A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five PartsS. Babcock, 1840 |
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... infinitive mood , which have no num- ber , because they admit of no nominative case . OF THE PERSON OF VERBS . Q. How are verbs otherwise divided ? A. Into personals and impersonals . Q. What is a verb personal ? A. Any verb that will ...
... infinitive mood , which have no num- ber , because they admit of no nominative case . OF THE PERSON OF VERBS . Q. How are verbs otherwise divided ? A. Into personals and impersonals . Q. What is a verb personal ? A. Any verb that will ...
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... mood ; as , O that I might educate ! & c . The subjunctive mood is made by prefixing a conjunction to the potential mood ; as , if I could educate , & c . INFINITIVE MOOD . Present tense , to educate . Preterperfect tense , to have ...
... mood ; as , O that I might educate ! & c . The subjunctive mood is made by prefixing a conjunction to the potential mood ; as , if I could educate , & c . INFINITIVE MOOD . Present tense , to educate . Preterperfect tense , to have ...
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... mood ; as , O that it might rain ! & c . The Subjunctive mood is made by prefixing a conjunction to the potential moo !; as , if it might rain ! & c . The INFINITIVE MOOD is wanting . Q. Give an example of the formation of the verb ...
... mood ; as , O that it might rain ! & c . The Subjunctive mood is made by prefixing a conjunction to the potential moo !; as , if it might rain ! & c . The INFINITIVE MOOD is wanting . Q. Give an example of the formation of the verb ...
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adding the termination adjectives adverb Bachelor of Divinity Ben e CHAP Christ church cious consisting of words consonants declension denotes diphthong division of syllables doth drow easy lessons educate hereafter following words ford foregoing Tables Give an example hath heart IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD land ling Lord ment mind ness Note.-The accent nouns optative mood Plur plural potential mood praise preposition Present tense Preterimperfect Preterperfect tense Preterpluperfect tense pronoun ra ble ra tion rain ri ous Second future tense sentence signifies Sing sion sounded ster subjunctive mood substantive syllable ta tion thee thing tive trans ture unto verb vowel wicked wise words not exceeding