An epitome of English grammar; by J.W.R.Jonathan Wacey, 1839 - 130 pàgines |
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accent active verb adjective pronouns Adjectives denoting plenty adverbs articulate sound auxiliary verbs begin with capitals called regular comma Compound Perfect Conjugate the following conjunction consonant copulative could,would couldst Decline the pronoun DEFECTIVE VERBS definite article derived from substantives English Grammar expressed or understood following verbs give an example govern Imperative Mood IMPERFECT TENSE indefinite indicative mood infinitive mood interjection irregular verbs lative letter marked mayst or canst might,could might,could,would moods and tenses objective passive verb pauses PERF perfect participle personal pronouns PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood prepositions PRESENT TENSE QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION Repeat the imperative Repeat the imperfect Repeat the participles Repeat the subjunctive RULE SECOND FUTURE TENSE semicolon shouldst singular number stantives subjunctive mood substantives derived substantives ending superlative tense and perfect tense represent there?-Name third person Thou hadst Thou mayst Thou mightst tives verb active verb neuter vowel wise Write the following
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Pàgina 36 - The Conjugation of a verb, is the regular combination and arrangement of its several numbers, persons, moods, and tenses. The Conjugation of an active verb is styled the ACTIVE VOICE ; and that of a passive verb, the PASSIVE VOICE.
Pàgina 102 - PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon.
Pàgina 56 - LOVED. Indicative Mood. Present^ Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I am loved. 1. We are loved. 2. Thou art loved. 2. Ye or you are loved. 3. He is loved. 3. They are loved. Imperfect Tense.
Pàgina 100 - QUANTITY. The quantity of a syllable is that time which is occupied in pronouncing it. It is considered as long or short. A vowel or syllable is long, when the accent is on the vowel ; which occasions it to be slowly joined, in pronunciation, to the following letter ; as, "Fall, bale, mood, house, feature.
Pàgina 99 - Accent. ACCENT is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice, on a certain letter or syllable in a word, that it may be better heard than the rest, or distinguished from them...
Pàgina 5 - There are, in English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, PARTS OF SPEECH ; namely, the ARTICLE, the SUBSTANTIVE or NOUN, the ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION. 1.
Pàgina 60 - TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. If I were loved. 1 . If we were loved. 2. If thou wert loved. 2. If ye or you were loved. 3. If he were loved.
Pàgina 67 - ... read read read rend rent rent rid rid rid ride rode ridden ring rang rung rise rose risen run ran run...
Pàgina 103 - The semicolon is used for dividing a compound sentence into two or more parts, not so closely connected as those which are separated by a comma, nor yet so little dependent on each other, as those which are distinguished by a colon. " The semicolon is sometimes used, when the preceding member of the sentence does not of itself give a complete sense, but depends...
Pàgina 102 - PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require.