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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... applied to nouns ' 312 . What does the word masculine mean ? 15 . What does the masculine gender of nouns denote ? 314. Give an example . What does feminine mean ? 19 . What does the feminine gender denote ? 315. Give an example . Spain ...
... applied to nouns ' 312 . What does the word masculine mean ? 15 . What does the masculine gender of nouns denote ? 314. Give an example . What does feminine mean ? 19 . What does the feminine gender denote ? 315. Give an example . Spain ...
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... applied to the first and second persons ? 136 . Which is masculine ? 383. which fem- inine ? 383. which reuter ? 383 . How many cases have pronouns , and what are they ? 384 . How many numbers ? 384 . Will you decline I ? thou ? he ...
... applied to the first and second persons ? 136 . Which is masculine ? 383. which fem- inine ? 383. which reuter ? 383 . How many cases have pronouns , and what are they ? 384 . How many numbers ? 384 . Will you decline I ? thou ? he ...
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... applied to qualities and things which are in their nature unchangeable ; as , “ Truth is eternal ; " " William Boldly asserted there was no God ; " properly , " is no God . " 486. In animated ( 1. ) historical narrations , ( 2. ) this ...
... applied to qualities and things which are in their nature unchangeable ; as , “ Truth is eternal ; " " William Boldly asserted there was no God ; " properly , " is no God . " 486. In animated ( 1. ) historical narrations , ( 2. ) this ...
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... applied wherever the action is comected with the present time , by the actual existence , either of the author or of the work , though it may have been performed many centuries ago ; but if neither the author nor the work now remains ...
... applied wherever the action is comected with the present time , by the actual existence , either of the author or of the work , though it may have been performed many centuries ago ; but if neither the author nor the work now remains ...
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... applied " ? Note XIX . Will you parse the remaining exercises under this Note ? When is than considered a preposition ? Note XX . Give an example . What would be the effect of using the personal pronoun instead of the relative ...
... applied " ? Note XIX . Will you parse the remaining exercises under this Note ? When is than considered a preposition ? Note XX . Give an example . What would be the effect of using the personal pronoun instead of the relative ...
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according to RULE active verb active-transitive verb adjective pronoun adverb agrees applied auxiliaries 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 governed happy imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection intransitive James John king loved manner means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person objective PARSED AND CORRECTED passive verb Perf personal pronoun phrase PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preposition Pres present tense relative pronoun repeat RULE VI RULE VII Rule XV second future second person sense signifies sing singular number sometimes speak subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable SYNTAX CONTINUED tence tense expresses thing Thou art tion tive transitive verbs virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write written
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Page 116 - A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable.
Page 183 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...
Page 115 - The vowels are, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. W and y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are vowels.
Page 189 - ... 3. The colon is commonly used when an example, a quotation, or a speech is introduced: as, " The Scriptures give us an amiable representation of the Deity, in these words: 'God is love.
Page 166 - The wisest princes need not think it any diminution to their greatness, or derogation to their sufficiency, to rely upon counsel. God himself is not without, but hath made it one of the great names of his blessed Son : The Counsellor. Solomon hath pronounced that in counsel is stability.
Page 116 - SYNTAX. THE third part of grammar is SYNTAX, which treats of the agreement and construction of words in a sentence. A sentence is an assemblage of words, forming a complete sense. Sentences are of two kinds, simple and compound. A simple sentence has in it but one subject, and one finite* verb: as, "Life is short.
Page 177 - King Charles, and more than him, the duke and the popish faction, were at liberty to form new schemes.
Page 190 - It is, however, very proper to begin with a capital, 1. The first word of every book, chapter, letter, note, or any other piece of writing. 2. The first word after a period ; and, if two sentences are totally independent, after a note of interrogation or exclamation.
Page 165 - This is an idiom to which our language is strongly inclined ; it prevails in common conversation, and suits very well with the familiar style in writing : but the placing of the preposition before the relative, is more graceful, as well as more perspicuous, and agrees much better with the solemn and elevated style.
Page 117 - Here, a wise man is the subject ; governs, the attribute, or thing affirmed ; and his passions the object. Syntax principally consists of two parts, Concord and Government. Concord is the agreement which one word has with another, in gender, number, case, or person. Government is that power which one part of speech has over another, in directing its mood, tense, or case.