English grammar practiceLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862 - 264 pages |
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... subjunctive mood 97 • Rules for comparison 39 The infinitive mood 98 Irregular comparisons 41 Participle for infinitive 101 On the use of adjectives Adjectives used as nouns 42 Adverbs 104 43 Conjunctions . 106 Numeral adjectives ...
... subjunctive mood 97 • Rules for comparison 39 The infinitive mood 98 Irregular comparisons 41 Participle for infinitive 101 On the use of adjectives Adjectives used as nouns 42 Adverbs 104 43 Conjunctions . 106 Numeral adjectives ...
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... one of two beings or things has the same degree of quality as another ; as , this table is as long as that book - case . ' The comparative degree is used when we as- sert that 338 ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE Adjectives The subjunctive mood 97.
... one of two beings or things has the same degree of quality as another ; as , this table is as long as that book - case . ' The comparative degree is used when we as- sert that 338 ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE Adjectives The subjunctive mood 97.
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... Mood means manner . Plural . 1st Person . We talk 2nd Person . Ye or you talk 3rd Person . They talk There are five moods ... Subjunctive ; and 5th , the In- finitive . 1. Indicative means ' pointing out , ' or ' show- ing . ' Those forms of ...
... Mood means manner . Plural . 1st Person . We talk 2nd Person . Ye or you talk 3rd Person . They talk There are five moods ... Subjunctive ; and 5th , the In- finitive . 1. Indicative means ' pointing out , ' or ' show- ing . ' Those forms of ...
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... mood ; as , ' Come to me ; ' Tell me that story . ' 3. Potential signifies ' having power ; ' as , ' I may serve ; He might work . ' 4. Subjunctive means ' joined to ' —that is , de- pending on some other assertion ; as , " He will be ...
... mood ; as , ' Come to me ; ' Tell me that story . ' 3. Potential signifies ' having power ; ' as , ' I may serve ; He might work . ' 4. Subjunctive means ' joined to ' —that is , de- pending on some other assertion ; as , " He will be ...
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George Frederick Graham. IMPERATIVE MOOD . PRESENT INDEFINITE . PRESENT INDEFINITE . POTENTIAL MOOD . PAST INDEFINITE . PRESENT . PAST . PAST COMPLETE . SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD . Singular . Plural . Singular . Plural. Singular . 1. Let me be 2 ...
George Frederick Graham. IMPERATIVE MOOD . PRESENT INDEFINITE . PRESENT INDEFINITE . POTENTIAL MOOD . PAST INDEFINITE . PRESENT . PAST . PAST COMPLETE . SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD . Singular . Plural . Singular . Plural. Singular . 1. Let me be 2 ...
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accented adjective proposition adverb adverbial proposition amphibrach blank spaces brother Cæsar cæsura called cloth coloured conjunction dactyl derived DICTATION EXERCISE Dictionary Ellipsis Encyclopædia English explain expresses following sentences French garden grammar Greek History horse iambic Illustrations IMPERATIVE MOOD Incomplete INDICATIVE MOOD indirect object INFINITIVE MOOD JAMES MARTINEAU John Julius Cæsar Latin Let the learner Let the pupil letter lines Lord Maps marking metre morocco Natural night object parentheses participle passive PAST TENSES person or thing Plates Portrait Post 8vo POTENTIAL MOOD predicate PRESENT TENSES principal proposition qualify queen revised rhymes Rule Second Edition serve Plural served Complete serving serving singular number sound Square crown 8vo SUBJUNCTIVE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD superlative syllable thee Third Edition thou tion to-morrow trochees Underline verse Vignette vols vowel walk Woodcuts write
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Page 250 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come.
Page 242 - MUCH have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his...
Page 248 - Say, father Thames ! for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace...
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Page 248 - Shylock, we would have moneys:' you say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; moneys is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
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Page 236 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ; Thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 241 - And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and long possess the prize : The Powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer, The rest the winds dispersed in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sun-beams trembling on the floating tides: While melting music steals upon the sky, And softened sounds along the waters die; Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.