Rules and Cautions in English Grammar Founded on the Analysis of SentencesLongmans, Green & Company, 1869 - 316 pages |
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... VERB . 8. The older grammarians divided verbs into active , passive , and neuter ; but this arrangement sometimes ... Transitive ; whereas to run was Active but Intransitive . But we should beware of confounding the meaning of the verb ...
... VERB . 8. The older grammarians divided verbs into active , passive , and neuter ; but this arrangement sometimes ... Transitive ; whereas to run was Active but Intransitive . But we should beware of confounding the meaning of the verb ...
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... Transitive verb is sometimes used absolutely , as the phrase is : for example , William conquers , that is , William is victorious ; but in such sentences the meaning is , ' William con- quers all his enemies , ' or ' every obstacle ...
... Transitive verb is sometimes used absolutely , as the phrase is : for example , William conquers , that is , William is victorious ; but in such sentences the meaning is , ' William con- quers all his enemies , ' or ' every obstacle ...
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... verb . Predicate - nominative . 11. As before remarked , we treat all parts of the verb be as parts of an ordinary Intransitive verb ; and therefore we analyse Harry was first , ' ' Edward ... verb Transitive does not B 3 INTRANSITIVES .
... verb . Predicate - nominative . 11. As before remarked , we treat all parts of the verb be as parts of an ordinary Intransitive verb ; and therefore we analyse Harry was first , ' ' Edward ... verb Transitive does not B 3 INTRANSITIVES .
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William Rushton. TRANSITIVES . 12. The Predicate - verb Transitive does not , as a general rule , furnish a complete meaning , inasmuch as it raises a new question , demanding an answer ; and the word or words which , after a Transitive ...
William Rushton. TRANSITIVES . 12. The Predicate - verb Transitive does not , as a general rule , furnish a complete meaning , inasmuch as it raises a new question , demanding an answer ; and the word or words which , after a Transitive ...
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... Transitive verb ( which in the active voice governs two objectives ) is employed in the passive voice , one of the objectives is turned into the subject - nominative , and the other remains attached to the verb : thus , Mr. Thomson ...
... Transitive verb ( which in the active voice governs two objectives ) is employed in the passive voice , one of the objectives is turned into the subject - nominative , and the other remains attached to the verb : thus , Mr. Thomson ...
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Accessory Clause adjective Adjective-clause Adverbial phrase Analysis Anglo-Saxon auxiliary called Chaucer co-ordinate sentences commonly COMPOUND SENTENCES 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-nominative relative adverbs relative pronoun remarks rule Second Co-ordinate secondary objective sense signifies singular sometimes speak stand subjunctive subjunctive mood Subordinating tence term termination thee thing thou tion tive transitive verb Verbs ending word write
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