An enlarged edition of Murray's abridged English grammar, by dr. [J.A.] Giles1839 - 212 páginas |
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... agreement which one word has with another , in gender , number , case , or person . Government is that power which one part of speech has over another , in directing its mood , tense , or case . RULE I. A verb must agree with its ...
... agreement which one word has with another , in gender , number , case , or person . Government is that power which one part of speech has over another , in directing its mood , tense , or case . RULE I. A verb must agree with its ...
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... agreeing with them in the plural num- ber ; as , " Socrates and Plato were wise : they were the most eminent philosophers of Greece ; " " The sun that rolls over our heads , the food that we receive , the rest that we enjoy , daily ...
... agreeing with them in the plural num- ber ; as , " Socrates and Plato were wise : they were the most eminent philosophers of Greece ; " " The sun that rolls over our heads , the food that we receive , the rest that we enjoy , daily ...
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... agreeing with it , either of the singular or plural number ; yet regard must still be had to the import of the word , ac ... agree with their ante- cedents , and the nouns for which they stand , in gender and number ; as , " This is the ...
... agreeing with it , either of the singular or plural number ; yet regard must still be had to the import of the word , ac ... agree with their ante- cedents , and the nouns for which they stand , in gender and number ; as , " This is the ...
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... the relative and verb may agree in person with either , according to the sense : as , " I am the man who command you ; " or , " I am the man who commands you . " RULE VIII . Every adjective , and every adjective pronoun 70 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... the relative and verb may agree in person with either , according to the sense : as , " I am the man who command you ; " or , " I am the man who commands you . " RULE VIII . Every adjective , and every adjective pronoun 70 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... agree , in number , with their substantives ; as , " This book , these books ; that sort , those sorts ; another road , other roads . " Adjectives are often placed after their substan- tives , 1. In sublime and elevated composition ; as ...
... agree , in number , with their substantives ; as , " This book , these books ; that sort , those sorts ; another road , other roads . " Adjectives are often placed after their substan- tives , 1. In sublime and elevated composition ; as ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accented active verb adjective pronouns adverbs Aristomenes auxiliary verb brother called comma common substantive Conjugate the following conjunction consonant couldst DEFECTIVE VERBS degrees of comparison denote derived diphthong English esteemed Exercises express favours following adjectives following nouns following verbs folly governed Grammar happy hath heart honour horse Imperative Mood imperfect tense indicative mood infinitive mood Interjection irregular verbs letter live Lord mayst or canst mind Name neuter gender nominative nouns objective Parsing passions peace Perf perfect participle personal pronouns PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition PRESENT TENSE proper relative pronouns reward Rules of Syntax says SECOND FUTURE TENSE SECT sentence shouldst signifies singular number sometimes speak Subjunctive Mood substantives derived syllables temper thee thing third person singular Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tive triphthong verb active verse vice virtue virtuous vowel wise word Write the following youth
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Página 210 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death...
Página 198 - ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Página 199 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 209 - I'll fill another pipe, said my uncle Toby, and not interrupt thee till thou hast done ; so sit down at thy ease, Trim, in the window-seat, and begin thy story again.
Página 203 - And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf.
Página 83 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 6 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Página 199 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 89 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Página 154 - Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.