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 ellipsis express finite verb flowers gender grammar hence horse imperative mood indefinite indicative mood infinitive phrase interjections interrogative intransitive John kind language meaning modified nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns 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 Present-Perfect principal pron proper noun pupil referred relation relative clause relative pronoun river rowed sense simple sentences singular number sometimes sound speak stead subject-nominative subjunctive mood subordinate substantive syllables syntax term thou tive transitive verb tree voice vowel word or phrase write