An epitome of English grammar; by J.W.R.Jonathan Wacey, 1839 - 130 pages |
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... do participles convey the notion ? What do they also signify ? What do they govern ? TENSES . 1. TENSE signifies TIME , and might seem to admit only of the PRESENT , PAST , and future ; but to mark it more accurately , it is made 34.
... do participles convey the notion ? What do they also signify ? What do they govern ? TENSES . 1. TENSE signifies TIME , and might seem to admit only of the PRESENT , PAST , and future ; but to mark it more accurately , it is made 34.
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... government of case , tense , & c . , but must generally be placed BE- FORE ADJECTIVES , AFTER VERBS active or neuter , and frequently BETWEEN THE AUXILIARY AND THE VERB . 9. Adverbs though very numerous , may be reduced to certain ...
... government of case , tense , & c . , but must generally be placed BE- FORE ADJECTIVES , AFTER VERBS active or neuter , and frequently BETWEEN THE AUXILIARY AND THE VERB . 9. Adverbs though very numerous , may be reduced to certain ...
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... government have adverbs ? BEFORE What must they generally be placed ? AFTER what must they generally be placed ? Where else are they frequently placed ? 9. Are adverbs numerous ? Which are the chief classes to which they are reduced ...
... government have adverbs ? BEFORE What must they generally be placed ? AFTER what must they generally be placed ? Where else are they frequently placed ? 9. Are adverbs numerous ? Which are the chief classes to which they are reduced ...
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... govern . 3. Prepositions govern the objective case . 4. Prepositions are sometimes joined to substantives , adjectives , and verbs , to vary their meaning ; as , above - ground , in - justice , under - stand , un - civil . 5. Most ...
... govern . 3. Prepositions govern the objective case . 4. Prepositions are sometimes joined to substantives , adjectives , and verbs , to vary their meaning ; as , above - ground , in - justice , under - stand , un - civil . 5. Most ...
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... govern ? 4 . For what purpose are prepositions sometimes joined to substantives , adjectives , and verbs ? -Give four examples . 5. What did prepositions originally denote ? -Give examples . 6. How are prepositions sometimes prefixed to ...
... govern ? 4 . For what purpose are prepositions sometimes joined to substantives , adjectives , and verbs ? -Give four examples . 5. What did prepositions originally denote ? -Give examples . 6. How are prepositions sometimes prefixed to ...
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accent active verb adjective pronouns Adjectives denoting plenty adverbs articulate sound auxiliary verbs begin with capitals called regular comma Compound Perfect Conjugate the following conjunction consonant copulative could,would couldst Decline the pronoun DEFECTIVE VERBS definite article derived from substantives English Grammar expressed or understood following verbs give an example govern Imperative Mood IMPERFECT TENSE indefinite indicative mood infinitive mood interjection irregular verbs lative letter marked mayst or canst might,could might,could,would moods and tenses objective passive verb pauses PERF perfect participle personal pronouns PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood prepositions PRESENT TENSE QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION Repeat the imperative Repeat the imperfect Repeat the participles Repeat the subjunctive RULE SECOND FUTURE TENSE semicolon shouldst singular number stantives subjunctive mood substantives derived substantives ending superlative tense and perfect tense represent there?-Name third person Thou hadst Thou mayst Thou mightst tives verb active verb neuter vowel wise Write the following
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Page 36 - The Conjugation of a verb, is the regular combination and arrangement of its several numbers, persons, moods, and tenses. The Conjugation of an active verb is styled the ACTIVE VOICE ; and that of a passive verb, the PASSIVE VOICE.
Page 102 - 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 56 - LOVED. Indicative Mood. Present^ Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I am loved. 1. We are loved. 2. Thou art loved. 2. Ye or you are loved. 3. He is loved. 3. They are loved. Imperfect Tense.
Page 100 - QUANTITY. The quantity of a syllable is that time which is occupied in pronouncing it. It is considered as long or short. A vowel or syllable is long, when the accent is on the vowel ; which occasions it to be slowly joined, in pronunciation, to the following letter ; as, "Fall, bale, mood, house, feature.
Page 99 - 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 5 - There are, in English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, PARTS OF SPEECH ; namely, the ARTICLE, the SUBSTANTIVE or NOUN, the ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1.
Page 60 - TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. If I were loved. 1 . If we were loved. 2. If thou wert loved. 2. If ye or you were loved. 3. If he were loved.
Page 67 - ... read read read rend rent rent rid rid rid ride rode ridden ring rang rung rise rose risen run ran run...
Page 103 - The semicolon is used for dividing a compound sentence into two or more parts, not so closely connected as those which are separated by a comma, nor yet so little dependent on each other, as those which are distinguished by a colon. " The semicolon is sometimes used, when the preceding member of the sentence does not of itself give a complete sense, but depends...
Page 102 - PUNCTUATION. 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.