A Modern English GrammarNewson, 1900 - 291 páginas |
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... expression of a mental picture or idea ; but as a remark made by some one it is incomplete , for we at once find ourselves asking , " Well , what about that dog ? " We are satisfied when we hear that " The big bulldog in Mr. Smith's ...
... expression of a mental picture or idea ; but as a remark made by some one it is incomplete , for we at once find ourselves asking , " Well , what about that dog ? " We are satisfied when we hear that " The big bulldog in Mr. Smith's ...
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... expression to your feeling of pain , and a per- son hearing you would know that you were suddenly hurt ; but what hurt you or how it hurt you he would not know , for you had not yet said anything definite . Indeed , you said " Ouch ...
... expression to your feeling of pain , and a per- son hearing you would know that you were suddenly hurt ; but what hurt you or how it hurt you he would not know , for you had not yet said anything definite . Indeed , you said " Ouch ...
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... expressed your fear , a feeling which was immediately followed in your mind by a thought con- taining two parts : " That - what is it ? " Putting these two parts together - an idea of something , and a query about it — you perhaps expressed ...
... expressed your fear , a feeling which was immediately followed in your mind by a thought con- taining two parts : " That - what is it ? " Putting these two parts together - an idea of something , and a query about it — you perhaps expressed ...
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... expression of thought . It exists in a speaker's mind before he expresses his thought in words . The distinction is therefore a logical distinction rather than a grammatical one ; for grammar has to do only with the expression of ...
... expression of thought . It exists in a speaker's mind before he expresses his thought in words . The distinction is therefore a logical distinction rather than a grammatical one ; for grammar has to do only with the expression of ...
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... to it some word , or words , by way of limitation or description : thus , Black Big Fast Beautiful Good Trotting horses . Our Your These Two Some Both Similarly there are many varieties of the action expressed by Of Modifiers.
... to it some word , or words , by way of limitation or description : thus , Black Big Fast Beautiful Good Trotting horses . Our Your These Two Some Both Similarly there are many varieties of the action expressed by Of Modifiers.
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Términos y frases comunes
adjective adverbs antecedent assertion attribute complement auxiliary called Conjunctions Construct sentences illustrating Definition Definition.-A word denote action DICTATION EXERCISE distinguish examples expressed feminine Fill the blanks following sentences Gender girl give the reason grammatical groups of words horses idea indirect object infinitive inflection interrogative intransitive italicized words ject John names king language Latin lowing sentences masculine meaning modern English nominative absolute notional verb noun or pronoun object complement Parse past participle Past Perfect past tense Perfect Progressive person or thing personal pronouns phrasal tenses possessive predicate prepositional phrase Present Perfect Progressive Tense pupil rain refer relative clause relative pronoun root-infinitive second sentence sentences containing simple sing single word sometimes speaking stand strong verbs subjunctive substantive tell tences thee Thou thought tion tive to-morrow transitive verb verb-phrases weak verbs write written yesterday
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Página 170 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 72 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Página 139 - Gently o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Página 18 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns," he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade!
Página 80 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Página 176 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Página 139 - His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he Heaven and Earth defied Changed his hand and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse: He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen. Fallen from his high estate. And weltering in his blood; Deserted at his utmost need By those, his former bounty fed; On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.
Página 206 - Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.
Página 92 - AY me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron ! What plaguy mischiefs and mishaps Do dog him still with after-claps...
Página 271 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar.