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Pàgina xix - PRONOUN. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun...
Pàgina lx - When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by some word in its own member of the sentence : as, " He who preserves me, to whom I owe my being, whose I am, and whom I serve, is eternal.
Pàgina 184 - American citizen, and that when guided by virtue, intelligence, patriotism, and a proper appreciation of our free institutions it constitutes the true basis of a democratic form of government, in which the sovereign power is lodged in the body of the people.
Pàgina lx - The Relative is the Nominative Case to the Verb, when no other Nominative comes between it and the Verb : but when another Nominative comes between it and the Verb, the Relative is governed by some word in its own member of the Sentence : as...
Pàgina lx - When the relative is preceded by two antecedents of different persons, it and the verb generally agree in person with the last ; as, — Thou art the boy that was dux yesterday.* EXERCISES.
Pàgina lxi - Participles have the same government as the verbs from which they are derived. The preposition of, therefore, should not be used after the participle, when the verb does not require it. Thus, in phrases like the following, of is improper : " Keeping of one day in seven ;" — " By preaching of repentance ;" —
Pàgina liv - Ann speaks distinctly ; she is remarkably diligent, and reads very correctly.
Pàgina xv - Adjectives have three degrees of comparison, the Positive, Comparative and Superlative. The POSITIVE expresses a quality simply ; as, bonus, good.
Pàgina l - AUGMENTS, namely, the syllabic and the temporal. II. The SYLLABIC AUGMENT belongs to verbs that begin with a consonant ; and it is so called because it adds a syllable to the verb.
Pàgina iii - Gender, Number, and Case. There are three GENDERS: Masculine, "Feminine, and Neuter. There are three NUMBERS: The Singular speaks of one.