Applied English GrammarAllyn and Bacon, 1925 - 381 pagina's |
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Pagina 29
... denotes action , but it has the use of a noun , naming the thing that Mary likes , that is , to sing . As this form of the verb does not limit the ac- tion to a particular subject , it is called an infinitive , a term meaning ...
... denotes action , but it has the use of a noun , naming the thing that Mary likes , that is , to sing . As this form of the verb does not limit the ac- tion to a particular subject , it is called an infinitive , a term meaning ...
Pagina 31
... denotes one person , men more than one person . The change in the form of the word come shows a change in its use , for come is used with the subject I , comest with the subject Thou , comes with the subject He . A change in the form of ...
... denotes one person , men more than one person . The change in the form of the word come shows a change in its use , for come is used with the subject I , comest with the subject Thou , comes with the subject He . A change in the form of ...
Pagina 40
... denotes that which re- ceives the action ; thus , I want to go soon . We know who he is . ( To go soon tells what I want . ) ( Who he is tells what we know . ) A word or a group of words denoting that which receives the action expressed ...
... denotes that which re- ceives the action ; thus , I want to go soon . We know who he is . ( To go soon tells what I want . ) ( Who he is tells what we know . ) A word or a group of words denoting that which receives the action expressed ...
Pagina 41
... denotes that which receives the action . EXERCISE 23 ( 1 ) Supply an appropriate word as direct object or subjective complement and tell which it is in each case : 1. John is my 2. They found a 3. We sold our 4. Anne sang a 5. The song ...
... denotes that which receives the action . EXERCISE 23 ( 1 ) Supply an appropriate word as direct object or subjective complement and tell which it is in each case : 1. John is my 2. They found a 3. We sold our 4. Anne sang a 5. The song ...
Pagina 54
... denotes the persons spoken to . Hence , it forms a part of the sentence by helping to complete the thought , but it has no grammatical con- nection either with the subject I or with the predicate wish to speak . A part of a sentence ...
... denotes the persons spoken to . Hence , it forms a part of the sentence by helping to complete the thought , but it has no grammatical con- nection either with the subject I or with the predicate wish to speak . A part of a sentence ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
action adjective adverbial clause adverbs antecedent appositive calling Past case-forms choice complete the predicate compound sentences condition conjunctions connected coördinating denotes direct object exclamation express feminine following sentences foregoing sentences form the plural future perfect tense future tense gender gerund girl give a reason glad grammatical group of words horse Imperative Mood indicative mood indirect infinitive inflected interjections intransitive intransitive verbs italicized words James John kind language live Mary masculine Models for written Nominative Note the following Note these examples noun or pronoun passive voice past participle past tense person and number person or thing personal pronoun phrasal Point possessive modifier predicate verb preposition Present Tense principal clause relative clause relative pronoun sing Sometimes speech spoke subject substantive subjective complement subjunctive mood subordinate clause Supply the proper tell tences term meaning thought tion tive verb-phrases Volition Write written exercise
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Pagina 338 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Pagina 331 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade ! " Charge for the guns ! " he said : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Pagina 86 - UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Pagina 332 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd ; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well : Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.
Pagina 339 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the Gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen; Make the house, where Gods may dwell, Beautiful, entire, and clean.
Pagina 345 - WHEN beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird's warble know, The yellow violet's modest bell Peeps from the last year's leaves below. Ere russet fields their green resume, Sweet flower, I love, in forest bare, To meet thee, when thy faint perfume Alone is in the virgin air. Of all her train, the hands of Spring First plant thee in the watery mould, And I have seen thee blossoming Beside the snow-bank's edges cold.
Pagina 342 - Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West, now South.
Pagina 341 - It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May.
Pagina 356 - Abide, abide, The willful waterweeds held me thrall, The laving laurel turned my tide, The ferns and the fondling grass said Stay, The dewberry dipped for to work delay, And the little reeds sighed Abide, abide, Here in the hills of Habersham, Here in the valleys of Hall.
Pagina 351 - ... poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his...