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 41–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... placed in some one of these classes , according to the use made of the word in expressing thought . Each of these classes has its special function , -the noun to represent names of things ; the pronoun to act as a substitute for a noun ...
... placed in some one of these classes , according to the use made of the word in expressing thought . Each of these classes has its special function , -the noun to represent names of things ; the pronoun to act as a substitute for a noun ...
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... placed at the end of the complex expression . The second expression means " at Smith's ( store ) the grocer's store . " The first of these forms is preferable . We should not write , " We bought the goods at the store of Mr. Smith's ...
... placed at the end of the complex expression . The second expression means " at Smith's ( store ) the grocer's store . " The first of these forms is preferable . We should not write , " We bought the goods at the store of Mr. Smith's ...
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... placed after the verb or after an auxil- iary ; as , " Great is Diana ; " " Why do you not come ? " " Shall we reach the train in time ? " The subject of a finite verb should have the nomina- tive form . The subject of a verb in the ...
... placed after the verb or after an auxil- iary ; as , " Great is Diana ; " " Why do you not come ? " " Shall we reach the train in time ? " The subject of a finite verb should have the nomina- tive form . The subject of a verb in the ...
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... placed before a participle as the subject of an abridged clause ; as , " The teacher having come , we began work . " 2. When it is used after an infinitive or a participle of a copulative verb , as part of an abridged proposition ; as ...
... placed before a participle as the subject of an abridged clause ; as , " The teacher having come , we began work . " 2. When it is used after an infinitive or a participle of a copulative verb , as part of an abridged proposition ; as ...
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... placed after the others . Thus , " He spoke in favor of , but voted against , the measure , " should be " He spoke in favor of the measure , but voted against it . " The same principle holds good where a noun is used as the object of ...
... placed after the others . Thus , " He spoke in favor of , but voted against , the measure , " should be " He spoke in favor of the measure , but voted against it . " The same principle holds good where a noun is used as the object of ...
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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