A Shorter English Grammar with Copious and Carefully Graduated ExercisesW.J. Gage, 1879 - 253 páginas |
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... sentences . To effect this , I have to a great extent disregarded the common order of our grammars . In a grammar ... follow that a pupil must ( for example ) go through all that he is there told about Nouns , Adjectives , and Pronouns ...
... sentences . To effect this , I have to a great extent disregarded the common order of our grammars . In a grammar ... follow that a pupil must ( for example ) go through all that he is there told about Nouns , Adjectives , and Pronouns ...
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... sentences . THE ALPHABET . 6. The alphabet of the English language consists of twenty - six letters , each of which is written in two forms , differing in shape and size ; the large letters being called Capitals , or Capital Letters . * ...
... sentences . THE ALPHABET . 6. The alphabet of the English language consists of twenty - six letters , each of which is written in two forms , differing in shape and size ; the large letters being called Capitals , or Capital Letters . * ...
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... These forms become emphatic when a stress is laid upon the auxiliary verb . They are commonly employed in negative and interrogative sentences . FORMATION OF TENSES IN THE ACTIVE VOICE . 209. The Present Indefinite and the Past ...
... These forms become emphatic when a stress is laid upon the auxiliary verb . They are commonly employed in negative and interrogative sentences . FORMATION OF TENSES IN THE ACTIVE VOICE . 209. The Present Indefinite and the Past ...
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... sentences ; as , Oh ! O ! Ah ! Ha ! Alas ! Fie ! Pshaw ! Hurrah ! In written language interjections are usually followed by what is called a mark of admiration ( ! ) . COMPOSITION AND DERIVATION . 297. Words may be divided into two ...
... sentences ; as , Oh ! O ! Ah ! Ha ! Alas ! Fie ! Pshaw ! Hurrah ! In written language interjections are usually followed by what is called a mark of admiration ( ! ) . COMPOSITION AND DERIVATION . 297. Words may be divided into two ...
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... these words are mere relatives . In such sentences as , " Tell me what I ought to do , " " I asked him who said so ... sentence , " I never received those books which you sent , " the adjective ' those ' and the adjective clause which ...
... these words are mere relatives . In such sentences as , " Tell me what I ought to do , " " I asked him who said so ... sentence , " I never received those books which you sent , " the adjective ' those ' and the adjective clause which ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abstract Nouns action adjective clause Adjectives of Quality Adjectives of Relation adjunct of predicate Adverbial adjunct adverbial clause Analysis Anglo-Saxon attributive adjunct auxiliary verbs brother called Chaucer co-ordinate comma common Compare compound conjunction consonant dative denotes dependent clause derived Edition Exercise expressed father Fcap feminine following sentences gender genitive gerund grammatical Greek horse Imperative Mood Imperfect incomplete predication Indicative Mood infinitive mood inflexion juncts of subject Latin letter masculine means modifies mute neuter nominative noun or pronoun object Parse passive Past Indefinite Tense Past Perfect perfect participle Perfect Tense Personal Pronoun phrase Plur Plural possessive preceded prefix preposition Pres Present Indefinite Tense Present Tense Pret qualifies relative pronoun sense Shakspere simple Sing Singular smiting smitten speaking stands Subjective complement Subjunctive Mood substantive clause suffix superlative syllable Teutonic thee thing Third Person Thou transitive verb Verb of incomplete vowel sound weak conjugation word writing
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Página 222 - I hate him for he is a Christian : But more, for that, in low simplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Página 204 - ... the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
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Página 223 - 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.
Página 225 - THIS modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, * Here lies an honest man :' A poet, bless'd beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From nature's...
Página 226 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Página 8 - M, m : N, n : O, o : P, p : Q, q: R, r: S, s : T, t: U, u : V, v: W, w: X, x : Y, y : Z, z.
Página 4 - Verbs, Irregular and Defective; their leading formations, tenses, and inflexions, with Paradigms for conjugation, Rules for formation of tenses, &c.
Página 204 - Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.