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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... PERSON . Q. When a person , in speaking , says , " I , John , will do it , " what person do grammarians call John ... third person , because James was spoken of ; that is , I was talking about James . Q. When , then , is a noun of the ...
... PERSON . Q. When a person , in speaking , says , " I , John , will do it , " what person do grammarians call John ... third person , because James was spoken of ; that is , I was talking about James . Q. When , then , is a noun of the ...
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... a NOUN , because it is a name - PROPER , be cause it is a particular name - MASCULINE GENDER ; it is the name of a male - THIRD PERSON ; it is spoken of — SINGULAR essive case is governed by the following it is a 12 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... a NOUN , because it is a name - PROPER , be cause it is a particular name - MASCULINE GENDER ; it is the name of a male - THIRD PERSON ; it is spoken of — SINGULAR essive case is governed by the following it is a 12 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... THIRD PERSON ; it is spoken of — and SINGULAR NUMBER ; it means but one . 1 . EXERCISES IN PARSING " A dutiful son . " " An idle boy . " 66 A foolish son . " 99 4 . 2 . " An ugly child . ” " An irksome task . " " A mild reply . " " The ...
... THIRD PERSON ; it is spoken of — and SINGULAR NUMBER ; it means but one . 1 . EXERCISES IN PARSING " A dutiful son . " " An idle boy . " 66 A foolish son . " 99 4 . 2 . " An ugly child . ” " An irksome task . " " A mild reply . " " The ...
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... person ough he to be , and why ? 124. The third person ; because it stands in the place of a noun which is spoken of . Q. I invariably stands for the first person , you ; for the secord , and he for the third , how can we tell the different ...
... person ough he to be , and why ? 124. The third person ; because it stands in the place of a noun which is spoken of . Q. I invariably stands for the first person , you ; for the secord , and he for the third , how can we tell the different ...
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... person ? e second , and how many of the third ? the nominative case , singular , are called leading pro ese are there ? thou or you , he , she , it . e possessive and objective cases of the singular and e nominatives plural , reckoned ...
... person ? e second , and how many of the third ? the nominative case , singular , are called leading pro ese are there ? thou or you , he , she , it . e possessive and objective cases of the singular and e nominatives plural , reckoned ...
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according to RULE active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverb agree auxiliary auxiliary verbs better called comma common noun compound conjugate 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 James John king Lord loved manner means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person object PARSED AND CORRECTED participle passive verb Perf perfect person singular phrase pluperfect 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 syllables SYNTAX CONTINUED tence tense expresses thing THIRD PERSON tion tive transitive verbs understood virtue vowel William wise word write written
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