A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... clauses . When this is done , and words between which a discrepancy exists are brought into close contact , the error becomes so obvious that it requires no exercise of thought or ingenuity on the part of the pupil to correct it . Error ...
... clauses . When this is done , and words between which a discrepancy exists are brought into close contact , the error becomes so obvious that it requires no exercise of thought or ingenuity on the part of the pupil to correct it . Error ...
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... clauses , " Charles rode to town , " and " John rode to town . " But can the sentence , " Charles and John carried fifty pounds , " be resolved into the two , " Charles carried fifty pounds , " and " John carried fifty pounds ...
... clauses , " Charles rode to town , " and " John rode to town . " But can the sentence , " Charles and John carried fifty pounds , " be resolved into the two , " Charles carried fifty pounds , " and " John carried fifty pounds ...
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... clause , " A man that is young in years may be old in hours , " to the following clause , " he has lost no time . " As if in such cases points out the condition on which the assertion going before it is to be received , it is called by ...
... clause , " A man that is young in years may be old in hours , " to the following clause , " he has lost no time . " As if in such cases points out the condition on which the assertion going before it is to be received , it is called by ...
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... to put the nomina- tive before the verb and the objective after it , yet a trans- position often takes place , and the full meaning of the clause or passage is the only thing that will enable us INFLECTION OF NOUNS . 53.
... to put the nomina- tive before the verb and the objective after it , yet a trans- position often takes place , and the full meaning of the clause or passage is the only thing that will enable us INFLECTION OF NOUNS . 53.
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... clause that follows with the one which went before . Charity , a noun , being primarily the name of a disposition of mind , and secondarily of the course of action resulting from that disposition ; singular , neuter , and the nominative ...
... clause that follows with the one which went before . Charity , a noun , being primarily the name of a disposition of mind , and secondarily of the course of action resulting from that disposition ; singular , neuter , and the nominative ...
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