English GrammarScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981 - 312 pages |
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Page 75
... Future Tense represents the action as yet to come , either with or without respect to the precise time : as , " The sun will rise to - morrow ; " " 1 shall see them again . " The Second Future intimates that the action will be fully ...
... Future Tense represents the action as yet to come , either with or without respect to the precise time : as , " The sun will rise to - morrow ; " " 1 shall see them again . " The Second Future intimates that the action will be fully ...
Page 76
... future , do not reflect that the English verb is mostly composed of principal and auxiliary ; and that these several parts constitute one verb . Either the English language has no regular future tense , or its future is composed of the ...
... future , do not reflect that the English verb is mostly composed of principal and auxiliary ; and that these several parts constitute one verb . Either the English language has no regular future tense , or its future is composed of the ...
Page 83
... future time . See page 75 . 99 The next remark is , that the auxiliary will , in the first person singular and plural of the second future tense ; and the auxiliary shall , in the second and third persons of that tense , in the ...
... future time . See page 75 . 99 The next remark is , that the auxiliary will , in the first person singular and plural of the second future tense ; and the auxiliary shall , in the second and third persons of that tense , in the ...
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accent active verb adjective pronouns admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished edition ellipsis English Grammar English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive give governed grammarians happy ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king learner Lindley Murray Lord loved Lowth manner means mind Murray Murray's names nature nominative noun objective observations participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun respect sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise writing