An English Grammar: For the Use of High School, Academy, and College ClassesAmerican book Company, 1895 - 349 pages |
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abstract nouns ADDISON adverbs antecedent apposition belong Bring up sentences BULWER BURKE BYRON called CARLYLE choose chosen COLERIDGE common comparative complement connection coördinate dependent clauses direct object EMERSON equivalent example Exercise express action feminine Find sentences following sentences gender gerund GOLDSMITH GRAM HAWTHORNE hence Imperative Mood indefinite relatives independent clauses Indicative Mood infinitive inflected interrogative intransitive IRVING kind KINGSLEY language literary English MACAULAY masculine meaning Middle English modify nature neuter nominative Old English parsing passive past participle past tense perfect definite person or thing personal pronouns plural possessive predicate preposition Present Tense QUINCEY RELATIVE PRONOUNS RUSKIN SCOTT sentences containing SHAKESPEARE simple sentence singular sometimes speak spoken English stand Subjunctive Mood subordinate conjunctions superlative syntax tell tences THACKERAY thee third person thou thought tion tive transitive verb usage usually verbal weak verb word groups WORDSWORTH