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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... past , I have had ample opportunity of examining most of the Arithmetics in publication , as well in Europe as in this country ; but of them , I can confidently state , that I have seen none possessing equal merit with RAY'S ECLECTIC ...
... past , I have had ample opportunity of examining most of the Arithmetics in publication , as well in Europe as in this country ; but of them , I can confidently state , that I have seen none possessing equal merit with RAY'S ECLECTIC ...
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... past : in what tense are they ? 176. In the past tense . Q. What does the word future mean ; as , " At some future time " ? 177. Future means yet to come . Q. In what tense are the phrases , " I will come , " " I shall have come " ? 178 ...
... past : in what tense are they ? 176. In the past tense . Q. What does the word future mean ; as , " At some future time " ? 177. Future means yet to come . Q. In what tense are the phrases , " I will come , " " I shall have come " ? 178 ...
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... past and finished ; but which has more immediate reference to the present time ? 183. Has written . Q. To distinguish this tense from the imperfect , grammarians have called it the perfect tense : what , then , will the perfect tense ...
... past and finished ; but which has more immediate reference to the present time ? 183. Has written . Q. To distinguish this tense from the imperfect , grammarians have called it the perfect tense : what , then , will the perfect tense ...
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... past time " 1. 1 was ; 2. You were ; 3. He was . Pur . 1. We were ; 2. You were ; 3. They were , or girls were " -made in the THIRD PERSON PLURAL , because its nominative girls is , with which it agrees , agreeably to RULE VII . A. verb ...
... past time " 1. 1 was ; 2. You were ; 3. He was . Pur . 1. We were ; 2. You were ; 3. They were , or girls were " -made in the THIRD PERSON PLURAL , because its nominative girls is , with which it agrees , agreeably to RULE VII . A. verb ...
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... past : as , " Already , before , lately , yesterday , heretofore , hitherto , long since , long ago , " & c Of time to come : as , " To - morrow , not yet , hereafter , henceforth , henceforward , by and by , instantly , presently ...
... past : as , " Already , before , lately , yesterday , heretofore , hitherto , long since , long ago , " & c Of time to come : as , " To - morrow , not yet , hereafter , henceforth , henceforward , by and by , instantly , presently ...
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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 perfect participle personal pronoun phrase pluperfect 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 subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable SYNTAX CONTINUED tence thing Thou art tion tive transitive verb virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write written
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Page 158 - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.
Page 185 - 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 168 - 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 188 - PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon.
Page 158 - Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Page 161 - This rule arises from the nature and idiom of our language, and from as plain a principle as any on which it is founded; namely, that a word which has the article before it, and the possessive preposition of after it, must be a noun: and, if a noun, it ought to follow the construction of a noun, and not to have the regimen of a verb. It is the participial termination of this sort of words that is apt to deceive us, and make us treat them as if they were of an amphibious species, partly nouns and...
Page 67 - heard," denote things that are past ; but they occurred in this year, in this week, and today ; and still there remains a part of this year, week, and day, whereof I speak. In general, the perfect tense may be applied wherever the action is connected 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, it cannot be used. We may say, " Cicero has written orations...
Page 130 - Of this rule there are many violations to be met with ; a few of which may be sufficient to put the learner on his guard. " Each of the sexes should keep within its particular bounds, and content themselves with the advantages of their particular districts:" better thus: "The sexes should keep within their particular bounds," &c. " Can any one, on their entrance into the world, be fully secure that they shall not be deceived?" " on his entrance,
Page 31 - Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I shall have been, 1. We shall have been, 2. Thou wilt have been, 2. You will have been, 3. He will have been ; 3. They will have been.
Page 21 - Lupin was, comforted by the mere voice and presence of such a man; and, though he had merely said 'a verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person...