The Principles of English GrammarPratt, Woodford & Company, 1851 - 225 páginas |
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... James ? § 11. CASES OF NOUNS . 79. CASE is the state or condition of a noun with respect to the other words in a sentence . App . VI . 80. Nouns have three cases , viz . the Nominative , Possessive , and Objective . 81. The Nominative ...
... James ? § 11. CASES OF NOUNS . 79. CASE is the state or condition of a noun with respect to the other words in a sentence . App . VI . 80. Nouns have three cases , viz . the Nominative , Possessive , and Objective . 81. The Nominative ...
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... James strikes the table . " " The table is struck by James . " It has two forms , called the Active and the Passive voice ( § 21 ) . 150. AN INTRANSITIVE VERB expresses the being , or state of its subject , or an act not done to another ...
... James strikes the table . " " The table is struck by James . " It has two forms , called the Active and the Passive voice ( § 21 ) . 150. AN INTRANSITIVE VERB expresses the being , or state of its subject , or an act not done to another ...
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... James strikes the table , " can be changed into The table is struck by James . " But the intransitive verb can not be so changed ; thus , I smile , can not be changed into I am smiled . 3d . In the use of the transitive verb there are ...
... James strikes the table , " can be changed into The table is struck by James . " But the intransitive verb can not be so changed ; thus , I smile , can not be changed into I am smiled . 3d . In the use of the transitive verb there are ...
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... James shall go , express the resolution , not of I , thou , James , respectively , but of some other ; as , John is resolved that I shall go , etc. SIMPLE FUTURITY . 166. SHALL is used when a person foretels what is future in respect to ...
... James shall go , express the resolution , not of I , thou , James , respectively , but of some other ; as , John is resolved that I shall go , etc. SIMPLE FUTURITY . 166. SHALL is used when a person foretels what is future in respect to ...
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... James strikes the table . " . Here the verb " strikes , " in the active voice , indicates that its subject " James " acts . 178. The PASSIVE VOICE represents the subject of the verb as acted upon ; as , " The table is struck by James ...
... James strikes the table . " . Here the verb " strikes , " in the active voice , indicates that its subject " James " acts . 178. The PASSIVE VOICE represents the subject of the verb as acted upon ; as , " The table is struck by James ...
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action active voice adjective pronoun adverbs affirms antecedent arrangement auxiliary belong Cæsar called clause comma composition compound conjunction connected consists consonant DEFECTIVE VERBS denote English Etymology EXERCISES expressed governed Grammar happy hast IMPERATIVE MOOD impersonal verbs implied indefinite indicative INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood inflected interjection interrogative intransitive irregular James king language letter Lord masculine means moods and tenses neuter never nominative singular noun or pronoun objective OBSERVATIONS parsed passive voice Past participle past tense person or thing personal pronoun phrases plural poetry possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preceding predicate prefixed preposition PRESENT TENSE PRESENT-PERFECT TENSE principles proper qualifies refer relative relative pronoun rendered RULE sense sentence shews simple sometimes speech subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable Syntax thee third person thou love tive transitive verb trochees verse virtue vowel words write yesterday
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Página 69 - God : and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Página 120 - Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
Página 116 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Página 162 - Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things, ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Página 156 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 126 - The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Página 156 - 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 197 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Página 124 - The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
Página viii - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel : as, wit, witty ; thin, thinnish ; to abet, an abettor ; to begin, a beginner.