The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, EtcWaitt & Dow, 1832 - 160 Seiten |
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... governed by the preposition of , it cannot be put in ap- position to the former , and consequently does not sig- nify the same thing . City , then , must be one thing , and Boston another . City must be a thing that belongs to Boston ...
... governed by the preposition of , it cannot be put in ap- position to the former , and consequently does not sig- nify the same thing . City , then , must be one thing , and Boston another . City must be a thing that belongs to Boston ...
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... govern pronouns , as well as nouns , in the possessive case ; as , Every tree is known by its fruit ; ' That book is mine . ' Sometimes a noun in the possessive case stands alone , the latter one , by which it is governed , being ...
... govern pronouns , as well as nouns , in the possessive case ; as , Every tree is known by its fruit ; ' That book is mine . ' Sometimes a noun in the possessive case stands alone , the latter one , by which it is governed , being ...
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... govern the ob jective case ; namely , active verbs , active participles , and prepositions . I saw a man . ' Here man ... governed by the prepositions with and from . The noun or pronoun following a preposition must be in the objective ...
... govern the ob jective case ; namely , active verbs , active participles , and prepositions . I saw a man . ' Here man ... governed by the prepositions with and from . The noun or pronoun following a preposition must be in the objective ...
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... governed by the preposi- tion on understood ; as , " He went a hunting , ' that is , on a hunting . A participial noun may stand as a nominative case to a following verb ; as , His dying reduced the children to poverty.Men's continuing ...
... governed by the preposi- tion on understood ; as , " He went a hunting , ' that is , on a hunting . A participial noun may stand as a nominative case to a following verb ; as , His dying reduced the children to poverty.Men's continuing ...
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... . ' The adjective worth governs nouns in the objective case ; as , ' That man is worth a thousand dollars , al- though he is not worthy of a cent . ' Adjectives and participles qualify their nouns ; as , ' 22 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... . ' The adjective worth governs nouns in the objective case ; as , ' That man is worth a thousand dollars , al- though he is not worthy of a cent . ' Adjectives and participles qualify their nouns ; as , ' 22 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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action active transitive verb Active verbs govern Adjective pronouns adverb agree blest bliss Boston called comma common noun connect connexion defective verb definite article denotes ELLIPSIS express govern the objective governs the verb grammar happiness Heaven IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense indefinite indicative mode infinitive mode Interjections intransitive irregular neuter verb jective kings loved 2 Thou loved 2 Ye loved Singular masculine gender meaning metaphor mind nature nature's neuter gender never noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns number and person parsed participial noun passion passive verb perfect participle personal pronoun Pluperfect Tense plural number Poss possessive possessive adjective preposition present tense pride proper noun qualifying reason relative pronoun Rule second person Self-love sense sentence signifies singular number sometimes speech tence thee thing third person third person singular thou hadst thou shalt tion tive vice virtue wise words