The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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Page 121
... refers to some other nouns or pronoun and has the force of a conjunction . 5. An Interrogative Pronoun is one by means of which we ask a question . 6. An Indefinite Pronoun is one which does not point out precisely the object to which ...
... refers to some other nouns or pronoun and has the force of a conjunction . 5. An Interrogative Pronoun is one by means of which we ask a question . 6. An Indefinite Pronoun is one which does not point out precisely the object to which ...
Page 125
... refer to antecedent : thus , in the sentences ' I saw John : he was oking very well , ' ' Here are your pens : they are all broken , ' refers to John , and they refers to pens , but he and they ve no power to unite the sentences in ...
... refer to antecedent : thus , in the sentences ' I saw John : he was oking very well , ' ' Here are your pens : they are all broken , ' refers to John , and they refers to pens , but he and they ve no power to unite the sentences in ...
Page 132
... Refer to its class each of the Pronouns in the following sentences : - ' Who steals my purse steals trash ; ' tis ... refers are clearly identified . The meaning of he , on the contrary , would be as indefinite as possible , unless ...
... Refer to its class each of the Pronouns in the following sentences : - ' Who steals my purse steals trash ; ' tis ... refers are clearly identified . The meaning of he , on the contrary , would be as indefinite as possible , unless ...
Page 140
... Refer to its class ( as Transitive , Intransitive , Verb of Incomplete Predication , Impersonal , Notional or Auxiliary ) each Verb in the following sentences : - ' It will rain tomorrow .'- ' I will do it my own way .'- ' They will not ...
... Refer to its class ( as Transitive , Intransitive , Verb of Incomplete Predication , Impersonal , Notional or Auxiliary ) each Verb in the following sentences : - ' It will rain tomorrow .'- ' I will do it my own way .'- ' They will not ...
Page 157
... refer to the character of the action as regards completeness , and not to its time . In the Latin Gram- mar he finds amabam described as ' Imperfect , ' and as amabam means ' I was loving ' he gets the notion that an Imperfect Tense is ...
... refer to the character of the action as regards completeness , and not to its time . In the Latin Gram- mar he finds amabam described as ' Imperfect , ' and as amabam means ' I was loving ' he gets the notion that an Imperfect Tense is ...
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