A Common-school Grammar of the English LanguageIvison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company, 1870 - 354 pàgines |
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Pàgina 74
... parsed in stead of the other word . Ex . " He ate his apple , you ate yours [ your apple ] , and I ate mine " [ my apple ] . Yours is not governed by a noun understood , for the noun could not be put after it ; but it is equivalent to ...
... parsed in stead of the other word . Ex . " He ate his apple , you ate yours [ your apple ] , and I ate mine " [ my apple ] . Yours is not governed by a noun understood , for the noun could not be put after it ; but it is equivalent to ...
Pàgina 80
... parsed in a different way . 210. Either , neither , and each other , should be used in speaking of two only ; one another , in speaking of more . For correct examples , see the preceding page . W. Either of the eight Professors . ( Any ...
... parsed in a different way . 210. Either , neither , and each other , should be used in speaking of two only ; one another , in speaking of more . For correct examples , see the preceding page . W. Either of the eight Professors . ( Any ...
Pàgina 81
... parsed accordingly ; as , " The child and his mother were in good health . " Here child is masculine , as shown by his . 220. For the sake of brevity , nouns that are strictly masculine or feminine only , are sometimes applied to both ...
... parsed accordingly ; as , " The child and his mother were in good health . " Here child is masculine , as shown by his . 220. For the sake of brevity , nouns that are strictly masculine or feminine only , are sometimes applied to both ...
Pàgina 98
... parsed by considering it equivalent to " That head of your possession . ” · See p . 103 . Objective Case . - 283. A noun or pronoun is in the objective case , when it is the object of a transitive verb or a preposition . Transitive ...
... parsed by considering it equivalent to " That head of your possession . ” · See p . 103 . Objective Case . - 283. A noun or pronoun is in the objective case , when it is the object of a transitive verb or a preposition . Transitive ...
Pàgina 112
... parsed separately , and as adverbs . } It does not , however , seem to us improper , to parse the whole phrase as one word . 349. Those adjectives which can not be compared by means of a general rule , are said to be irregular ...
... parsed separately , and as adverbs . } It does not , however , seem to us improper , to parse the whole phrase as one word . 349. Those adjectives which can not be compared by means of a general rule , are said to be irregular ...
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abridged accent according to Rule adjective adjunct Anapestic antecedent apples apposition auxiliary verbs beautiful belongs called capital letter classes combined comma common complex compound sentences compound word conj conjunctive adverb connected consonant degree denotes dependent clause express finite verb flowers gender grammar hence horse imperative mood indefinite indicative mood infinitive phrase interjections interrogative intransitive John kind language meaning modified neuter nominative noun or pronoun object omitted parsed passive Past Tense Past-Perfect Tense pause perfect participle person and number person or thing poetic possessive potential mood predicate predicate-verb preposition Present Tense principal pron proper noun referred relation relative clause relative pronoun river rowed sense simple sentences singular number sometimes sound speak stead subject-nominative subjunctive mood subordinate substantive supplied syllables syntax term third person thou tive transitive verb tree voice vowel word or phrase write
Passatges populars
Pàgina 254 - 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...
Pàgina 325 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Pàgina 218 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Pàgina 248 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Pàgina 59 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Pàgina 274 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Pàgina 132 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Pàgina 343 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Pàgina 330 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy...
Pàgina 145 - Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.