Brown's Small Grammar Improved: The First Lines of English Grammar; Being a Brief Abstract of the Author's Larger Work, the "Institutes of English Grammar." Designed for Young LearnersS. S. & W. Wood, 1856 - 122 pàgines |
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Pàgina 99
... formules here given .. LESSON I. - UNDER RULE II . - NOMINATIVES . 1. Thee must have been idle . [ FORMULE . - Not proper , because the pronoun thee is in the ob- jective case , and is the subject of the verb must have been . But ...
... formules here given .. LESSON I. - UNDER RULE II . - NOMINATIVES . 1. Thee must have been idle . [ FORMULE . - Not proper , because the pronoun thee is in the ob- jective case , and is the subject of the verb must have been . But ...
Pàgina 100
... FORMULE . - Not proper , because the pronoun their is of the plural number , and does not correctly represent its antecedent noun man , which is of the third person , singular , masculine . But , ac- cording to Rule 5th , " A pronoun ...
... FORMULE . - Not proper , because the pronoun their is of the plural number , and does not correctly represent its antecedent noun man , which is of the third person , singular , masculine . But , ac- cording to Rule 5th , " A pronoun ...
Pàgina 101
... FORMULE . - Not proper , because the verb was received is of the singular number , and does not agree with its nominative you , which is plural . But , according to Rule 9th , " A finite verb must agree with its subject , or nominative ...
... FORMULE . - Not proper , because the verb was received is of the singular number , and does not agree with its nominative you , which is plural . But , according to Rule 9th , " A finite verb must agree with its subject , or nominative ...
Pàgina 102
... FORMULE . - Not proper , because the verb have caused is of the plural number , and does not correctly agree with its two nomina- tives , ignorance and negligence , which are connected by or , and taken disjunctively . But , according ...
... FORMULE . - Not proper , because the verb have caused is of the plural number , and does not correctly agree with its two nomina- tives , ignorance and negligence , which are connected by or , and taken disjunctively . But , according ...
Pàgina 103
... FORMULE .-- Not proper , because the pronoun him , which follows the neuter verb was , is in the objective case , and does not agree with the pronoun it , which precedes the verb , in the nominative ; both words referring to the same ...
... FORMULE .-- Not proper , because the pronoun him , which follows the neuter verb was , is in the objective case , and does not agree with the pronoun it , which precedes the verb , in the nominative ; both words referring to the same ...
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accent according to Rule active-intransitive adjective adverb agree anapestic antecedent apposition CHAPTER collective noun common noun compound conjugated conjunction connected consonant defective verb degree denotes the person diphthong distinguish ellipsis English Grammar English language Etymology expresses finite verb following example parsed FORMULE.-Not proper Goold Brown govern Grammar of English grammarians IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense indicative mood interjection interrogative pronoun known or mentioned LESSON letters neuter gender neuter verb New-York nominative noun or pronoun objective Orthography perfect participle person and number person or thing person singular personal pronoun Plate Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Poss potential mood PRAXIS preceded prefixes the auxiliary preposition Present Tense Preterit relation second person seen sentence singular number sometimes sound speaker speech Subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllable teacher tense prefixes thee thing merely spoken third person thou love tion triphthong understood uttered vowel word added word that signifies
Passatges populars
Pàgina 67 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pàgina 114 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Pàgina 79 - And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter ; 14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
Pàgina 90 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Pàgina 12 - A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong' is two vowels joined in one syllable ; as, ea in beat, ou in sound.
Pàgina 113 - And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
Pàgina 33 - The heart is hard in nature, and unfit For human fellowship, as being void Of sympathy, and therefore dead alike To love and friendship both, that is not pleased With sight of animals enjoying life, Nor feels their happiness augment his own.
Pàgina 12 - Our sons their fathers' failing language see, And such as Chaucer is, shall Dryden be.
Pàgina 93 - Thus was Beauty sent from heaven, The lovely ministress of truth and good In this dark world : for truth and good are one, And Beauty dwells in them, and they in her, With like participation.
Pàgina 73 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.