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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... agreement of the pro- RULE V. agree with the nouns for which gender , number , and STIONS ON PARSING . person . at sorts of words have we now found , and what are NOUN , the ARTICLE , the ADJECTIVE , u know , means division ; and speech ...
... agreement of the pro- RULE V. agree with the nouns for which gender , number , and STIONS ON PARSING . person . at sorts of words have we now found , and what are NOUN , the ARTICLE , the ADJECTIVE , u know , means division ; and speech ...
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... agrees , agreeably to RULE VII . A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person . - My is a PRONOUN , a word used for a noun - PERSONAL ; › i always represents the same person — FIRST PERSON ; it repre sents the person ...
... agrees , agreeably to RULE VII . A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person . - My is a PRONOUN , a word used for a noun - PERSONAL ; › i always represents the same person — FIRST PERSON ; it repre sents the person ...
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... agrees , agreeably to uns must agree with the nouns for which der , number , and person . s . his " -made in the POSSESSIVE CASE- ne noun book , according to ossessive case is governed by the following ords , book , reads , and John ...
... agrees , agreeably to uns must agree with the nouns for which der , number , and person . s . his " -made in the POSSESSIVE CASE- ne noun book , according to ossessive case is governed by the following ords , book , reads , and John ...
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... agrees with it , according to RULE VII . A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person . " They had come . " " We did go.
... agrees with it , according to RULE VII . A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person . " They had come . " " We did go.
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... agrees , according to RULE VII . A verb must agree with its nominative case ir number and person . EXERCISES IN PARSING CONTINUED . 1 " Boys may learn arithmetic . " " The wind may have shaken the trees . " " William must obey his in ...
... agrees , according to RULE VII . A verb must agree with its nominative case ir number and person . EXERCISES IN PARSING CONTINUED . 1 " Boys may learn arithmetic . " " The wind may have shaken the trees . " " William must obey his in ...
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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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