English GrammarScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1981 - 312 pages |
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... writing , " " I was writing , " " I shall be writing : " but this forms no just objection to its denoting time . If the time of it is often relative time , this circumstance , far from disproving , supports our position . See observa ...
... writing , " " I was writing , " " I shall be writing : " but this forms no just objection to its denoting time . If the time of it is often relative time , this circumstance , far from disproving , supports our position . See observa ...
Page 76
... writing ; ” “ He built the house last summer , hut did not inhabit it till yesterday . " " He zill write another ... writing . " " I was writing , " " I shall be writing , ' imperfect , unfinished actions are signified . But the fol ...
... writing ; ” “ He built the house last summer , hut did not inhabit it till yesterday . " " He zill write another ... writing . " " I was writing , " " I shall be writing , ' imperfect , unfinished actions are signified . But the fol ...
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... writers make a practice of omitting the relative , where they think the meaning can be understood without it : as , “ The ... writing , yet in all writings of a se rious and dignified kind , it ought to be avoided . There , the relative ...
... writers make a practice of omitting the relative , where they think the meaning can be understood without it : as , “ The ... writing , yet in all writings of a se rious and dignified kind , it ought to be avoided . There , the relative ...
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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