Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to Speak Or Write Correct English, Գիրք 1Raub & Company, 1897 - 260 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 32–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... denotes a collection of ships is plural ; as , " The fleet consisted of twenty sail . " Head is sometimes used in the plural ; as , " Thirty thousand head of swine . " - Addison . In such expressions as " A three - cent piece , " " A ...
... denotes a collection of ships is plural ; as , " The fleet consisted of twenty sail . " Head is sometimes used in the plural ; as , " Thirty thousand head of swine . " - Addison . In such expressions as " A three - cent piece , " " A ...
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... denotes their relation to other words . In English there are three cases , the Nominative , the Possessive , and the Objective . Of these , the Nominative and the Objective of nouns have the same form . The Possessive has a special form ...
... denotes their relation to other words . In English there are three cases , the Nominative , the Possessive , and the Objective . Of these , the Nominative and the Objective of nouns have the same form . The Possessive has a special form ...
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... denotes an indefinite object as opposed to a par- ticular one or more ; as , " Can any one do this ? " " Have you any money ? " Either means one or the other of two , but not both . It implies a choice ; as , " Take either of the books ...
... denotes an indefinite object as opposed to a par- ticular one or more ; as , " Can any one do this ? " " Have you any money ? " Either means one or the other of two , but not both . It implies a choice ; as , " Take either of the books ...
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... denotes what took place in past time ; as , " We sang ; " " We were singing . " It also expresses what was customary ; as , " They always were very agreeable . " The Past Perfect Tense denotes an action or an event as complete before ...
... denotes what took place in past time ; as , " We sang ; " " We were singing . " It also expresses what was customary ; as , " They always were very agreeable . " The Past Perfect Tense denotes an action or an event as complete before ...
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... denotes time ; as , " It was then too late to correct the mistake . " What may be a relative pronoun , an interrogative pronoun , a pronominal adjective , an adverb , or an in- terjection . 1. It is a relative pronoun when " that which ...
... denotes time ; as , " It was then too late to correct the mistake . " What may be a relative pronoun , an interrogative pronoun , a pronominal adjective , an adverb , or an in- terjection . 1. It is a relative pronoun when " that which ...
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Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Helps in the Use of Good English: A Hand-book for All who Desire to ..., Գիրք 1 Albert Newton Raub Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1897 |
Common terms and phrases
abbreviations action antecedent apostrophe applied apposition beautiful begin with capital capital letter collective noun comma complex compound conjunctive adverb connected consonant dash Dear Sir denotes dependent clause ellipsis English Errors exclamation point expression frequently friends future perfect tense gender give grammar hyphen implies incorrect incorrectly indicate infinitive interrogation point intransitive John Horne Tooke lady language limit a noun means modify never nominative noun or pronoun object omitted one's participle person phrase placed plural plural form possessive sign preceded preposition present principle pronominal adjectives proper name properly question quotation marks reference relative pronoun represent require rule salutation semicolon sense separated singular form singular number sion sometimes sound speak stanza Street syllable SYNONYMS teacher tence tense term thing thought tion tive transitive verb usually verb agrees Violations vowel Westminster Review words ending write written