 | Samuel B. EMMONS - English language - 1832 - 168 pages
...of the indicative mode, present tense, third person, plural number, and agrees \\ithrukrs. Rule: ' A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person.' Not is an adverb, and qualities the verb need. Rule: ' Adverbs qualify verbs, participles, adjectives,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1833 - 240 pages
...SYNTAX. CHAPTER I. Containing instances of false SYNTAX, disposed under the particular Rules. RULE i. A verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person: as, " I learn;" " thou art improved;" " Tlie birds sing." Grammar, p. 139. Key, p. 29. DISAPPOINTMENTS... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1834 - 202 pages
...— made in the THIRD PERSON PLURAL, because its nominative girls is, with which it agrees, agreeably to RULE VII. A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person. Industrious is an ADJECTIVE, a word joined with a noun to describe it — " industrious, more industrious,... | |
 | Mary W. Howland - Education - 1834 - 288 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. Of what advantage is it to learn this? It is necessary to express the verb in various modes to make... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1834 - 366 pages
...disposition of words in a sentence, the following rules and observations should be carefully studied. RULE I. A verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person : as, " I learn ;" " Thou art improved ;" " The birds sing." Exercises, p. 67. Key, p. 29. The following... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1835 - 266 pages
...SYNTAX. CHAP. I. Containing instances of false SYNTAX, disposed under the particular Rules. RULE I. A verb must agree 'with its nominative case, in number and person ; as, " I learn ;" " Thou art improved ;" ' The birds sing." are called impersonal verbs, and should,... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - English language - 1835 - 72 pages
...nominative case to an active verb denote ? — What rule do you give when you parse a verb? 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,... | |
 | Lyman Preston - Bookkeeping - 1835 - 228 pages
...My knowledge of grammar vras gained from hearing older boys repeat Murray's rule 1st, which says, " a verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person;" until I could recite the rule with the 4 BIOGRAPHY Utmost accuracy ; but tignif.ca.tion was out of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 148 pages
...in directing its mood, tense, or case. Q. How many principal rules are there in Syntax ? RULE I. , A verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person: as, " I learn ;" " Thou tftt improved." 1*. The infinitive mood, or part of a sentence, is sometimes... | |
 | Solomon Barrett - English language - 1837 - 136 pages
...not inate~ rially cil'oct the sens.. Page 106; 17 lines from bottom, for of, read to. 120 RULES 1. A Verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person. 2. Two or more Nouns or Pronouns, in the singular number, connected by AND, must have Verbs, Nouns... | |
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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... 
