Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation. Designed for the Younger Classes of Learners |
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... hope , desire , intention , or com- mand , must invariably be followed by the present , and not the perfect of the infinitive . " The last week I intended to have writ- ten ; " it ought to be , " The last week I intended to write ...
... hope , desire , intention , or com- mand , must invariably be followed by the present , and not the perfect of the infinitive . " The last week I intended to have writ- ten ; " it ought to be , " The last week I intended to write ...
Page 77
... hope of thy coming years . " " He feared want , hence , he over - valued riches . " " This conduct may heal the difference , nay , it may constantly prevent any in future . ' Finally , I shall only repeat what has been often justly said ...
... hope of thy coming years . " " He feared want , hence , he over - valued riches . " " This conduct may heal the difference , nay , it may constantly prevent any in future . ' Finally , I shall only repeat what has been often justly said ...
Page 78
... hope of perfect happiness : there is no such thing in the world . " " Do not flatter yourselves with the hope of perfect happiness ; for there is no such thing in the world . " PERIOD . ( w . ) When a sentence is complete and independ ...
... hope of perfect happiness : there is no such thing in the world . " " Do not flatter yourselves with the hope of perfect happiness ; for there is no such thing in the world . " PERIOD . ( w . ) When a sentence is complete and independ ...
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... Why ? Active or passive ? 6. An adverb . Why is it an adverb ? 7. A preposition . Why a preposition ? 8. A conjunction . Why ? 9. An interjection . Why ? SECT . II . Specimen of Etymological Parsing . Hope 90 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... Why ? Active or passive ? 6. An adverb . Why is it an adverb ? 7. A preposition . Why a preposition ? 8. A conjunction . Why ? 9. An interjection . Why ? SECT . II . Specimen of Etymological Parsing . Hope 90 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... Hope animates us . Hope is a common substantive , of the neuter gender , third person , in the singular number , and the nominative case . ( Decline the substantive . ) Animates is a regular verb active , indicative mood , present tense ...
... Hope animates us . Hope is a common substantive , of the neuter gender , third person , in the singular number , and the nominative case . ( Decline the substantive . ) Animates is a regular verb active , indicative mood , present tense ...
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66 Note active verb Adjective Pronouns adverb antecedent auxiliary better comma conjunction connected Copulative DEFECTIVE VERBS denote Diphthong ellipsis English Exercises following verbs frequently genitive govern verbs Grammar happy hast hath honour Imperative Mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood Interjections Irregular Verbs king live manner mayst or canst nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns number and person objective omitted Orthography Parsing passions passive verb pause perfect participle personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition Present Tense relative pronoun respect reward RULE VIII Rule XII Second Future Tense second person SECT semicolon sense shalt or wilt shouldst signifies singular number sometimes sound subjunctive mood syllable thing Thou art Thou hadst thou love Thou mayst Thou mightst thou shalt tion tive mood verb active verb neuter vice virtue voice vowel wise word wouldst Write the following
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