, and is equivalent to that which; as "This is what I wanted ;" that is to say,
Page 46 - By the thirteenth rule of syntax, when verbs are used that, in point of time, relate to each other, the order of time should be observed. The imperfect tense visited should, therefore, have been had visited, in the pluperfect tense, representing the.