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Verbs that express something sufa fered or sustained by the object , are passive :
as , I am loved ; Hannibal was conquered at last . * From verbum , a word ; a verb
being the principal word in a sentence . NOTE 31 . Properly speaking , there is ...
Verbs that express something sufa fered or sustained by the object , are passive :
as , I am loved ; Hannibal was conquered at last . * From verbum , a word ; a verb
being the principal word in a sentence . NOTE 31 . Properly speaking , there is ...
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... verbs in the above examples , may be called the agent , and that which stands
before the ncuter , the subject of the verb : but the noun or pronoun that follows
the active verbs , in the same examples , may be called the object of the verb . 33
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... verbs in the above examples , may be called the agent , and that which stands
before the ncuter , the subject of the verb : but the noun or pronoun that follows
the active verbs , in the same examples , may be called the object of the verb . 33
.
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The passive participle seems to have been invented more fully to express that
influence or dependence which the agent and object of a verb have on each
other : as , * John loves Elizabeth ; or , Elizabeth is loved by John . The King
wrote the ...
The passive participle seems to have been invented more fully to express that
influence or dependence which the agent and object of a verb have on each
other : as , * John loves Elizabeth ; or , Elizabeth is loved by John . The King
wrote the ...
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Heuce it is , that verbs intransitive , which have no object , can have no passive
participle . Some of them have a participial form joined to the neuter verb : as , "
the man is fallen ; the sun is risen . ” But as fallen and risen have no reference to
...
Heuce it is , that verbs intransitive , which have no object , can have no passive
participle . Some of them have a participial form joined to the neuter verb : as , "
the man is fallen ; the sun is risen . ” But as fallen and risen have no reference to
...
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When the agent and object of a verb are not distinguished ( as in nouns ) by
different cases , the agent is always set before , and the object after the verb ; this
being the natural or . der , and necessary to determine the sense ; as , 66
Alexander ...
When the agent and object of a verb are not distinguished ( as in nouns ) by
different cases , the agent is always set before , and the object after the verb ; this
being the natural or . der , and necessary to determine the sense ; as , 66
Alexander ...
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accusative action active participle addition adjective adverb agent agreeing answering beginning bound broad called cause changing common compared comparison conjunction consonant dare denotes didst double durst ellipsis English EXERCISE express father final force formed by adding future tense gender genitive give gone Grammar hadst hath imperative IMPERFECT indicative mode infinitive mode instances irregular joined least letter likewise Lord neuter verb nominative Note noun object observed omitted Parti passive participle past tense PERFECT TENSE perhaps PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number potential mode preposition present tense Preter pronoun question referring regular verbs rules second person seems seen sentence shews shined signifying SING singular number sometimes sound speak speech substantive syllable thee thing third person thou Thou hast unto vowel word worship writing written wrote
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