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 11–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... INFINITIVES • 120 " As , " " before , " " af- PARTICIPLES 123 ter , " " till , " " until , " ADVERBS 125 " both , " " but , " " ei- Phrases Modified 125 • ther and neither , " Independent Adverbs 126 . " for , " " like , " Conjunctive ...
... INFINITIVES • 120 " As , " " before , " " af- PARTICIPLES 123 ter , " " till , " " until , " ADVERBS 125 " both , " " but , " " ei- Phrases Modified 125 • ther and neither , " Independent Adverbs 126 . " for , " " like , " Conjunctive ...
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... infinitive mode takes the objective form . We may say , " I believe that he is hon- est , " or " I believe him to be honest . " Violations of the Correct Usage of the Nominative Case . He has dined here and me [ I ] with him . - Jeffrey ...
... infinitive mode takes the objective form . We may say , " I believe that he is hon- est , " or " I believe him to be honest . " Violations of the Correct Usage of the Nominative Case . He has dined here and me [ I ] with him . - Jeffrey ...
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... infinitive or a participle of a copulative verb , as part of an abridged proposition ; as , " His being a reliable man was greatly to his advan- tage ; " " To be a learned man was his ambition . " Sometimes the nominative which should ...
... infinitive or a participle of a copulative verb , as part of an abridged proposition ; as , " His being a reliable man was greatly to his advan- tage ; " " To be a learned man was his ambition . " Sometimes the nominative which should ...
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... infinitive , and meaning the same thing as the noun or the pronoun preceding the verb , is usually in the ob- jective case , since the word preceding the verb , and known as the subject of the infinitive , is in the objec- tive case ...
... infinitive , and meaning the same thing as the noun or the pronoun preceding the verb , is usually in the ob- jective case , since the word preceding the verb , and known as the subject of the infinitive , is in the objec- tive case ...
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... infinitive mode , as " To be prudent is sometimes difficult , " it does not relate to any noun or pronoun . Some adjectives merely limit ; as , this , that , six ; while others qualify . Among the limiting adjectives are the articles ...
... infinitive mode , as " To be prudent is sometimes difficult , " it does not relate to any noun or pronoun . Some adjectives merely limit ; as , this , that , six ; while others qualify . Among the limiting adjectives are the articles ...
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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 |
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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