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... gerund . The form in -ing will demand special consideration . See §§ 31-35 . With impersonal verbs , as they are termed , the subject is indefinite , and the pronoun it takes the place of a subject- nominative as ' It rains , ' ' It ...
... gerund . The form in -ing will demand special consideration . See §§ 31-35 . With impersonal verbs , as they are termed , the subject is indefinite , and the pronoun it takes the place of a subject- nominative as ' It rains , ' ' It ...
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... gerund . An apparent difficulty occurs where an adverb , or a pre- positional phrase , occupies the place of the predicate : as , Thomas is here . He is of sound mind . Three explanations of this construction might be offered : 1. That ...
... gerund . An apparent difficulty occurs where an adverb , or a pre- positional phrase , occupies the place of the predicate : as , Thomas is here . He is of sound mind . Three explanations of this construction might be offered : 1. That ...
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... gerund , used substantively as a predicate - nomina tive , may be qualified by an adjective : as , That was good hearing : And this may be further qualified by an adverb , That was very good hearing . THE PREDICATE - VERB . 8. The older ...
... gerund , used substantively as a predicate - nomina tive , may be qualified by an adjective : as , That was good hearing : And this may be further qualified by an adverb , That was very good hearing . THE PREDICATE - VERB . 8. The older ...
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... gerund , or with a noun coupled with the participle in -dus , or we must use ut with a verb in the subjunctive mood . At one period in the history of the language our forefathers forgot the original force of the preposition to in these ...
... gerund , or with a noun coupled with the participle in -dus , or we must use ut with a verb in the subjunctive mood . At one period in the history of the language our forefathers forgot the original force of the preposition to in these ...
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... gerund . But in the sen- tence he came riding at full speed , ' riding is a participle , and has the force of an adjective . Grammarians have produced much needless perplexity by confounding the two forms , and by supposing that a ...
... gerund . But in the sen- tence he came riding at full speed , ' riding is a participle , and has the force of an adjective . Grammarians have produced much needless perplexity by confounding the two forms , and by supposing that a ...
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Accessory Clause adjective Adjective-clause Adverbial phrase Analysis Anglo-Saxon auxiliary called Chaucer co-ordinate sentences commonly COMPOUND SENTENCES connection consider construction copula dative definite article denoting derived distinction employed English Grammar English Language example express gender genitive German Gerund grammarians Greek Hence Horne Tooke idiom imperative imperative mood indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood instances interrogative intransitive introduced John Stoddart Julius Cæsar Latin Latin language Lowth Mason meaning modern English neuter nominative noun Noun-clause observe older English omitted passage passive past tense perfect participle person plural Predicate-nominative prefix Present Tense Principal Clause qualifying the Objective qualifying the Predicate qualifying the Predicate-verb qualifying the Subject-nomi relative adverbs relative pronoun remarks rule Second Co-ordinate secondary objective sense signifies singular sometimes speak stand Subject-nominative subjunctive subjunctive mood tence term termination thee thing thou tion tive transitive verb Verbs ending word write
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