The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, Etc |
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Without this knowledge , opportunities for writing and speaking are only occasions for men to display their unfitness to write and to speak . ' BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY WAITT & DOW . SOLD ALSO BY MARSH , CAPEN & LYON , WILLIAM HYDE & CO .
Without this knowledge , opportunities for writing and speaking are only occasions for men to display their unfitness to write and to speak . ' BOSTON : PUBLISHED BY WAITT & DOW . SOLD ALSO BY MARSH , CAPEN & LYON , WILLIAM HYDE & CO .
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The first person denotes the person speaking . The second denotes the person spoken to , and the third denotes the person spoken of . Nouns are never in the first person except , when put by apposition with the first person of the ...
The first person denotes the person speaking . The second denotes the person spoken to , and the third denotes the person spoken of . Nouns are never in the first person except , when put by apposition with the first person of the ...
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This is not correct , though custom and habit have made this manner of writing and speaking familiar to us . It should be the city London ; the city Boston ; the town Waltham . ' To say the city of Boston ' is not correct , because if ...
This is not correct , though custom and habit have made this manner of writing and speaking familiar to us . It should be the city London ; the city Boston ; the town Waltham . ' To say the city of Boston ' is not correct , because if ...
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Thus , when speaking of another , we say , John is a good boy , he goes to school , and he is at the head of the class . The word he which is twice used in this sentence , stands for John . The word he must then be a pronoun , because ...
Thus , when speaking of another , we say , John is a good boy , he goes to school , and he is at the head of the class . The word he which is twice used in this sentence , stands for John . The word he must then be a pronoun , because ...
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Pronouns must agree with their antecedents , or the nouns which they represent , in gender , number , and person ; as , ' The man whom I respect . ' Thou , who lovest wisdom . ' Who , is used when speaking of persons , and is both of ...
Pronouns must agree with their antecedents , or the nouns which they represent , in gender , number , and person ; as , ' The man whom I respect . ' Thou , who lovest wisdom . ' Who , is used when speaking of persons , and is both of ...
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action active verb added adjective admit adverb agree asked belong Boston called cause comma common noun comparative compound conjunction connect denotes ELLIPSIS example express father figure frequently future gender gives governed grammar happiness Heaven idea imperfect tense implies indicative mode infinitive mode irregular joined kind kings letter lives loved manner meaning metaphor mind nature neuter verb never nominative objective participle passion perfect personal pronoun Plural plural number possessive preceding preposition present tense pride pronoun proper qualifying reason refer regular relate relative requires rise Rule sense sentence separated signifies singular number sometimes speaking speech stand thee thing third person thou tion tive understood vice virtue whole wise words writing
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| Titel | The Grammatical Instructer; Containing an Exposition of All the Essential Rules of English Grammar, Etc |
| Autor/in | Samuel B. EMMONS |
| Verlag | Waitt & Dow, 1832 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 15. März 2008 |
| Länge | 160 Seiten |
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