Higher Lessons in English: A Work on English Grammar and Composition, in which the Science of the Language is Made Tributary to the Art of ExpressionCharles E. Merrill Company, 1913 - 442 Seiten |
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... Transitive Verbs . If we say Cornwallis was captured by Washington , the verb is still transitive ; but the object , Cornwallis , which names the receiver , is here the subject of the sentence , and not , as before , the object com ...
... Transitive Verbs . If we say Cornwallis was captured by Washington , the verb is still transitive ; but the object , Cornwallis , which names the receiver , is here the subject of the sentence , and not , as before , the object com ...
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... verb transitive in one sentence ; as , He writes good English , may be intransitive in another ; as , He writes well meaning simply He is a good writer . A verb is transitive only when an object is expressed or obviously understood ...
... verb transitive in one sentence ; as , He writes good English , may be intransitive in another ; as , He writes well meaning simply He is a good writer . A verb is transitive only when an object is expressed or obviously understood ...
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... Transitive Verb is one that requires an object . * suggestive that much of what is said consists of denial — is taken up in telling not what is true of ... Intransitive Verb is one that does not require an CLASSES OF VERBS AND ADVERBS 227.
... Transitive Verb is one that requires an object . * suggestive that much of what is said consists of denial — is taken up in telling not what is true of ... Intransitive Verb is one that does not require an CLASSES OF VERBS AND ADVERBS 227.
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... transitive verb and a preposition before a noun are very common " Powerless to affect , or to be affected by , the times . " - of it . 17. Where have you been to ? 238 PARTS OF SPEECH SUBDIVIDED.
... transitive verb and a preposition before a noun are very common " Powerless to affect , or to be affected by , the times . " - of it . 17. Where have you been to ? 238 PARTS OF SPEECH SUBDIVIDED.
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... verb do as a substitute for a preceding verb is one of the most remarkable idioms in the language . In its several forms it stands for the finite forms and for the infinitive and the participle of verbs , transitive and intransitive ...
... verb do as a substitute for a preceding verb is one of the most remarkable idioms in the language . In its several forms it stands for the finite forms and for the infinitive and the participle of verbs , transitive and intransitive ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
9 of preface adjective clause adverb clause apples attribute complement called capital letter comma complete complex sentences COMPOSITION conjugated conjunctive adverb connected construction correct these errors DEFINITION denotes diagram Direction doctor doctor English Examples Explanation explanatory following nouns Form the plural Future Perfect Tense gender Give and illustrate grammarians group of words independent clause infinitive phrase interrogative introduced Introductory Hints irregular verbs language learned Lesson masculine meaning MODE noun clause noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns object complement omitted Oral Analysis paragraph Parsing passive voice Past Perfect past tense PERFECT TENSE person preceding predicate Pres Present Perfect PRESENT PERFECT TENSE principal word pupils question quotation relation relative pronouns Remark RULE sound speak speech stand Study the Caution style subjunctive taught TEACHER tell tences things thou thought tion tive transitive verb transposed vowel write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 366 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware.
Seite 134 - To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, As he is very potent with such spirits, Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds More relative than this: the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Seite 96 - Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear...
Seite 370 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Seite 392 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Seite 402 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand.
Seite 179 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
Seite 395 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Seite 188 - Second street, and asked for biscuit, intending such as we had in Boston ; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. Then I asked for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none such.
Seite 200 - Ah ! gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe. Not to speak of that Eye which...