An Abridgement of Murray's Grammar: To which is Added a Set of Lessons, Containing Examples, Explanations, Rules, and Questions, Suited to the Several Parts of Speech and Forms of the English Languageauthor, 1818 - 144 páginas |
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... perfect , the Perfect , the Pluperfect , and the First and Second Future Tenses . The Present Tense represents an ac- tion or event , as passing at the time in which it is mentioned : as , " I rule , I am ruled . " The Imperfect Tonse ...
... perfect , the Perfect , the Pluperfect , and the First and Second Future Tenses . The Present Tense represents an ac- tion or event , as passing at the time in which it is mentioned : as , " I rule , I am ruled . " The Imperfect Tonse ...
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... Perfect Tense not only refers to what is past , but also conveys an al- lusion to the present time : as , " I have finished my letter . " The Pluperfect Tense represents a thing not only as past , but also as pri- or to some other point ...
... Perfect Tense not only refers to what is past , but also conveys an al- lusion to the present time : as , " I have finished my letter . " The Pluperfect Tense represents a thing not only as past , but also as pri- or to some other point ...
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... Perfect Tense . 1. I have had . 2. Thou hast had . 1. We have had . 2. Ye or you have had . 3. He hath or has had . 3. They have had . 1. I had had . Pluperfect Tense . 2. Thou hadst had . 3. He had had . 1. We had had . 2. Ye or you ...
... Perfect Tense . 1. I have had . 2. Thou hast had . 1. We have had . 2. Ye or you have had . 3. He hath or has had . 3. They have had . 1. I had had . Pluperfect Tense . 2. Thou hadst had . 3. He had had . 1. We had had . 2. Ye or you ...
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... Perfect Tense . 1. I may or can have 1. We may or can have had . 2. Thou had mayst or 2. Ye or you may or canst have had . 3. He may have had . can have had . or can 3. They may or can have had . Pluperfect Tense . 1. I might , could ...
... Perfect Tense . 1. I may or can have 1. We may or can have had . 2. Thou had mayst or 2. Ye or you may or canst have had . 3. He may have had . can have had . or can 3. They may or can have had . Pluperfect Tense . 1. I might , could ...
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... Perfect or Passive . Compound Perfect . Having . Had . Having had . * The remaining tenses of the subjunctive mood are , in general , similar to those of the in- dicative , with the addition to the verb , of the conjunction expressed or ...
... Perfect or Passive . Compound Perfect . Having . Had . Having had . * The remaining tenses of the subjunctive mood are , in general , similar to those of the in- dicative , with the addition to the verb , of the conjunction expressed or ...
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accented active verb adjective agreeing adverbs agree with nouns Amphibrach antecedent Apostrophe auxiliary better colon comma command common noun Compound Perfect conjugated COPULATIVE CONJUNCTION couldst Defective Verbs definite article demonstrative adjective pronoun denotes depend disjunctive conjunction English expressed or understood governed hadst hath horse imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogation kinds lative Lord masculine gender mayst or canst metaphor neuter gender neuter verb nominative objective passive verb pause perfect participle person or thing personal pronouns Pluperfect Tense plural number Poss possessive Potential Mood preposition Present Tense proper noun regular relative pronoun RULE scholar Second Future Tense second person semicolon shouldst signifying singular number singular or plural strives Subjunctive Mood Substantive or Noun syllable Synecdoche Syntax tence third person Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst Thou wilt tion tive virtue voice vowel wise
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Página 109 - PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require. The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon.
Página 117 - The semicolon is sometimes used when the preceding member of the sentence does not of itself give a complete sense, but depends on the following clause ; and sometimes when the sense of that member would be complete without the concluding one...
Página 141 - It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in bonds ; it is the height of guilt to scourge him ; little less than parricide to put him to death : what name then shall I give to the act of crucifying him...
Página 31 - TO BE. Indicative Mood. PRESENT TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. I am. 1. We are. 2. Thou art. 2.
Página 47 - SYNTAX. THE third part of grammar is SYNTAX, which treats of the agreement and construction of words in a sentence. A sentence is an assemblage of words, forming a complete sense. Sentences are of two kinds, simple and compound. A simple sentence has in it but one subject, and one finite* verb: as, "Life is short.
Página 48 - A phrase is two or more words rightly put together, making sometimes part of a sentence, and sometimes a whole sentence. The principal parts of a simple sentence are the subject, the attribute, and the object. The subject is the thing chiefly spoken 'of; the attribute is the thing or action affirmed or denied of it; and the object is the thing affected by such action.
Página 15 - The simple word, or positive, becomes the comparative, by adding r or er; and the superlative,. by adding st or est, to the end of it: as, wise, wiser, wisest; great, greater, greatest. And the adverbs more and most, placed before the adjective* have the same effect: as, wise, more wise, most wise.
Página 11 - GENDER. Gender is the distinction of nouns, with regard to sex. There are three genders, the Masculine, the Feminine, and the Neuter.
Página 117 - COLON. THE Colon is used to divide a sentence into two or more parts, less connected than those which are separated by a semicolon ; but not so independent as separate distinct sentences.
Página 23 - There are five moods of verbs, the Indicative, the Imperative, the Potential, the Subjunctive, and the Infinitive. The Indicative Mood simply indicates or declares a thing; as, " He loves; he is loved:" or it asks a question; as, " Does he love? Is he loved?" The Imperative mood is used for commanding, exhorting, entreating, or permitting; as, " Depart thou; mind ye, let us stay; go in peace.