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... ( Lat . pro = for + nomen ) . The word for which a pronoun stands , is called its antecedent . DEFINITION . — A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun . CAPITAL LETTER RULE . - The pronoun I should always 2 PARTS OF SPEECH . 17.
... ( Lat . pro = for + nomen ) . The word for which a pronoun stands , is called its antecedent . DEFINITION . — A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun . CAPITAL LETTER RULE . - The pronoun I should always 2 PARTS OF SPEECH . 17.
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... antecedents : - MODEL . - 1 . The boy fell from his chair . Boy is a noun , because it is the name of a person ; fell is a verb , because it asserts action ; his is a pronoun , because it stands for the noun boy's ; chair is a noun ...
... antecedents : - MODEL . - 1 . The boy fell from his chair . Boy is a noun , because it is the name of a person ; fell is a verb , because it asserts action ; his is a pronoun , because it stands for the noun boy's ; chair is a noun ...
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... antecedent ? 8. What two parts of speech are used in subjects ? 9. What part of speech is used in predicates ? LESSON 5 . IF a man decide to build a house that shall contain seven rooms , and afterward decide to make his house larger or ...
... antecedent ? 8. What two parts of speech are used in subjects ? 9. What part of speech is used in predicates ? LESSON 5 . IF a man decide to build a house that shall contain seven rooms , and afterward decide to make his house larger or ...
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... antecedent ? ( See Lesson 4. ) What is the antecedent of this pronoun ? The word who is called a relative pronoun , because it relates to the word boy for its meaning , and also joins the adjective clause , which it introduces , to the ...
... antecedent ? ( See Lesson 4. ) What is the antecedent of this pronoun ? The word who is called a relative pronoun , because it relates to the word boy for its meaning , and also joins the adjective clause , which it introduces , to the ...
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... antecedent of the relative pronoun what is generally understood . 4. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid . 5. There is nothing in the world but was made by God . But is here a relative pronoun . As a relative it is always a ...
... antecedent of the relative pronoun what is generally understood . 4. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid . 5. There is nothing in the world but was made by God . But is here a relative pronoun . As a relative it is always a ...
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action adjective clause adverb clauses adverbial noun Analyze the following Anglo-Saxon antecedent apples appositive auxiliary verb belongs Cæsar called capital letter CHRISTOPHER SOWER clause modifies comma common nouns composition conjugation conjunctive adverbs connected Correct the errors Dead Letter Office DEFINITION.-A definitive adjectives denotes dependent clause diagram dictionary donkey English language feminine following nouns following sentences future perfect tense gender giving reasons grammar group of words horse idiomatic passive construction independent expressions indicative mode indirect object infinitive phrase inflection interjection intransitive introduce John rides kind LESSON masculine meaning mended noun clause noun or pronoun object complement omitted parsing passive form passive voice past participle past tense personal pronoun placed plural possessive sign preposition present perfect tense present tense pupil relative pronoun Sing singular number sometimes speech suffixing superlative swim syllable teacher tence thee thou thought transitive verb walk
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Página 107 - This was the noblest Roman of them all : All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, This was a man!
Página 107 - O what a glory doth this world put on For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks On duties well performed, and days well spent...
Página 233 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Página 110 - How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour: — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 109 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come,- and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Página 122 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Página 110 - From dawn to the blush of another day, Like traveller singing along his way. That fairy music I never hear, Nor gaze on those waters so green and clear, And mark them winding away from sight, Darkened with shade or flashing with light, While o'er them the vine to its thicket clings, And the zephyr stoops to freshen his wings...
Página 108 - I AM always very well pleased with a country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a -human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in which the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits, to converse with one another...
Página 243 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Página 109 - How beautiful this night ! The balmiest sigh Which vernal Zephyrs breathe in Evening's ear Were discord to the speaking quietude That wraps this moveless scene. Heaven's ebon vault, Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls, Seems like a canopy which Love has spread To curtain her sleeping world.