Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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Page 145
... Subjunctive Mood contains the forms used to represent actions or states conceived as possible or contingent , but not asserted as facts . ( iv ) The Infinitive Mood is the form which denotes actions or states without reference to person ...
... Subjunctive Mood contains the forms used to represent actions or states conceived as possible or contingent , but not asserted as facts . ( iv ) The Infinitive Mood is the form which denotes actions or states without reference to person ...
Page 146
... subjunctive as compared with the indicative . Now as the 2nd person singular is used to - day exclusively in the language of prayer and of poetry , the difference of form between the indicative and the subjunctive mood can be detected ...
... subjunctive as compared with the indicative . Now as the 2nd person singular is used to - day exclusively in the language of prayer and of poetry , the difference of form between the indicative and the subjunctive mood can be detected ...
Page 147
... Subjunctive of the verb to be , especially in its 1st person singular . A speaker who employed the Present Subjunctive of to be , and said , quite correctly , ' If I be there , I shall see him , ' would be supposed by many people of ...
... Subjunctive of the verb to be , especially in its 1st person singular . A speaker who employed the Present Subjunctive of to be , and said , quite correctly , ' If I be there , I shall see him , ' would be supposed by many people of ...
Page 148
... Subjunctive mood is credited in the Conjugation of an Active Verb , as set out in many works on English Grammar , some are identical in form with the tenses of the Indicative , and others which differ , differ only in the form of the ...
... Subjunctive mood is credited in the Conjugation of an Active Verb , as set out in many works on English Grammar , some are identical in form with the tenses of the Indicative , and others which differ , differ only in the form of the ...
Page 164
... Past Tense and Past Participle . Take as the Weak verb want , and as the Strong verb break ' . 1 Low's English Language , pp . 129 , 148 . Verb Finite . PRESENT . INDICATIVE . SUBJUNCTIVE . Sing 164 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... Past Tense and Past Participle . Take as the Weak verb want , and as the Strong verb break ' . 1 Low's English Language , pp . 129 , 148 . Verb Finite . PRESENT . INDICATIVE . SUBJUNCTIVE . Sing 164 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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action adjective Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent application apposition auxiliary verb called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongs distinction ellipsis employed English Grammar English language English origin English words Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object infinitive inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense Periodic Sentences person phrase plural possessive predicate prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation question reader relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant sound speak speech Strong Verbs style subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thing thou town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel-sounds write