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... imperfect manner in which the grammar of our own language has been taught . In many schools , instruction in the principles of English grammar has been wholly omitted ; as if correctness in speaking and writing would be acquired by ...
... imperfect manner in which the grammar of our own language has been taught . In many schools , instruction in the principles of English grammar has been wholly omitted ; as if correctness in speaking and writing would be acquired by ...
Page 43
... Imperfect , the Perfect , the Pluperfect , the First - future , and the Second- future . The Present tense is that which expresses what now exists or is taking place ; as , " I hear a noise ; he is coming . " The Imperfect tense or ...
... Imperfect , the Perfect , the Pluperfect , the First - future , and the Second- future . The Present tense is that which expresses what now exists or is taking place ; as , " I hear a noise ; he is coming . " The Imperfect tense or ...
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... imperfect ; as , " As he lay indulging himself in state , he sees let down from the ceiling a glittering sword , hung by a single hair . " — Tr . of Cicero . " Ulysses wakes , not knowing where he was . " - Pope . Obs . 6. — The present ...
... imperfect ; as , " As he lay indulging himself in state , he sees let down from the ceiling a glittering sword , hung by a single hair . " — Tr . of Cicero . " Ulysses wakes , not knowing where he was . " - Pope . Obs . 6. — The present ...
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... imperfect tense of the indicative mood , in its simple form , is called the preterit ; as , loved , saw , was . Obs . 8. — The perfect tense , like the present , is sometimes used with reference to future time ; as , " He will stop ...
... imperfect tense of the indicative mood , in its simple form , is called the preterit ; as , loved , saw , was . Obs . 8. — The perfect tense , like the present , is sometimes used with reference to future time ; as , " He will stop ...
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... Imperfect Participle , and the Perfect Participle . A verb wanting any of these parts , is called defective . OBS . The present is radically the same in all the moods , and is the part from which all the rest are formed . The present ...
... Imperfect Participle , and the Perfect Participle . A verb wanting any of these parts , is called defective . OBS . The present is radically the same in all the moods , and is the part from which all the rest are formed . The present ...
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according to Rule action active verb active-transitive verb adjective adverbs agree animal antecedent applied apposition clause comma common noun compared compound conjunction connected consonant definite article degree denotes the person derived ellipsis English EXAMPLE PARSED FALSE SYNTAX First-future Tense following verbs give grammar idea IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense improper diphthong indicative mood infinitive mood interjection irregular verb LESSON letters neuter gender neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun OBSERVATIONS ON RULE passive verb perfect participle person and number person or thing personal pronoun pleonasm Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Poss possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preceded prefixes the auxiliary preposition Present Tense preterit principal pronominal adjective proper names reading relation Rule 3d second person semivowels sentence shew signification simple Sing singular number denotes sometimes sound speech subjunctive mood syllable SYNTAX UNDER RULE thee thing merely spoken Thou mightst triphthong vowel word which affirms word which expresses Write
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Page 209 - But what think ye ? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to.day in my vineyard.
Page 208 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
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Page 120 - If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too.
Page 37 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 148 - 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.
Page 78 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 196 - And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.