Plain English: A Practical Work on the English Language : for Use in Public and Private Schools, Academies, Commercial Colleges, and for Private LearnersPractical Text-book Company, 1892 - 224 oldal |
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13. oldal
... different things . In the first sentence , it appears as the name of an action , therefore it is a noun ; in the second , it is one PLAIN ENGLISH . 13 THE SENTENCE: PARTS OF SPEECH DEVELOPED • I ANALYSIS Of Simple aND COMPOUND SENTENCES.
... different things . In the first sentence , it appears as the name of an action , therefore it is a noun ; in the second , it is one PLAIN ENGLISH . 13 THE SENTENCE: PARTS OF SPEECH DEVELOPED • I ANALYSIS Of Simple aND COMPOUND SENTENCES.
18. oldal
... action or possession , The copula verbs ( 16a ) do not express action or possession , therefore they are not followed by objects , though , as we have seen ( 17 ) , nouns and pronouns are sometimes used after them to complete the ...
... action or possession , The copula verbs ( 16a ) do not express action or possession , therefore they are not followed by objects , though , as we have seen ( 17 ) , nouns and pronouns are sometimes used after them to complete the ...
19. oldal
... action often have two objects ; one naming the thing that receives the action , and the other naming the thing indirectly affected by it . Thus , in— He gave me a book , The tailor made him a coat , the meaning is not ' He gave me ...
... action often have two objects ; one naming the thing that receives the action , and the other naming the thing indirectly affected by it . Thus , in— He gave me a book , The tailor made him a coat , the meaning is not ' He gave me ...
20. oldal
... action or possession . It also answers the question what ? ( or whom ? ) after prepositions . ( 348. ) The indirect object of a verb of action names the person or thing to ( or for ) which the act is done . LESSON 8 , FORMS OF ELEMENTS ...
... action or possession . It also answers the question what ? ( or whom ? ) after prepositions . ( 348. ) The indirect object of a verb of action names the person or thing to ( or for ) which the act is done . LESSON 8 , FORMS OF ELEMENTS ...
28. oldal
... actions ; as , singing , dancing , writing , printing . As will be seen hereafter , these words are not always pure nouns , being some- times nouns with verbal natures . ( 164. ) Furnish nouns belonging to each of the above - mentioned ...
... actions ; as , singing , dancing , writing , printing . As will be seen hereafter , these words are not always pure nouns , being some- times nouns with verbal natures . ( 164. ) Furnish nouns belonging to each of the above - mentioned ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
absurd action added adjectival adjectives adverbial clause adverbial phrases adverbs apples apposition assertion belong better called comma complete compound conjugation conjunctions connected copula verbs Correct the following denote direct object elements English English language Examples express fact following sentences give grammar Hence horse hyphen incorrect incorrectly indefinite infinitive interrogative intransitive introduce irregular verbs kind language LESSON matter means misused modify never Note noun clause noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns object form omitted paragraph Parsing part-of-speech passive verb-phrases past form perfect participle personal pronouns pleonasm plural form possessive form prefixing preposition present perfect principal punctuation qualify reference relative pronouns Remark Richard Grant White rule seen sense SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE sometimes speak speech subject and predicate subjunctive subjunctive mood suffix superfluous talk tell tences thing thought transitive verb Twenty-third Psalm walk words write
Népszerű szakaszok
94. oldal - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
167. oldal - Who shall ascend into heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ down from above ;) or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it ? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart : that is, the word of faith which we preach...
94. oldal - And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light. " 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...
95. oldal - How long I shall love him, I can no more tell, Than, had I a fever, when I should be well. My passion shall kill me before I will show it, And yet I would give all the world he did know it : But oh, how I sigh when I think, should he woo me, I cannot deny what I know would undo me ! Ether ege.
169. oldal - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
96. oldal - They find in the thick waving grasses Where the scarlet-lipped strawberry grows ; They gather the earliest snowdrops And the first crimson buds of the rose. They toss new hay in the meadow ; They gather the elder-bloom white; They find where the dusky grapes purple In the soft-tinted October light.
22. oldal - Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected...
96. oldal - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou prepares! a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
96. oldal - That are yellow with ripening grain. They find in the thick waving grasses Where the scarlet-lipped strawberry grows ; They gather the earliest snowdrops And the first crimson buds of the rose.
94. oldal - GOD HATH A VOICE. GOD hath a voice that ever is heard In the peal of the thunder, the chirp of the bird; It comes in the torrent, all rapid and strong ; In the streamlet's soft gush as it ripples along ; It breathes in the zephyr, just kissing the bloom; It lives in the rush of the sweeping simoom : Let the hurricane whistle, or warblers rejoice ; What do they tell thee but GOD hath a voice...