Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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Page 153
... Past Participle , and we shall employ the ordinary though less accurate name for it . It ends in -en , -n , beaten , shown , or -ed , -d , -t , healed , loved , slept . If the verb is a transitive verb , this Participle is passive . 160 ...
... Past Participle , and we shall employ the ordinary though less accurate name for it . It ends in -en , -n , beaten , shown , or -ed , -d , -t , healed , loved , slept . If the verb is a transitive verb , this Participle is passive . 160 ...
Page 154
... Participle Active in -ing . ( 2. Past Participle in -en , -n , -ed , -d , -t . 162. Illustrations of these forms . Simple Infinitive : To work hard is the way to get on . ' go . ' ' We heard him call . ' ' Better dwell in the midst of ...
... Participle Active in -ing . ( 2. Past Participle in -en , -n , -ed , -d , -t . 162. Illustrations of these forms . Simple Infinitive : To work hard is the way to get on . ' go . ' ' We heard him call . ' ' Better dwell in the midst of ...
Page 156
... past and is not yet over but still continues . ' I have written all the ... Past Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous I have been writing ... Participle . The Perfect Tenses are formed by 156 ELEMENTS of ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... past and is not yet over but still continues . ' I have written all the ... Past Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous I have been writing ... Participle . The Perfect Tenses are formed by 156 ELEMENTS of ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 157
... Past Participle . The Future tenses are formed by the verbs shall and will with the infinitive mood . Perfect and ... Past Tense . Again , amavi is called ' Perfect , ' and one of the ren- derings given of it is ' I loved ' ; hence ...
... Past Participle . The Future tenses are formed by the verbs shall and will with the infinitive mood . Perfect and ... Past Tense . Again , amavi is called ' Perfect , ' and one of the ren- derings given of it is ' I loved ' ; hence ...
Page 159
... Participle of a Weak Verb is of the same form as the Past Tense : I walked , ( I have ) walked . The Past Participle of a Strong Verb ( 1 ) sometimes ends in -en , ( 2 ) sometimes has a different modification of the vowel from that of the ...
... Participle of a Weak Verb is of the same form as the Past Tense : I walked , ( I have ) walked . The Past Participle of a Strong Verb ( 1 ) sometimes ends in -en , ( 2 ) sometimes has a different modification of the vowel from that of the ...
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