Advanced Lessons in English Grammar: For Use in Higher Grammar ClassesAmerican Book Company, 1891 - 334 עמודים |
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עמוד 154
... GERUND . 371. The gerund , or , as it is often called , the verbal noun , is formed by adding ing to the simple form of the verb , and is almost similar to the in- finitive mode in meaning . 372. DEFINITION . - A gerund is a verbal used ...
... GERUND . 371. The gerund , or , as it is often called , the verbal noun , is formed by adding ing to the simple form of the verb , and is almost similar to the in- finitive mode in meaning . 372. DEFINITION . - A gerund is a verbal used ...
עמוד 155
... gerunds of have and be aid in forming compound gerunds . He is conscious of having done a good action . Being trusted makes us honorable . 376. We find the gerund used in such forms as a - going , a - milking ; as , " I'm going a ...
... gerunds of have and be aid in forming compound gerunds . He is conscious of having done a good action . Being trusted makes us honorable . 376. We find the gerund used in such forms as a - going , a - milking ; as , " I'm going a ...
עמוד 156
... gerund and the abstract com- mon noun ending in ing . As a general rule , it may be said that when the verbal noun ... gerund ; as , ABSTRACT NOUN . - After the passing ( = passage ) of the act , the Legislature adjourned . GERUND ...
... gerund and the abstract com- mon noun ending in ing . As a general rule , it may be said that when the verbal noun ... gerund ; as , ABSTRACT NOUN . - After the passing ( = passage ) of the act , the Legislature adjourned . GERUND ...
עמוד 158
... gerund , when it is a participle , and when it is an abstract noun . 1. Our united efforts could not prevent his going . 2. Instead of reasoning more forcibly , he talked more loudly . 3. We considered the best methods of raising money ...
... gerund , when it is a participle , and when it is an abstract noun . 1. Our united efforts could not prevent his going . 2. Instead of reasoning more forcibly , he talked more loudly . 3. We considered the best methods of raising money ...
עמוד 170
... gerund and a participle agree ? In what respect do they differ ? In what respect do a participle and an adjective agree ? In what respect do they differ ? Explain the idiom , She goes a - milking . Give examples of the gerund in ...
... gerund and a participle agree ? In what respect do they differ ? In what respect do a participle and an adjective agree ? In what respect do they differ ? Explain the idiom , She goes a - milking . Give examples of the gerund in ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
accented action ACTIVE VOICE adjective clause adjective modifiers adjective phrase adverbial clause adverbial modifier adverbial phrase amphibrach analysis ANAPESTIC antecedent apposition auxiliary birds Cæsar called co-ordinate comma common noun complex sentence compound sentence conjunctive adverbs connected consonant DEFINITION.-A denoting dependent clauses derived English equivalent examples EXERCISE express following sentences gender gerund give grammar indefinite indicative mode infinitive mode inflections intransitive jective language Latin modify the meaning noun clause noun or pronoun object parse participle passive voice past tense PERFECT TENSE person or thing personal pronoun Plural possessive preceded predicate complement Predicate verb prefix preposition PRESENT TENSE principal clause relative pronoun rime rule seen simple sentence Singular sometimes sound speak speech spoken subject and predicate subject noun Subject pronoun subjunctive mode subordinate clause subordinate conjunctions suffix syllable syllables rime tell tence third person Thou thought tion transitive verb vowel walk
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 132 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
עמוד 161 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
עמוד 120 - CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR. WHO is the happy Warrior ? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be ? — It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought...
עמוד 320 - A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit, still and bright With something of an angel light.
עמוד 318 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
עמוד 249 - But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
עמוד 139 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
עמוד 320 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
עמוד 256 - It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other party to the comparison knows both sides.
עמוד 201 - And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats.