The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, EtcWaitt & Dow, 1832 - 160 Seiten |
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... Virtue is feminine from its beauty , and its being the object of love . For- tune and the church , are generally put in the feminine gender . It sometimes happens that the same noun is either masculine or feminine . The words , parent ...
... Virtue is feminine from its beauty , and its being the object of love . For- tune and the church , are generally put in the feminine gender . It sometimes happens that the same noun is either masculine or feminine . The words , parent ...
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... virtue is lost . ' " That having been discussed long ago , there is no reason to resume it . ' A verb in the infinitive mode , comprising a part of a sentence , may be used as a noun , and put in the nom- inative case to another verb ...
... virtue is lost . ' " That having been discussed long ago , there is no reason to resume it . ' A verb in the infinitive mode , comprising a part of a sentence , may be used as a noun , and put in the nom- inative case to another verb ...
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... Virtue's reward , ' and The reward of virtue ; ' but , though it is proper to say , ' A crown of gold , ' we can- not convert the expression into the possessive case , and ' Gold's crown . ' say , The city of London ; the city of Boston ...
... Virtue's reward , ' and The reward of virtue ; ' but , though it is proper to say , ' A crown of gold , ' we can- not convert the expression into the possessive case , and ' Gold's crown . ' say , The city of London ; the city of Boston ...
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... Virtue's crown . Nouns 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 ...
... Virtue's crown . Nouns 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 ...
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... virtues ; bad vices ; painful tooth - achs ; pleasing pleasures . ' The following are compound adjectives : God - like , heaven - born , self - existent , bold - faced , blood - thirsty , sea- green , dark - red . We live in New ...
... virtues ; bad vices ; painful tooth - achs ; pleasing pleasures . ' The following are compound adjectives : God - like , heaven - born , self - existent , bold - faced , blood - thirsty , sea- green , dark - red . We live in New ...
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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