A Treatise on the Structure of the English Language: Or the Analysis and Classification of Sentences and Their Component Parts with Illustrations and Exercises : Adapted to the Use of SchoolsCowperthwait, 1847 - 258 pàgines |
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abridged according to Rule active voice adjective clause adjective element adverbial clause adverbial element adverbs affirmed Analyze the following ANALYZING AND PARSING Appendix attri attribute belongs Cæsar called clauses denoting complex element complex predicate complex sentence compound element compound sentence connected coördinate conjunction copula ellipsis examples EXERCISE expressed following propositions following sentences form the predicate gender George grammatical Hence horse indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative sentence James ject joining limiting adjective loved ment MODELS FOR ANALYZING modifier NOTE noun or pronoun number and person passive form past perfect Past Tense Perfect Tense Peter the hermit phrase plural possessive potential mode predicate-nominative Pres present tense principal clause Prog progressive form pupil relation relative pronoun Relative Tenses represent second class SECTION simple elements simple sentence sing singular number speaker subject and predicate subjunctive subordinate clause subordinate elements substantive clause tence third person Thou tive transitive verb words
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Pàgina 179 - I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. This part of knowledge has been growing, and it will continue to grow till the subject be exhausted.
Pàgina 151 - formal inquiry as to the cause of the stagnation, when hands, wheels, weights, with one voice, protested their innocence. And all the muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing. The
Pàgina 153 - Analyze the following sentences, and point out the causal clauses : — A peace which consults the good of both parties, is the firmest, because both parties are interested in its preservation. We hate some persons, because we do not know them. As retreat was now impossible, Colter turned the head of the canoe.
Pàgina 83 - My son, give me thy heart. The earth and the moon are planets. The creation demonstrates God's power and wisdom. Anarchy and confusion, poverty and distress, follow a civil war. Avoid arrogance and servility The verdant lawn, the shady grove, the variegated landscape, the boundless ocean, and the starry firmament, are beautiful and magnificent objects. True religion
Pàgina 257 - The hyphen ( - ) is used to separate the parts of a compound word ; as, book-binder. When placed at the end of a line, it shows that a word is divided, the remaining part being carried to the next line. The ellipsis (***)( ) is used to denote the omission of certain letters or words; as, "C
Pàgina 161 - and tell which denote CORRESPONDENCE, which CONSEQUENCE, and which EQUALITY Or INEQUALITY. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. As
Pàgina 220 - Present Go, Grave, Grind, Grow, Hang, Have, Hear, Heave, Hew, Hide, Hit, Hold, Hurt, Keep, Kneel, Knit, Know, Lade, Lay, Lead, Leave, Lend, Let, Lie, (to recline,) Light, Load, Lose, Make, Mean, Meet, Mow, Pay, Pen, (to
Pàgina 165 - Bruyère declares, that we are come into the world too late to produce any thing new ; that nature and life are preoccupied ; and that description and sentiment have been long since exhausted. We may rather suppose, that Nature is unlimited in her operations
Pàgina 205 - mate-ri-al. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a
Pàgina 149 - go, ye cannot come I travelled where disappointment smiles at hope's career Where there is no law, there is no transgression. Where the olive leaves were twinkling in every wind that blew, There sat beneath the pleasant shade a damsel of Peru.