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... Possessive 207 211. Exercise 212. The Object 213. Exercise 214. Adverbs as Modifiers 215 : Exercise 216. Case Independent and Interjection 217. Exercise 218. Coördinate Conjunctions 209 210 212 213 214 215 216 217 219. Exercise 220 ...
... Possessive 207 211. Exercise 212. The Object 213. Exercise 214. Adverbs as Modifiers 215 : Exercise 216. Case Independent and Interjection 217. Exercise 218. Coördinate Conjunctions 209 210 212 213 214 215 216 217 219. Exercise 220 ...
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... possessives dog's and stag's , it will be seen that , though we add the letter s , which should repre- sent an aspirate , we do not add an aspirate sound , but the subvocal sound represented by z , and that because it is preceded by the ...
... possessives dog's and stag's , it will be seen that , though we add the letter s , which should repre- sent an aspirate , we do not add an aspirate sound , but the subvocal sound represented by z , and that because it is preceded by the ...
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... possessives are compounded with other words , they often drop the apostrophe ; as , herdsmen , helmsman ( 210 , 13 , a . ) . 4. Chilblain , welcome , welfare , and fulfil , drop one l ; shepherd , wherever , and whosever , drop an e ...
... possessives are compounded with other words , they often drop the apostrophe ; as , herdsmen , helmsman ( 210 , 13 , a . ) . 4. Chilblain , welcome , welfare , and fulfil , drop one l ; shepherd , wherever , and whosever , drop an e ...
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... possessive case denotes the relation of property or pos session ; as , " David's harp . " 6. The possessive singular of nouns is regularly formed by adding an apostrophe ( ' ) and the letter s to the nominative ; as man's , David's . 7 ...
... possessive case denotes the relation of property or pos session ; as , " David's harp . " 6. The possessive singular of nouns is regularly formed by adding an apostrophe ( ' ) and the letter s to the nominative ; as man's , David's . 7 ...
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... possessive termination ( ' s ) in the singular , is evidently a con- ction of the Anglo - Saxon or Old English genitive es or is . The ( ' ) the plural is a modern invention , used to denote the possessive case . Lord Grey's letter to ...
... possessive termination ( ' s ) in the singular , is evidently a con- ction of the Anglo - Saxon or Old English genitive es or is . The ( ' ) the plural is a modern invention , used to denote the possessive case . Lord Grey's letter to ...
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abridged propositions according to Rule adjective element adverbial element antecedent apposition attribute auxiliary verb called common noun complex sentence compound sentence Conjugation conjunctive adverbs consonant construction coördinate conjunction copula Defective verbs denotes dependent Exercise expressed following examples following sentences future FUTURE PERFECT TENSE give grammatical group of words hast hence idea indefinite indicative mode infinitive interjection interrogative pronoun intransitive joined letter limiting adjective loved masculine gender Models for parsing modifies nominative nominative absolute noun or pronoun number and person object passive voice past participle PAST TENSE personal pronouns phrase Plur plural possessive PRESENT PERFECT TENSE present tense principal clause Prog qualifying adjective refers relation relative pronoun represent Rule VIII Rule XV second person signification simple sentence Sing singular number sometimes speaker subjunctive subordinate clause Subordinate connectives subordinate elements substantive subvocal syllable Tell third person thou transitive verb vowel write written
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Page 44 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 264 - And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.
Page 262 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 130 - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Page 264 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Page 86 - And furious every charger neighed To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder riven: Then rushed the steed to battle driven; And louder than the bolts of Heaven Far flashed the red artillery.
Page 263 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?
Page 263 - Aonian maids Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touched Isaiah's hallowed lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the bard begun, A virgin shall conceive, a virgin bear a son ! From Jesse's Root behold a Branch arise,* Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies.
Page 105 - LORD, and what shall this man do ?" Ask'st thou, Christian, for thy friend ? If his love for Christ be true, Christ hath told thee of his end : This is he whom God approves, This is he whom Jesus loves.
Page 71 - Ye Ice-falls! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!