The Elements of English GrammarHoughton, Mifflin & Company, 1904 - 218 páginas |
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... analysis of sentences and the parsing of words is a barbarian in his speech . A pure diction is very largely a matter of habit and environment . Still , even this admission does not establish the opponents ' con- tention . Many errors ...
... analysis of sentences and the parsing of words is a barbarian in his speech . A pure diction is very largely a matter of habit and environment . Still , even this admission does not establish the opponents ' con- tention . Many errors ...
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... analysis of sentences . And right at the beginning the word should be spoken , that analysis is the important part of grammar . Parsing is of much less value . To give the person , number , and gender of a noun requires but little ...
... analysis of sentences . And right at the beginning the word should be spoken , that analysis is the important part of grammar . Parsing is of much less value . To give the person , number , and gender of a noun requires but little ...
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... analysis when it has become familiar rote work . Such repetition induces thoughtless , slovenly inaccuracy . A prepositional phrase is generally composed of a preposition and a modified noun ; and it is a posi- tive injury to a class to ...
... analysis when it has become familiar rote work . Such repetition induces thoughtless , slovenly inaccuracy . A prepositional phrase is generally composed of a preposition and a modified noun ; and it is a posi- tive injury to a class to ...
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... ANALYSIS . COPULA . PREDICATE ATTRIBUTE . is the school of mankind . is 1. Edison is a great inventor . 2. Mahogany is a beautiful wood . a great inventor . 3. Florence Nightingale was a noble woman . 4. Automobiles are a recent ...
... ANALYSIS . COPULA . PREDICATE ATTRIBUTE . is the school of mankind . is 1. Edison is a great inventor . 2. Mahogany is a beautiful wood . a great inventor . 3. Florence Nightingale was a noble woman . 4. Automobiles are a recent ...
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... analysis of the sentences below , following the model in Section 17 . What is the sentence about ? What is asserted of the subject ? What word joins the subject with the predicate attri- bute ? 1. Well begun is good . 2. Well done is ...
... analysis of the sentences below , following the model in Section 17 . What is the sentence about ? What is asserted of the subject ? What word joins the subject with the predicate attri- bute ? 1. Well begun is good . 2. Well done is ...
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action asserted active voice adjective adverbial modifier Analyze the following Analyze the sentences antecedent appositive attribute complement attribute is asserted attributive verb auxiliary auxiliary verbs bird called changed Classify complete predicate complete subject compound conjunctive adverbs conjunctive pronoun connect construction contrary to fact copula copula-attribute copulative or attributive copulative verb denote present element EXAMPLE EXERCISE expressed flower full verb FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gerund give group of words hidden idea incomplete verb indirect object infinitive inflected intransitive ject MODEL modifies the meaning names the receiver night noun clause noun or pronoun object complement omitted parse participle passive voice past tense personal pronoun possessive predicate attribute prepositional phrase Present Perfect PRESENT PERFECT TENSE present tense principal word progressive verb-phrases question Section sentences containing sing subject of thought subjunctive tell tence thee third person thou tion tive transitive verb word that asserts words modify Write
Passagens conhecidas
Página 113 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Página 210 - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean.
Página 123 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
Página 69 - THE snow had begun in the gloaming, And busily all the night Had been heaping field and highway With a silence deep and white. Every pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And the poorest twig on the elm-tree Was ridged inch deep with pearl.
Página 210 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Página 117 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 142 - Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, — an excellent thing in woman.
Página 91 - The Night is mother of the Day, The Winter of the Spring, And ever upon old Decay The greenest mosses cling. Behind the cloud the starlight lurks, Through showers the sunbeams fall ; For God, who loveth all his works, Has left his Hope with all ! 4th lit month, 1847.
Página 96 - IT wAS a summer evening; Old Kaspar's work was done. And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun; And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round. Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found. That was so large and smooth and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And...