High School English, Bücher 1C.E. Merrill Company, 1911 |
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... EXAMPLES : bell , bells ; ox , oxen ; man , men ; he , they . 33. Person is the property of pronouns which de- notes the speaker , or the first person ; the person spoken to , or the second person ; and the person spoken of , or the ...
... EXAMPLES : bell , bells ; ox , oxen ; man , men ; he , they . 33. Person is the property of pronouns which de- notes the speaker , or the first person ; the person spoken to , or the second person ; and the person spoken of , or the ...
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... Examples of words and expressions used as substantives : ( 1 ) Mind your p's and q's . ( 2 ) His firstly and secondly became tiresome . ( 3 ) Your if's are too frequent . ( 4 ) Mrs. Taft gives weekly at homes . ( 5 ) On to Richmond ...
... Examples of words and expressions used as substantives : ( 1 ) Mind your p's and q's . ( 2 ) His firstly and secondly became tiresome . ( 3 ) Your if's are too frequent . ( 4 ) Mrs. Taft gives weekly at homes . ( 5 ) On to Richmond ...
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... example of the object named ; as , rivulet , duckling , booklet , bootee , playlet . 4. A compound noun consists of two or more words which may also be used independently ; as bookcase , blackberry , pickpocket , son - in - law ...
... example of the object named ; as , rivulet , duckling , booklet , bootee , playlet . 4. A compound noun consists of two or more words which may also be used independently ; as bookcase , blackberry , pickpocket , son - in - law ...
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... example : ashes , bellows , annals , clothes , measles , trousers , victuals , vitals , thanks . 3. Some nouns use the same form for both numbers ; as , deer , sheep , swine , trout , shad . 4. Some nouns have a plural form but are ...
... example : ashes , bellows , annals , clothes , measles , trousers , victuals , vitals , thanks . 3. Some nouns use the same form for both numbers ; as , deer , sheep , swine , trout , shad . 4. Some nouns have a plural form but are ...
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... EXAMPLES : Snow falls the nominative case . ― He sweeps the snow - the objective case , receiving the action of sweeps . He fell into the snow - the objective case , with into denoting place . 60. 1. The possessive case is formed in the ...
... EXAMPLES : Snow falls the nominative case . ― He sweeps the snow - the objective case , receiving the action of sweeps . He fell into the snow - the objective case , with into denoting place . 60. 1. The possessive case is formed in the ...
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Seite 220 - I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Seite 293 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text...
Seite 164 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Seite 255 - I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were striking the hour, And the moon rose o'er the city, Behind the dark church-tower. I saw her bright reflection In the waters under me, Like a golden goblet falling And sinking into the sea. And far in the hazy distance Of that lovely night in June, The blaze of the flaming furnace Gleamed redder than the moon.
Seite 163 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Seite 163 - Our proper business is improvement. Let our age be the age of improvement. In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of peace and the works of peace. Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
Seite 158 - I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew;
Seite 163 - Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be, our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.
Seite 146 - ... his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in the village. "Alas! gentlemen...