Over 1000 Mistakes Corrected: Live and Learn: a Guide for All, who Wish to Speak and Write CorrectlyGarrett, 1856 - 213 Seiten |
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... term common gender . Murray justly observes , " There is no such gender belonging to the language . The business of parsing can be effectually performed without having recourse to a common gender . " - The term is more useful , and less ...
... term common gender . Murray justly observes , " There is no such gender belonging to the language . The business of parsing can be effectually performed without having recourse to a common gender . " - The term is more useful , and less ...
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... term in the masculine gender ; as , 66 Man is mor- tal ; " " The authors and poets of the age . " In speaking of young children , and of animate ob- jects , whose sex is unknown , we often employ the neuter pronoun it ; as , " The child ...
... term in the masculine gender ; as , 66 Man is mor- tal ; " " The authors and poets of the age . " In speaking of young children , and of animate ob- jects , whose sex is unknown , we often employ the neuter pronoun it ; as , " The child ...
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... term verb is derived from the Latin verbum , which signifies a word . This part of speech is so called , because the verb is the principal word in the sentence . A regular verb is one , which forms its past 28 ON THE VERB . On the Verb •
... term verb is derived from the Latin verbum , which signifies a word . This part of speech is so called , because the verb is the principal word in the sentence . A regular verb is one , which forms its past 28 ON THE VERB . On the Verb •
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... terms soldier and scholar relate properly to different individuals , and it is implied that he is a better soldier than a scholar would be . But , in the sentence , " He is a better soldier than scholar , " the terms soldier and scholar ...
... terms soldier and scholar relate properly to different individuals , and it is implied that he is a better soldier than a scholar would be . But , in the sentence , " He is a better soldier than scholar , " the terms soldier and scholar ...
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... term of comparison should never in- clude the former : as , “ Iron is more useful than all the metals . " It should be , " than all the other metals . " 19. When the superlative degree is employed , the latter term of comparison should ...
... term of comparison should never in- clude the former : as , “ Iron is more useful than all the metals . " It should be , " than all the other metals . " 19. When the superlative degree is employed , the latter term of comparison should ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adjective adverb American slavery applied argument authority Bible brethren brother called Christ Christian church comma common compound concubinage consonant denote Diaeresis distinct Ellipsis employed English equal error evil Examples:-"The express form the plural gender give grammar heaven hold property human Hyperbaton hyphen imperfect tense implied IRREGULAR VERBS kind laid language leave letter master means ment mind mistake moral Mussulmen neuter never say nominative North noun nounce objective perfect participle perpetuated person or thing phrase place the accent polygamy possessive preceded preposition present principles pronounce propriety question reason regard relation rhyme rule sense sentence servants silent e singular slaveholders slaves solecism sometimes sound South southern speak syllable tence tense thee thou tion tive transitive verb truth usage verb verbal noun vowel words ending writing written wrong
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 125 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt ; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Seite 119 - Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
Seite 21 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon and hears no sound Save his own dashings...
Seite 126 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Seite 127 - Alas ! my noble boy ! that thou shouldst die ! Thou, who wert made so beautifully fair ! That death should settle in thy glorious eye, And leave his stillness in this clustering hair ! How could he mark thee for the silent tomb ! My proud boy, Absalom...
Seite 126 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Seite 111 - The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Seite 125 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, < And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Seite 111 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
Seite 3 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.