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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... called upon to exercise the powers which have been previously developed and cultivated , in the acqui- sition of such positive knowledge as may prepare the individual for life and action . The inductive process is still employed as much ...
... called upon to exercise the powers which have been previously developed and cultivated , in the acqui- sition of such positive knowledge as may prepare the individual for life and action . The inductive process is still employed as much ...
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... called ? 1. A NOUN . Q. What may all names be called ? 2. Nouns . Q. Boston is the name of a place is Boston a noun ? and if so , why ? 3. Boston is a noun , because it is a name . Hudson is the name of a river : is Hudson a noun , and ...
... called ? 1. A NOUN . Q. What may all names be called ? 2. Nouns . Q. Boston is the name of a place is Boston a noun ? and if so , why ? 3. Boston is a noun , because it is a name . Hudson is the name of a river : is Hudson a noun , and ...
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... a male nor a female : what gender , then , may it properly be called ? 24. Neuter gender . Q. What nouns , then , may be said to be of the neuter gender ? 25. The names of objects that are neither males nor ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... a male nor a female : what gender , then , may it properly be called ? 24. Neuter gender . Q. What nouns , then , may be said to be of the neuter gender ? 25. The names of objects that are neither males nor ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... called by the general name of bɔy : what kind of a noun , then , would you call boy ? 32. A common noun . Q. When , then , is a noun called common ? 33. When it is a general name . Q. What does the word proper mean ? 34. It means fit or ...
... called by the general name of bɔy : what kind of a noun , then , would you call boy ? 32. A common noun . Q. When , then , is a noun called common ? 33. When it is a general name . Q. What does the word proper mean ? 34. It means fit or ...
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... called ? 50. An actor or doer . Q. Well , then , as the actor or doer is considered the naming or leading noun , in ... called in grammar ? 63. The comma is called an apostrophe , and the s , an apostrophic s . Q. You also perceive that ...
... called ? 50. An actor or doer . Q. Well , then , as the actor or doer is considered the naming or leading noun , in ... called in grammar ? 63. The comma is called an apostrophe , and the s , an apostrophic s . Q. You also perceive that ...
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according action active adjective adverb agrees appear applied auxiliary beginning belongs better called common compared compound conjunction connected considered construction containing CONTINUED correct denote English EXERCISES IN SYNTAX express future gender Give an example governed grammar happy hence imperfect implies indicative mood infinitive instances James John joined kind king language lives loved manner means mind nature neuter never nominative Note noun objective observing parse participle particular passive past perfect phrase Plural positive possessive preceding preposition present present tense Price principal pronoun proper reason refer regard relation relative Remark repeat require respect Rule School sense sentence signifies sing singular singular number sometimes speak syllable tense thing THIRD PERSON thou tion understood verb virtue voice wise word write written
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Page 116 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 156 - O LORD, our heavenly ,Father, Almighty > and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; De(fend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant » that this day we fall into no ,sin, neither run into ,any kind of danger ; but » that all our doings may be ordered by ,thy governance, to do always » that > is ,righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus ,Christ > our Lord.
Page 118 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 30 - 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...
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 67 - heard," denote things that are past ; but they occurred in this year, in this week, and to-day ; 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,
Page 161 - ... 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 partly verbs.
Page 122 - If the calm in which he was born, and lasted so long, had continued ;" " and which lasted," &c. " These we have extracted from an historian of undoubted credit, and are the same that were practised," &c. ;
Page 128 - It must indeed be confessed, that a lampoon or a satire do not carry in them robbery or murder...
Page 184 - He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation, and if another part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from another nation.