An Appeal from the Old Theory of English Grammar, to the True Constructive Genius of the English Language: Developed in Three Books : the Whole Entitled : an English SyntithologyGrubb and Reazor, 1845 - 618 páginas |
Palavras e frases frequentes
action adjective adverb affirmation applied appropriated articulate sound attempt auxiliary verb belongs Bullions called character clade Comly conjunction connection construction cordiction corm defined definition denominated denotes derived distinct sound doctrine English Grammar English language etumon etymology express frame-work Frost genediction give Goold Brown gram Greek Hence hupogram idea imperfect tense instance James John Kirkham Latin letters means mind mono monogram Monothong mood Murray Murray's nepoeclade nepoecorm nominative objective old school grammarians old theory parsed participle phrenod plerocorm plural poeclade poecorm poetene potential mood preposition present principle pronoun protacorm pupil racter reader relation represents rudictions rule sense sentence signifies singular number sithygram speech spoken subjunctive mood syllable Syntax Syntithology teacher technical tence tense theatronic reladiction thing third person thou tion transitive verb Triphthong true truth uni numerdiction verb vocal word Webster write written
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Página 173 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Página 171 - To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.
Página 509 - There are five moods of verbs, the INDICATIVE, the IMPERATIVE, the POTENTIAL, the SUBJUNCTIVE, and the INFINITIVE. The Indicative Mood simply indicates or declares a thing : as, " He loves, he is loved i" or it asks a question : as, " Does he love ?" " Is he loved ?" The Imperative Mood is used for commanding, exhorting, entreating, or permitting : as, " Depart thou ; mind ye ; let us stay ; go in peace.
Página 176 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Página 576 - A Conjunction is a part of speech that is chiefly used to connect sentences ; so as, out of two or more sentences, to make but one. It sometimes connects only words.
Página 577 - For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Página 576 - Prepositions serve to connect words with one another, and to show the relation between them ; as, " He went from London to York ;" " she is above disguise ;" " they are supported by industry.
Página 389 - There are three cases ; the nominative, the possessive, and the objective. The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which denotes the subject of a verb : as, The boy runs ; I run.
Página 491 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Página 456 - A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, the man is happy, he is benevolent, he is useful.