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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... regard to all that relates to human knowledge , the present generation are really the ancients . They believed that much time was lost by the indiscriminate and exclusive use of the classics as the foundation of education , which ought ...
... regard to all that relates to human knowledge , the present generation are really the ancients . They believed that much time was lost by the indiscriminate and exclusive use of the classics as the foundation of education , which ought ...
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... regard to the nature of active verbs ? 149. That some active verbs will take nouns after them for objects , and others will not . Q. We will next notice this difference . The term transitive means pass- ing over ; and when I say ...
... regard to the nature of active verbs ? 149. That some active verbs will take nouns after them for objects , and others will not . Q. We will next notice this difference . The term transitive means pass- ing over ; and when I say ...
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... regard your friends . " " We desire your improvement . " " We love our children . " " You make a knife . " " He found a dollar . " " She attends the school . " " It retards the work . " " They shun vice . " " Ye derive comfort . " 2 ...
... regard your friends . " " We desire your improvement . " " We love our children . " " You make a knife . " " He found a dollar . " " She attends the school . " " It retards the work . " " They shun vice . " " Ye derive comfort . " 2 ...
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... ellipses ? genii ? theses ? parentheses ? stimuli ? strata ? How are mathematics , optics , & c . con- sidered in regard to number ? 332 . Of what number is means ? 332. alms ? amends ? antipodes ? literati ? news ? 46 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... ellipses ? genii ? theses ? parentheses ? stimuli ? strata ? How are mathematics , optics , & c . con- sidered in regard to number ? 332 . Of what number is means ? 332. alms ? amends ? antipodes ? literati ? news ? 46 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... regard the kind assistance of her friend . " " He won't disobey me . " " He can't endure such afflictions . " " You can't be absent at such times . " " You won't mistake the direc tion . " " Who will assist me ? " " John " [ will assist ...
... regard the kind assistance of her friend . " " He won't disobey me . " " He can't endure such afflictions . " " You can't be absent at such times . " " You won't mistake the direc tion . " " Who will assist me ? " " John " [ will assist ...
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according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun adverb agrees applied auxiliary auxiliary verbs called comma compound conjugation conjunction connected Corresponding with Murray's DEFECTIVE VERBS denote ellipsis embossed backs English English language EXERCISES IN PARSING EXERCISES IN SYNTAX following sentences future tense genitive Give an example GOODRICH'S SAMUEL governed Half bound happy imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection intransitive James John king language loved manner means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person objective 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 SAMUEL G second future second person sense signifies sing singular number sometimes subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllables SYNTAX CONTINUED tence thing tion tive transitive verbs virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write written
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Page 187 - Accent Accent is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice on a certain letter or syllable in a word, that it may be better heard than the rest, or distinguished from them...
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.
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Page 157 - I intended to have •written," is a very common phrase; the infinitive being in the past time, as well as the verb which it follows. But it is certainly wrong : for how long soever it now is since I thought of writing, " to write" was then present to me, and must still be considered as present, when I bring back that time, and the thoughts of it. It ought, therefore, to be, " The last week I intended to write.
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