How to Parse: An Attempt to Apply the Principles of Scholarship to English GrammarRoberts brothers, 1885 - 343 páginas |
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... ( rarely ) : " Even Homer sometimes nods . " This is a short way of saying " Even ( so wakefu a poet as ) Homer ; " so that , in reality , " even ' nodifies an implied Adjective . Only requires care in such sentences as : " Only a tyrant ...
... ( rarely ) : " Even Homer sometimes nods . " This is a short way of saying " Even ( so wakefu a poet as ) Homer ; " so that , in reality , " even ' nodifies an implied Adjective . Only requires care in such sentences as : " Only a tyrant ...
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... ( rarely ) by Inflections , e.g. " soon , " soon - er , " " " soon - est " ; more commonly by the addition of " more , " " most , " e.g. " happily , " " more happily , " " most happily . " 47 In parsing an Adverb , therefore , you may ...
... ( rarely ) by Inflections , e.g. " soon , " soon - er , " " " soon - est " ; more commonly by the addition of " more , " " most , " e.g. " happily , " " more happily , " " most happily . " 47 In parsing an Adverb , therefore , you may ...
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... rarely or never a Noun or Pronoun , e.g. “ I think , hope , that he will come . " Here " that he will come is the Object of the Transitive Verbs think or hope . 99 These Verbs are very seldom followed by a Noun - Object , e.g.- ( 1 ) ...
... rarely or never a Noun or Pronoun , e.g. “ I think , hope , that he will come . " Here " that he will come is the Object of the Transitive Verbs think or hope . 99 These Verbs are very seldom followed by a Noun - Object , e.g.- ( 1 ) ...
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... rarely or never used , owing to their lengthiness ; and there is one " state " that is found in the Present , Past , and Future of the Active , but not of the Passive . ( 1 ) " I have been ( 2 ) " I had been ( 3 ) " I shall have been ...
... rarely or never used , owing to their lengthiness ; and there is one " state " that is found in the Present , Past , and Future of the Active , but not of the Passive . ( 1 ) " I have been ( 2 ) " I had been ( 3 ) " I shall have been ...
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... rarely this form is used affirmatively , to emphasize the truth of a statement : - - " Who says I did not come ? I did come . " Person and Number . If you alter the Subject of a Verb , you often have to alter the Verb so as to agree ...
... rarely this form is used affirmatively , to emphasize the truth of a statement : - - " Who says I did not come ? I did come . " Person and Number . If you alter the Subject of a Verb , you often have to alter the Verb so as to agree ...
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3rd Sing action Active Participle Adjectival Adjective Phrases Adverb Adverbial Phrase answer Antecedent Apposition asked Auxiliary Verbs brevity called Clause Comma Compare Compound Verb Conditional Mood confusion Conjunction Consequent denote ditional Early English EXERCISE explained express French Future Gerundive Grammar Greeks Hence idiom Imperative Mood implied Indicative Indirect Object Infinitive Inflections inserted Interrogative Intransitive introduced irregularity italicized Verbs J. R. SEELEY ject John king language Latin Layamon lion meaning Modern English Noun or Pronoun Number omitted once Parse Passive Participle Past Tense Period Person Plural Poetry Pope preceded Preposition Present Principal Sentence Principal Verb pupil purpose question rascal regarded Regular Construction Relative Pronoun retained seems Shakspeare Singular sometimes sound speak Sub-ordinate Sentence Subject or Object Subjunctive Subjunctive Mood syllable Tell tence termination thing Thomas thou tion tive Transitive Verb Verbal Noun Voice vowel walk words Write Xerxes
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Página 290 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Página 64 - And certainly our language now used varieth far from that which was used and spoken when I was born...
Página 240 - His knowledge measured to his state and place; His time a moment, and a point his space. If to be perfect in a certain sphere, What matter, soon or late, or here or there? The blest to-day is as completely so, As who began a thousand years ago.
Página 193 - Love, strong as death, the poet led To the pale nations of the dead, What sounds were heard, What scenes appear'd, O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams, Dismal screams, Fires that glow, Shrieks of woe, Sullen moans, Hollow groans, And cries of tortured ghosts ! But, hark!
Página 286 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Página 283 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...
Página 64 - ... could speak no French ; and the merchant was angry, for he also could speak no French, but would have had eggs, and she understood him not.
Página 307 - We are descended of ancient families, and kept up our dignity and honour many years, till the jack-sprat THAT supplanted us.
Página 290 - Eve separate he spies, Veil'd in a cloud of fragrance, where she stood...