 | Samuel Barnard - Language and languages - 1825 - 328 pages
...apposition in the same case. JVote 109. III. Concord of Verbs with Nouns and Pronouns. Huh 4. 308. A Verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person. JVotellO. Rule 5. 309. A Verb, having for its nominative two or more nouns or pronouns of whatever... | |
 | Education - 1827 - 554 pages
...regular neuter verb — indicative mode, present tense, third person, singular, and agrees with he — a verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person ! Q. — What is seven times nine ? Ans. — Eighty -one. Q. — Spell benefit. Ans. — Bennifit.... | |
 | Joseph Hervey Hull - English language - 1828 - 84 pages
...present time. Second person, plural, because the agent, ye or you, is, with which it agrees. Rule. A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person. Ye or you, understood, is a pronoun, a word used for a noun. Personal, it personifies gentlemen. Of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 128 pages
...afterwards, those Appendages anil Notes in Italicks, which will be found useful in parsing. RULE I. A verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person ; as, " I learn ;" " Thou art improved ;" " The birds sing." Appendage. The phrases as follows, as... | |
 | Joab Goldsmith Cooper - Latin language - 1829 - 276 pages
...amicus mortaus est, quod est mihi dolori ; my dear friend is dead, which is a grief to me. RULE 4. A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person, ae : ego lego ; / read. nos amamus ; we love. tu seribis ; you write. vos studetis ; ye study. ille... | |
 | William Fletcher - English language - 1829 - 158 pages
...consideration of the first and most important rule in SYNTAX, I will pass on to it, without delay. RULE I. A verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person; as, " I learn;" "Thou art taught;" "The men run." A verb, as I have told you before, is the chief word... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 128 pages
...afterwards, those Appendages and Notts in Italicks, which will be found useful in parsing. RULE I. A verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person ; as, "I learn ;" "Thou art improved ;" " The birds sing." Appendage. The phrases as follows, as appears,... | |
 | miss Miller - 1830 - 88 pages
...another shall be put in a particular mood, tense, or «ase. THE NOMINATIVE CASE AND THE VERB. RULE I. A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person. To find the nominative case, ask the question, " Who ?" or "What?" with the verb, and the word that... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - English language - 1830 - 124 pages
...and the objective. The nominative case to an active verb denotes the doer of the action. V Rule 3. A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person. EXAMPLES TO BE PARSED, In which it is required of the pupil (in addition to parsing the article, adjective,... | |
 | Mary W. Howland - Teaching - 1831 - 302 pages
...Corrected. — He writes a letter. I read a letter. What is the rule for the number and person of the verb? A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person. You have learned that verbs are used in various modes. Of what advantage is it to learn this? It is... | |
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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... 
