The Grammar of the English Language Made Easy, EtcW. Nicholson & Sons, 1864 - 287 páginas |
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Página 112
... requires its Verb to be in the Singular . EXAMPLES . Word Subjects .. .EARTH keeps me here awhile . " - " MAN wants but little here below . " - " KNOWLEDGE reaches or may reach every home . ” " HE leaps enclosures , and bounds into the ...
... requires its Verb to be in the Singular . EXAMPLES . Word Subjects .. .EARTH keeps me here awhile . " - " MAN wants but little here below . " - " KNOWLEDGE reaches or may reach every home . ” " HE leaps enclosures , and bounds into the ...
Página 113
... require Sin- gular Verbs ; as , " The NEWS has arrived . " - " A new SERIES of the work has been published . " - " BILLIARDS is a game in high repute . " - OBS . 2. Some Nouns of Singular import , with Plural forms , require Plural ...
... require Sin- gular Verbs ; as , " The NEWS has arrived . " - " A new SERIES of the work has been published . " - " BILLIARDS is a game in high repute . " - OBS . 2. Some Nouns of Singular import , with Plural forms , require Plural ...
Página 115
... require different forms of the Verbs , it is in general more elegant to express the Verb or its Auxiliary in connection with each of them ; as , " Either you are wrong , or I am . " " You are in error , or I am . ' But when the Verb is ...
... require different forms of the Verbs , it is in general more elegant to express the Verb or its Auxiliary in connection with each of them ; as , " Either you are wrong , or I am . " " You are in error , or I am . ' But when the Verb is ...
Página 116
... require a Verb and Pronoun to be in the Plural ; and the Plural Nominative to be placed next the Verb ; as , " Neither the house nor the tenants were saved ; they perished in the flames . " 2 . When the Verb TO BE stands between a Sin ...
... require a Verb and Pronoun to be in the Plural ; and the Plural Nominative to be placed next the Verb ; as , " Neither the house nor the tenants were saved ; they perished in the flames . " 2 . When the Verb TO BE stands between a Sin ...
Página 117
... French and others seem equally puzzled . The Polish language appears to be the only consistent one , for it employs a Singular Verb with every Singular Noun . " -- D'Orscy . OBS . 1. - Collective Nouns which generally require a SYNTAX .
... French and others seem equally puzzled . The Polish language appears to be the only consistent one , for it employs a Singular Verb with every Singular Noun . " -- D'Orscy . OBS . 1. - Collective Nouns which generally require a SYNTAX .
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Términos y frases comunes
according to Rule Active Verb Adjective Pronouns Adverbs Affix animal Antecedent Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb called Common Noun Compound Conjugation Conjunctions consonant CONTINGENT MODE Correct the following Definite Article denotes DERIVATIVES earth English language EXAMPLES Exclamation EXERCISE EXERCISE II express following Errors FUTURE TENSE Gender happy Hence HERB horse Indicative Mode INFINITIVE MODE Intransitive Intransitive Verbs Irregular Verbs language Latin letter loved means Nominative Object Parse Passive Passive Voice PAST TENSE Paul the Apostle Perfect Participle PERFECT TENSE Phrase Plural Possessive POTENTIAL MODE Predicate Prefixes Preposition PRESENT TENSE PRETER PRIOR PERFECT TENSE Proper Nouns RADICALS recited Ye reciting Plural reciting Thou relating Relative Pronoun Sentence Sing Singular Number SION sometimes speak Subject syllable tence thee thing Third Person tion tive TRANS tree turn Voice vowel walk word writing
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Página 126 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Página 113 - To be wise in our own eyes, to be wise in the opinion of the world, and to be wise in the sight of our Creator, are three things so very different, as rarely to coincide.
Página 68 - TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. I had had 1. We had had 2. Thou hadst had 2. Ye or you had had 3. He had had 3. They had had B FIRST FUTURE TENSE.
Página 10 - All words of more than one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, and accented on the last syllable, double that consonant in derivatives : as, commit, committee ; compel, compelled; appal, appalling; distil, distiller.
Página 170 - And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky.
Página 169 - The dog in the manger would not eat the hay himself, nor suffer the ox to eat it.
Página 71 - They might have been. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. If I be, 1. If we be, 2. If thou be, 2. If you be 3. If he be ; 3. If they be.
Página 136 - Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt...
Página 70 - Future Tense. Singular. Plural. 1 I shall or will be 1 We shall or will be 2 Thou shalt or wilt be 2 Ye or you shall or will be 3 He shall or will be 3 They shall or will be Second Future Tense.
Página 51 - In music; thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee.