Elements of English Grammar: With a Chapter on Essay WritingUniversity Press, 1910 - 336 Seiten |
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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 two ...
... 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 two ...
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... Transitive and Intran- sitive : it is of the greatest importance . A 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 ...
... Transitive and Intran- sitive : it is of the greatest importance . A 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 ...
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... Transitive . Thus ' I laughed ( intrans . ) at him , ' where the preposition at takes an objective case him , becomes ' I laughed - at ( transitive ) him , ' where the him is the object of the verb . The passive construction can then be ...
... Transitive . Thus ' I laughed ( intrans . ) at him , ' where the preposition at takes an objective case him , becomes ' I laughed - at ( transitive ) him , ' where the him is the object of the verb . The passive construction can then be ...
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... Transitive deriva- tives are formed called Causatives , signifying to cause or produce the action indicated by the original verb : thus from sit we obtain set , meaning to ' make to sit ' ; from lie , lay ; from fall , fell ; from rise ...
... Transitive deriva- tives are formed called Causatives , signifying to cause or produce the action indicated by the original verb : thus from sit we obtain set , meaning to ' make to sit ' ; from lie , lay ; from fall , fell ; from rise ...
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