A Grammar of the English Language in Three Volumes, Volume 3

abridged accusative action adjective adverb appositive auxiliary become better called cause clause closely colloquial speech common commonly Compare condition conjunction connection construction course dative definite described descriptive desire determinative direct early employ especially examples expression fact feel felt force function future genitive gerund given hand idea indefinite indicate infinitive introduced John kind less literary language lively look meaning modal modified natural negative never nominative noun object older English once originally participle passive past perfect person phrase plural popular speech position preceding predicate prepositional present principal proposition pronoun question reference relation relative replaced represents result seen sentence serve Shakespeare simple singular sometimes soon stands statement stressed strong subjunctive subordinate clause substantive tense things thought tive usage usually verb verbal