A Common-school Grammar of the English Language

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 words conj conjunctive adverb connected consonant degree denotes dependent clause diphthong 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 person and number person or thing poetic possessive potential mood predicate predicate-verb preposition Present Tense principal pron proper noun pupil referred relation relative clause relative pronoun river rowed sense simple sentences singular number sometimes sound speak speech stead subject-nominative subjunctive mood subordinate substantive syllables syntax term third person thou tive transitive verb tree voice vowel word or phrase write