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action adjective adjuncts adverbs agree Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon language assertion auxiliary verbs Cæsar called clauses comma Compare compound sentence COMPOUND TENSES CONJUGATION conjunctions connected conquered Darius denotes derived divided dost ellipsis English language equivalent express feet gender governed grammar Greek Hence Hypermeter imperative mood implies indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood interjection John king Latin learning meaning measure Metonymy moved nominative noun object observations Paragoge Parsing passive past tense perfect participle person or thing person singular Pluperfect plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preceding prefixed Prep preposition present tense principal pron proper pupils qualifying QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION Refer to Rule relative root Rule VII Second Future second person sense signifies sing singular number speaking speech subject and predicate subjunctive mood substantive tence termination thee thou tion tive transitive verb understood usually vowel wise writing written
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