A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Common Schools, Academies and SeminariesNewman & Ivison, 1854 - 250 páginas |
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... present tense denoting a present possible action , is arranged under the imperfect , and parsed as a verb that denotes an action indefinitely past and finished . It would be as absurd to say that two and two make five , as that the ...
... present tense denoting a present possible action , is arranged under the imperfect , and parsed as a verb that denotes an action indefinitely past and finished . It would be as absurd to say that two and two make five , as that the ...
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... present tense , is sometimes formed by annexing the present passive participle to the neu- ter verb ; as , " The house is being built ; " He is being loved . " This mode of expression does not accord with the style of the best writers ...
... present tense , is sometimes formed by annexing the present passive participle to the neu- ter verb ; as , " The house is being built ; " He is being loved . " This mode of expression does not accord with the style of the best writers ...
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... tenses of those verbs that are formed by an- nexing the present participle of an active verb to the verb to be are precise and definite , and by some are called the definite tenses . I was walking at sunset . " Here sunset specifies the ...
... tenses of those verbs that are formed by an- nexing the present participle of an active verb to the verb to be are precise and definite , and by some are called the definite tenses . I was walking at sunset . " Here sunset specifies the ...
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... present tense , though , from its nature , it has reference to the future . EXERCISES FOR DISTINGUISHING DIFFERENT ... tenses has the imperative mode ? | TENSES . § 139. Tenses denote the times of the 86 §§ 135-138 . ETYMOLOGY ...
... present tense , though , from its nature , it has reference to the future . EXERCISES FOR DISTINGUISHING DIFFERENT ... tenses has the imperative mode ? | TENSES . § 139. Tenses denote the times of the 86 §§ 135-138 . ETYMOLOGY ...
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... present , past , and future ; but in order to mark the times of actions or states more specifically , it is made to ... tense , all that I should at- tempt to illustrate by a multiplication of the tenses . § 141. The present tense ...
... present , past , and future ; but in order to mark the times of actions or states more specifically , it is made to ... tense , all that I should at- tempt to illustrate by a multiplication of the tenses . § 141. The present tense ...
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75 cents adjective adverbs affirmed antecedent apostrophe apposition auxiliaries called clause comma Conjugate conjunction consonant construction declension defective verbs definite definite article derived diphthong distinguished example expressed False Punctuation False Syntax formed by annexing gender governed grammatical subject imperative mode imperfect tense indefinite article indefinite pronouns indicative mode infinitive mode Interjections interrogative intransitive letters loved meaning Metonomy mind modified neuter verb nominative noun denoting noun or pronoun object participial noun passive verb Perf perfect participle person or thing person singular personal pronouns pluperfect tense plural number Poss possessive preceding predicate prefixed Pres present participle present tense principles proper proposition refer relative pronoun RULE Saxon SECOND COURSE Second Future Tense second person Sing singular number sometimes sounded like long speech subject-nominative subjunctive mode tense denotes term termination thee third person THOMAS HASTINGS thou tion tive transitive verb Triphthongs usually virtue vowel words