The Institutes of English Grammar: Methodically Arranged; with Forms of Parsing and Correcting, Examples of Parsing, Questions for Examination, False Syntax for Correction, Exercises for Writing, Observations for the Advanced Student, Methods of Analysis, and a Key to the Oral Exercises: to which are Added Four Appendixes ...W. Wood & Company, 1870 - 343 pages |
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according to Rule active-transitive adjective adjuncts adverb adverbial phrase agree antecedent apposition auxiliary called classes comma complex compound conjugated conjunction connected consonant construction denote dependent clause derived diphthong ellipsis employed EXAMPLE ANALYZED EXERCISE express FALSE SYNTAX finite verb FORMULE.-Not proper gender governed grammarians hast honour imperative imperative mood Imperfect Tense improper diphthong indicative mood infinitive mood inserted interjections interrogative language learner LESSON letters loved meaning mind Murray never nominative noun or pronoun object OBSERVATIONS ON RULE parsing passion passive perfect participle Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive potential mood Praxis preceded predicate prefixed preposition Present Tense preterit principal reading relation require Saxon second person singular semivowels sentence singular number sometimes sound speech style subjunctive subjunctive mood syllable SYNTAX UNDER RULE term thee things third person tion triphthong truth uttered virtue vowel wise words write
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