The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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Page 121
... refer to an antecedent : thus , in the sentences ' I saw John : he was looking very well , ' ' Here are your pens : they are all broken , ' he refers to John , and they refers to pens , but he and they have no power to unite the ...
... refer to an antecedent : thus , in the sentences ' I saw John : he was looking very well , ' ' Here are your pens : they are all broken , ' he refers to John , and they refers to pens , but he and they have no power to unite the ...
Page 146
... refers to ' doctor , ' limiting the application of the name , and at the same time takes an object his patients , just as the verb in its finite forms would take as an object his patients : e.g. ' He healed his patients . ' Why are ...
... refers to ' doctor , ' limiting the application of the name , and at the same time takes an object his patients , just as the verb in its finite forms would take as an object his patients : e.g. ' He healed his patients . ' Why are ...
Page 229
... refers to both men and women , are we to say ' his or her turn respectively ' ? This phraseology is suggestive of a legal document rather than of ordinary diction . In such a case two courses are SYNTAX OF ADJECTIVES . 229.
... refers to both men and women , are we to say ' his or her turn respectively ' ? This phraseology is suggestive of a legal document rather than of ordinary diction . In such a case two courses are SYNTAX OF ADJECTIVES . 229.
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