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... verb - phrases or compound forms from the real verb - forms seems to me a matter of no small importance , if the study of the construction of sentences is to be made a reality . It has been my constant endeavor to bear in mind the true ...
... verb - phrases or compound forms from the real verb - forms seems to me a matter of no small importance , if the study of the construction of sentences is to be made a reality . It has been my constant endeavor to bear in mind the true ...
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... VERBAL FORMS , VERB - PHRASES , 279-305 : emphatic verb - phrases , 279-80 ; continuous or progressive , 281 ; future , 282 ; distinction of shall and will , 283-6 ; conditional , 287 ; perfect and pluperfect , 288-9 ; other tense and mode ...
... VERBAL FORMS , VERB - PHRASES , 279-305 : emphatic verb - phrases , 279-80 ; continuous or progressive , 281 ; future , 282 ; distinction of shall and will , 283-6 ; conditional , 287 ; perfect and pluperfect , 288-9 ; other tense and mode ...
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... VERB , 358-68 : transitive verb and its object , 358-9 ; intransitives and verbs used intransitively , 360-61 ... PHRASES , 398-404 : uses of prepositions , 398-400 ; prepositional adjective and adverb phrases , 401 - 4 . Summary of the ...
... VERB , 358-68 : transitive verb and its object , 358-9 ; intransitives and verbs used intransitively , 360-61 ... PHRASES , 398-404 : uses of prepositions , 398-400 ; prepositional adjective and adverb phrases , 401 - 4 . Summary of the ...
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... VERB ( the word verb is Latin for ' word ' simply ) . A verb is a word that asserts or declares ; and any word that ... phrases the is and sends are verbs ; words like shining , brilliant , rays , cannot make an assertion without a verb ...
... VERB ( the word verb is Latin for ' word ' simply ) . A verb is a word that asserts or declares ; and any word that ... phrases the is and sends are verbs ; words like shining , brilliant , rays , cannot make an assertion without a verb ...
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... verb always in the same person , the third , even though used by the speaker ... phrases , or even clauses , added to it that the other cases have , by way ... phrases and sentences ( clauses ) , are sometimes used in sentences with the ...
... verb always in the same person , the third , even though used by the speaker ... phrases , or even clauses , added to it that the other cases have , by way ... phrases and sentences ( clauses ) , are sometimes used in sentences with the ...
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abbreviation action added adjective or noun adjunct adverb qualifying adverb-clause adverbial objective antecedent appositive adjective assertion attributive adjective auxiliary belonging bird called case-form co-ordinate combination complete complex sentences compound conjunctions connecting words construction defined dependent clause derived described direct object ellipsis English equivalent especially example exclamatory expressed factitive genitive give given grammar hence horse implies inflection interjections interrogative interrogative words intransitive irregular irregular verbs joined kind language manner meaning mode nominative noun or pronoun nouns and adjectives objective predicate Old conjugation omitted parsing passive participle past participle person singular plural possessive predicate adjective preposition present participle pronominal adjective qualify a verb qualifying a noun relation relative relative pronoun seen shines signify simple sentences sometimes speak speech stand subjunctive substantive substantive-clause suffix tence thee third person thou tion tive transitive verbs usually verbal forms
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Page 203 - The cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun; The oldest and youngest Are at work with the strongest; The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising; There are forty feeding like one! Like an army defeated The Snow hath retreated, And now doth fare ill On the top of the bare hill...
Page 203 - Oh, but for one short hour! A respite however brief! No blessed leisure for Love or Hope, But only time for Grief! A little weeping would ease my heart, But in their briny bed My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread!
Page 184 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
Page 186 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 97 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 206 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 184 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song...
Page 210 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse : was this ambition?
Page 206 - The reason why the seven stars are no more than seven, is a pretty reason.
Page 225 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.