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... stand for . A good many grammarians tell us that " mood means the manner of the * Many of the older writers on English grammar made a grievous mistake in trying to dress out English constructions in a Latin garb , being misled by the ...
... stand for . A good many grammarians tell us that " mood means the manner of the * Many of the older writers on English grammar made a grievous mistake in trying to dress out English constructions in a Latin garb , being misled by the ...
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... stand for the sounds which we utter when we talk . That which we speak with our voice , or write down to represent what we speak , is called speech or language . Grammar ( from the Greek gramma , ' letter ' ) is the science which treats ...
... stand for the sounds which we utter when we talk . That which we speak with our voice , or write down to represent what we speak , is called speech or language . Grammar ( from the Greek gramma , ' letter ' ) is the science which treats ...
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... stands not only from things of a different sort , but also from other things of the same sort . Thus the name Cicero distinguishes the person who bore it , not only from a horse or a town but from other men who did not bear that name ...
... stands not only from things of a different sort , but also from other things of the same sort . Thus the name Cicero distinguishes the person who bore it , not only from a horse or a town but from other men who did not bear that name ...
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... stand respectively for things of the male sex , things of the female sex , and things of neither sex . sex . Things without life are often personified , or spoken of as if they were living beings , and therefore either of the male or of ...
... stand respectively for things of the male sex , things of the female sex , and things of neither sex . sex . Things without life are often personified , or spoken of as if they were living beings , and therefore either of the male or of ...
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... stand for pairs of males and females , are made in three ways . First Mode.- Quite different words are used : as- Masculine . Feminine . Bachelor maid or spinster Boar SOW Masculine . Horse or 1 stallion Feminine . mare Boy girl Husband ...
... stand for pairs of males and females , are made in three ways . First Mode.- Quite different words are used : as- Masculine . Feminine . Bachelor maid or spinster Boar SOW Masculine . Horse or 1 stallion Feminine . mare Boy girl Husband ...
Términos y frases comunes
action adjective clause adverbial adjunct adverbial clause adverbial genitive adverbial relation Analysis Anglo-Saxon attributive adjunct attributive relation called Chaucer co-ordinate common Compare compound conjunctions connected consonant dative declension demonstrative denoting derived expressed father feminine following sentences French gender genitive German gerund grammatical Greek horse imperative mood Imperfect incomplete predication Indicative Mood infinitive mood inflections John juncts Koch language Latin letter masculine means modern English mute neuter nominative notion noun object old English origin Past Indefinite Tense Past Perfect Perfect of continued perfect participle Perfect Tense phrase plural possessive preceded predicative relation prefix preposition Pret qualifies referred relative adverb relative pronoun root sense Shaksp Shakspere Sing singular number smiting smitten sometimes speak spoken stands subjunctive mood subordinate clause substantive clause suffix superlative syllable Teutonic thing third person Thou tive transitive verb Verb of incomplete vowel vowel sound weak conjugation words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 165 - Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected...
Página 166 - He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone, He swam the Esk river where ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Página 204 - This is the dog, That worried the cat, ' That killed the rat, • That ate the malt, ' That lay in 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.
Página 204 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn That waked the priest all shaven and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked 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.
Página 217 - For so much trash as may be grasped thus? — I'd rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Página 87 - Perfect Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I have been, 1. We have been, 2. Thou hast been, 2. You have been, 3. He has been ; 3. They have been.
Página 147 - This may be well. But what if God have seen, And death ensue ? then I shall be no more ! And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct : A death to think ! Confirm'd then I resolve, Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.
Página 207 - I would have come. If he were to swear to it, I would not believe it. If I had any money, I would give it to you. Oh ! that it were with me as in days that are past.
Página 205 - We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition...
Página 149 - I have learned from one of your own honourable number, a right noble and pious lord, who, had he not sacrificed his life and fortunes to the Church and Commonwealth, we had not now missed and bewailed a worthy and undoubted patron of this argument.