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V. OF A VERB . Q. What is a verb ? Ā . A Verb is a part of speech that betokeneth
being ; as , I live : doing : as , I love : or suffering ; as , I am loved . Q. Hoy many
kinds of verbs are there ? A. Three : active , passive , and neuter , Q. What is a ...
V. OF A VERB . Q. What is a verb ? Ā . A Verb is a part of speech that betokeneth
being ; as , I live : doing : as , I love : or suffering ; as , I am loved . Q. Hoy many
kinds of verbs are there ? A. Three : active , passive , and neuter , Q. What is a ...
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OF THE NUMBER OF VERBS . Q. How many numbers are there in verbs ? A.
Two : the singular and the plural . Q. How do you know the number of the verb ? 4
. By the number of its nominative case . Q. Have all verbs numbers ? A. All , but ...
OF THE NUMBER OF VERBS . Q. How many numbers are there in verbs ? A.
Two : the singular and the plural . Q. How do you know the number of the verb ? 4
. By the number of its nominative case . Q. Have all verbs numbers ? A. All , but ...
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e . The INFINITIVE MOOD is wanting . Q. Give an example of the formation of the
verb impersonal passive , it is reported . A. INDICATIVE MOOD . Present tense , it
is reported . Preterperfect tense , it hath or has been reported . Preterimperfect ...
e . The INFINITIVE MOOD is wanting . Q. Give an example of the formation of the
verb impersonal passive , it is reported . A. INDICATIVE MOOD . Present tense , it
is reported . Preterperfect tense , it hath or has been reported . Preterimperfect ...
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Å . It is that wherein there is but one verb , and one nomi . native word of the
subject , either expressed or understood ; as , The boy reads . Q. What is a
compound sentence ? A. It is two simple sentences joined together by a
conjunction , or by ...
Å . It is that wherein there is but one verb , and one nomi . native word of the
subject , either expressed or understood ; as , The boy reads . Q. What is a
compound sentence ? A. It is two simple sentences joined together by a
conjunction , or by ...
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and are times the dative ; as , I gave the book to the master : and Q. What is the
construction of the verb with the dominaE tive word ? A. The verbs must be of the
same number and person with the nominative word ; as , I stapd , thou standest ...
and are times the dative ; as , I gave the book to the master : and Q. What is the
construction of the verb with the dominaE tive word ? A. The verbs must be of the
same number and person with the nominative word ; as , I stapd , thou standest ...
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| Title | A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five Parts |
| Author | Thomas Dilworth |
| Publisher | Published for E. Duyckinck, D.D. Smith, W.B. Gilley, and G. Long, 1820 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 144 pages |
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