Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 pages |
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... transitive verb and requires an objective case after it , we give a reason for altering I to me . We state not merely that one form of expression is wrong and the other right , but why one is wrong and the other right . We THE DIVISIONS ...
... transitive verb and requires an objective case after it , we give a reason for altering I to me . We state not merely that one form of expression is wrong and the other right , but why one is wrong and the other right . We THE DIVISIONS ...
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... transitive verb to express reciprocity of the action . When we say ' They hate each other , ' we mean that the feeling is mutual . Each other is used of two agents and objects , one another of more than two . The construction of the ...
... transitive verb to express reciprocity of the action . When we say ' They hate each other , ' we mean that the feeling is mutual . Each other is used of two agents and objects , one another of more than two . The construction of the ...
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... Transitive Verb is one which indicates an action directed towards some object . An Intransitive Verb is one which indicates ( 1 ) an action not directed towards some object , or ( 2 ) a state . The student may occasionally be puzzled ...
... Transitive Verb is one which indicates an action directed towards some object . An Intransitive Verb is one which indicates ( 1 ) an action not directed towards some object , or ( 2 ) a state . The student may occasionally be puzzled ...
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... verb is the word which stands for the thing which is the object of the action denoted by the verb . It would be a concise description of a Transitive Verb to say that it is a Verb that can take an Object . 139. Intransitive Verbs are ...
... verb is the word which stands for the thing which is the object of the action denoted by the verb . It would be a concise description of a Transitive Verb to say that it is a Verb that can take an Object . 139. Intransitive Verbs are ...
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... Transitive whenever a noun follows it . A noun of kindred meaning to that of the verb accom- panies many Intransitives , not as an object but as an ad- verbial modification . In Latin Grammar this construction is called the Cognate ...
... Transitive whenever a noun follows it . A noun of kindred meaning to that of the verb accom- panies many Intransitives , not as an object but as an ad- verbial modification . In Latin Grammar this construction is called the Cognate ...
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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