English Grammar: With Chapters on Composition, Versification, Paraphrasing, and PunctuationD. C. Heath, 1901 - 268 pages |
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... Tense , Number , and Person . These changes are expressed , partly by inflexion , and partly by the use of auxiliary verbs . ( i ) A verb is an auxiliary verb ( from Lat . auxilium , aid ) when its own full and real meaning drops out of ...
... Tense , Number , and Person . These changes are expressed , partly by inflexion , and partly by the use of auxiliary verbs . ( i ) A verb is an auxiliary verb ( from Lat . auxilium , aid ) when its own full and real meaning drops out of ...
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... tenses by means of the verb to be and their past participle , as " I am come ; ' " He is gone . " But the meaning here is quite different . There is no mark of anything done to the subject of the verb . ( ii ) Shakespeare has the ...
... tenses by means of the verb to be and their past participle , as " I am come ; ' " He is gone . " But the meaning here is quite different . There is no mark of anything done to the subject of the verb . ( ii ) Shakespeare has the ...
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... tenses : Past , Present , and Future . These may be represented on a straight line : - TENSES . Past . I wrote . Present . I write . Future . I shall write . ( i ) The word tense comes to us from the French temps , which is from the Lat ...
... tenses : Past , Present , and Future . These may be represented on a straight line : - TENSES . Past . I wrote . Present . I write . Future . I shall write . ( i ) The word tense comes to us from the French temps , which is from the Lat ...
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... tense in our language that is formed by inflexion is the past indefinite . All the others are formed by the aid of auxiliaries . ( a ) The imperfect tenses are formed by be the imperfect participle . ( b ) The perfect tenses are formed ...
... tense in our language that is formed by inflexion is the past indefinite . All the others are formed by the aid of auxiliaries . ( a ) The imperfect tenses are formed by be the imperfect participle . ( b ) The perfect tenses are formed ...
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... tenses . 25. The past tense of any verb determines to which of these classes it belongs ; and that by a twofold test - one positive and one negative . 26. ( i ) The positive test for the past of a Strong Verb is that it changes the ...
... tenses . 25. The past tense of any verb determines to which of these classes it belongs ; and that by a twofold test - one positive and one negative . 26. ( i ) The positive test for the past of a Strong Verb is that it changes the ...
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abstract nouns accented syllable adjectival sentence adjective adverb Adverbial Sentence amphibrachs Analyse anapæstic Cæsar cæsura called cognate cognate object comes Compare compound conjunctions connected consonant dactyls dative denotes derived Direct Object doublet English language English words Enlargement EXERCISE Extension feminine following words French function Future Perfect Tense gender gerund Give examples govern Grammar Greek Hence hybrids iambic iambic pentameter Imperative Mood INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive inflexion Intransitive Julius Cæsar kind king Latin masculine meaning Milton modifies neuter nominative noun sentence Paraphrase Parse the words participle passage passive past tense Perfect Tense person phrase plural possessive Predicate prefixes preposition Present Perfect principal sentence rhymes root RULE Shakespeare Show simple sentences Singular sometimes sound speak speech striking struck Subject Subjunctive Mood subordinate sentences suffix syntax tences things thou tive transitive verb trochees unaccented verse vowel walked words in italics write