Essentials of English GrammarScholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1988 - 290 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 76
Page vii
... noun and pronoun , 58 ; in verb , 59 ; government and agreement , 60 ; person in pronoun and verb , 61-3 ; tense and mode in verb , 64–5 ; inflection , conjugation of verb , 66-7 ; possessive case in noun and pronoun , 68–70 ; object ...
... noun and pronoun , 58 ; in verb , 59 ; government and agreement , 60 ; person in pronoun and verb , 61-3 ; tense and mode in verb , 64–5 ; inflection , conjugation of verb , 66-7 ; possessive case in noun and pronoun , 68–70 ; object ...
Page 32
... noun and pronoun . As they are of another kind than those of the verb , they go by a different name ; they are called the DECLENSION of the noun or pronoun , which is said to be DECLINED . We sum up by saying : The noun and pronoun are ...
... noun and pronoun . As they are of another kind than those of the verb , they go by a different name ; they are called the DECLENSION of the noun or pronoun , which is said to be DECLINED . We sum up by saying : The noun and pronoun are ...
Page 143
... noun or pronoun . It is a connecting word by which a noun or pronoun is made to limit some other word , or by which it is attached to that other word in a relation which the preposition defines . 320. The noun or pronoun on which the ...
... noun or pronoun . It is a connecting word by which a noun or pronoun is made to limit some other word , or by which it is attached to that other word in a relation which the preposition defines . 320. The noun or pronoun on which the ...
Contents
LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR 115 pp 15 | 1 |
NOUNS 10848 pp 4665 | 46 |
PRONOUNS 14989 pp 6682 | 66 |
Copyright | |
4 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Essentials of English Grammar: For the Use of Schools - Scholar's Choice Edition William Dwight Whitney No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
abbreviation action added adjective or noun adverb qualifies adverb-clause adverbial objective antecedent appositive adjective assertion attributive adjective auxiliary belonging bird called case-form chapter co-ordinate combination complete complex sentences compound conjunctions connecting words construction defined dependent clause derivative described direct object English Grammar English Language especially example Exercise expressed factitive genitive give given hence horse imperative implies inflection interjections interrogative interrogative words intransitive joined kind language Maetzner manner meaning nominative noun or pronoun nouns and adjectives objective predicate parsing passive past participle plural possessive predicate adjective predicate noun present participle preterit pronominal adjective qualifies a verb qualifying a noun relation relative relative pronoun seen shines signify simple sentences singular sometimes speak speech stand subject and predicate subjunctive substantive-clause suffix tence tenses thee thou tion tive transitive verb usually verb-phrases Whitney William Dwight Whitney