The Essentials of the English SentenceD.C. Health & Company, 1900 - 310 páginas |
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Página iii
... only the important facts are given , it being left to the teacher Z to supply fuller details and illustration as needed . In discussing the structure of the sentence , the author has rately , and in methodical order , and to enforce.
... only the important facts are given , it being left to the teacher Z to supply fuller details and illustration as needed . In discussing the structure of the sentence , the author has rately , and in methodical order , and to enforce.
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... given . No constructive work has been suggested , nor have examples of the use of incorrect forms and faulty structure been offered for criticism . Constructive work will naturally follow in the study of composition and rhetoric ; and ...
... given . No constructive work has been suggested , nor have examples of the use of incorrect forms and faulty structure been offered for criticism . Constructive work will naturally follow in the study of composition and rhetoric ; and ...
Página 46
... given tear tore torn sing sang sung An irregular verb of the old conjugation forms its derived principal parts from the infinitive by some change in addition to the change of vowel and the addition of n or en to the participle : do did ...
... given tear tore torn sing sang sung An irregular verb of the old conjugation forms its derived principal parts from the infinitive by some change in addition to the change of vowel and the addition of n or en to the participle : do did ...
Página 59
... given The present and past tenses of the subjunctive omit Subjunctive the personal endings found in the indicative . The im- Imperative perative is like the infinitive in form . Like the future Verb groups indicative , the perfect ...
... given The present and past tenses of the subjunctive omit Subjunctive the personal endings found in the indicative . The im- Imperative perative is like the infinitive in form . Like the future Verb groups indicative , the perfect ...
Página 82
... given Present Past SIMPLE I give I gave Indicative PROGRESSIVE I am giving I was giving EMPH I do I did Future I shall give Pres . Perf . I have given Past Perf . I had given I shall be giving I have been giving I had been giving Fut ...
... given Present Past SIMPLE I give I gave Indicative PROGRESSIVE I am giving I was giving EMPH I do I did Future I shall give Pres . Perf . I have given Past Perf . I had given I shall be giving I have been giving I had been giving Fut ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action adjective modifier Adverbial objective adverbs antecedent appositive appositive adjective assertion attributive auxiliary called compound condition conjunctions connected coördinate dead dependent clause direct object elements emphatic equivalent exclamatory expressions factitive factitive predicate father form of conjugation friends give given grammatical hath heaven imperative Indefinite independent indicative indirect infinitive phrases INFINITIVE PRESENT Inflection interrogative pronoun interrogative word intransitive introduced irregular live loved PAST loved thou meaning modi modified word nominative absolute noun or pronoun old conjugation Parsing participle passive voice PAST OR PERFECT PAST PERFECT past tense Perf person or thing personal pronouns pleonasm plural possessive potential mood predicate adjective predicate nominative prepositional phrase PRESENT PAST PRESENT PERFECT principal Punctuation relative pronoun root infinitive SIMPLE FORM simple sentence sing singular sleep sometimes subordinate substantive clauses Substitutes thee thou mayest thou mightst thou wouldst tion tive transitive verbs wet wetted wet
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Página 272 - For tis the mind that makes the body rich ; ^• And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, •+ So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Página 18 - He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes, and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weathercock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew.
Página 41 - Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night, Oft till the star that rose at evening bright Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel.
Página 284 - I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 43 - ... and mischief, and which no one but himself could manage. He was, in fact, noted for preferring vicious animals, given to all kinds of tricks which kept the rider in constant risk of his neck, for he held a tractable, wellbroken horse as unworthy of a lad of spirit. Fain would I pause...
Página 30 - If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats...
Página 18 - In this by-place of nature there abode, in a remote period of American history, — that is to say, some thirty years since, — a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane, who sojourned, or as he expressed it, "tarried," in Sleepy Hollow, for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. He was a native of Connecticut, a State which supplies the Union with pioneers for the mind as well as for the forest, and sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters.
Página 18 - The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person. He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together.
Página 42 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen, than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.
Página 41 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.