The Rudiments of English Grammar and CompositionRivingtons, 1882 - 204 sider |
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... changed into ves ; as— S. loaf wolf calf thief wharf wife . P. loaves wolves calves thieves wharves wives . But some are regular ; as , roof , cliff , dwarf , reef , and muff . The plural of staff is staves . 4. Nouns ending in y ...
... changed into ves ; as— S. loaf wolf calf thief wharf wife . P. loaves wolves calves thieves wharves wives . But some are regular ; as , roof , cliff , dwarf , reef , and muff . The plural of staff is staves . 4. Nouns ending in y ...
Side 20
... changed into i ; as- lovely happy lovelier loveliest . happier happiest . But monosyllables with this ending are regular ; as— shy sly shyer slyer shyest . slyest . A final consonant , preceded by a single vowel in a word of one ...
... changed into i ; as- lovely happy lovelier loveliest . happier happiest . But monosyllables with this ending are regular ; as— shy sly shyer slyer shyest . slyest . A final consonant , preceded by a single vowel in a word of one ...
Side 50
... changed to m to avoid the harsh sound of the double s . Nelson himself was saved by a timely removal . - Southey . No , they cannot touch me for coining : I am the king himself . - Lear , 4 , 6 , 82 . NOTE 2. These forms are used as ...
... changed to m to avoid the harsh sound of the double s . Nelson himself was saved by a timely removal . - Southey . No , they cannot touch me for coining : I am the king himself . - Lear , 4 , 6 , 82 . NOTE 2. These forms are used as ...
Side 67
... , fixes , lurches , wishes . Verbs in y , preceded by a consonant , have es added to the stem ( y being changed to i ) ; as- try , tries ; fly , flies . But Verbs in y , preceded by a vowel , THE ACTIVE VOICE . 67 The Indicative Mood.
... , fixes , lurches , wishes . Verbs in y , preceded by a consonant , have es added to the stem ( y being changed to i ) ; as- try , tries ; fly , flies . But Verbs in y , preceded by a vowel , THE ACTIVE VOICE . 67 The Indicative Mood.
Side 84
... , 312 . NOTE 2. - The Momentary forms are in many Verbs equivalent to Completed forms ; thus- The ship is lost . The work is finished . 154. Only the Transitive Active can be changed into a 84 THE VERB . Passive Forms.
... , 312 . NOTE 2. - The Momentary forms are in many Verbs equivalent to Completed forms ; thus- The ship is lost . The work is finished . 154. Only the Transitive Active can be changed into a 84 THE VERB . Passive Forms.
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action Adjectival sentences Adjective Adverbial expression Adverbial sentences Adverbs Auxiliary Verbs Brutus Caesar called co-ordinate sentences Complex sentence Compound connected Copula Dative denote dependent sentence doth emphasis ending example fear Gent give Greek word meaning hast hath hear IMPERATIVE MOOD Indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD inflexions Intransitive jests at scars king knew Latin limits the Noun lord Macaulay Merch Mids names never Nominative NOTE Noun-sentence Object Old English older writers omitted Passive Voice Past Indicative PAST PARTICIPLE Past tense person or thing Personal Pronouns plural Possessive preceded Predicate PREFIX Prepositional Infinitive Prepositional phrase Present principal sentence Relative Pronoun scheme of analysis second person second sentence sentence introduced Shrew simple sentences Simple Statement Simple Tenses sometimes speak speaker stands stem Subject SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD Subordinate Conjunction subordinate sentence thee third person singular thou art tive Transitive Verb vowel Weak Verbs words that limit
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Side 153 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Side 47 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor ; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil...
Side 187 - I'll have these players Play something like the murder of my father Before mine uncle; I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick; if he but blench, I know my course.
Side 123 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Side 91 - Muse The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Side 163 - Saturn, quiet as a stone, Still as the silence round about his lair; Forest on forest hung about his head Like cloud on cloud. No stir of air was there, Not so much life as on a summer's day Robs not one light seed from the feather'd grass, But where the dead leaf fell, there did it rest.
Side 135 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Side 173 - When all is done, (he concludes,) human life is at the greatest and the best but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet, till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Side 48 - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him . The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Side 120 - They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look : for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.