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Page 42
Were is frequently used for would be, and had for would have — in which case
they are properly in the potential mode; as, "Amusements youth require; it were
vain, it were cruel to prohibit them." The participle partakes of the nature of the
verb, ...
Were is frequently used for would be, and had for would have — in which case
they are properly in the potential mode; as, "Amusements youth require; it were
vain, it were cruel to prohibit them." The participle partakes of the nature of the
verb, ...
Page 99
The personal pronoun is stHl more improperly applied to animals: ' A lake
frequented by that fowl, ichom nature has taught to flip the wing in water ' When
the name of a person is used merely as a name, and it does not refer to the
person, the ...
The personal pronoun is stHl more improperly applied to animals: ' A lake
frequented by that fowl, ichom nature has taught to flip the wing in water ' When
the name of a person is used merely as a name, and it does not refer to the
person, the ...
Page 100
When both the antecedent and the relative become nominatives, each to different
verbs, the relative is the nominative to the former, and the antecedent to the latter
verb; as " True philosophy, which is the ornament of our nature, consists chiefly ...
When both the antecedent and the relative become nominatives, each to different
verbs, the relative is the nominative to the former, and the antecedent to the latter
verb; as " True philosophy, which is the ornament of our nature, consists chiefly ...
Page 120
It is scarcely possible to act otherwise, cottsid- ering the frailty of human nature.'
In these sentences, there is no noun expressed or implied, to which speaking,
granting, and considering, can be referred. The most natural construction seems
to ...
It is scarcely possible to act otherwise, cottsid- ering the frailty of human nature.'
In these sentences, there is no noun expressed or implied, to which speaking,
granting, and considering, can be referred. The most natural construction seems
to ...
Page 173
It may be considered as a rule, that no changes of termination are necessary,
when these two circumstances concur : 1st, When the subject is of a dubious and
contingent nature ; and 2d, When the verb has a reference to future time.
It may be considered as a rule, that no changes of termination are necessary,
when these two circumstances concur : 1st, When the subject is of a dubious and
contingent nature ; and 2d, When the verb has a reference to future time.
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Page 167 - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.
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| Title | Murray's System of English Grammar: Improved, and Adapted to the Present Mode of Instruction in this Branch of Science |
| Authors | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond |
| Edition | 6 |
| Publisher | Dorr, Howland, 1835 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 70 pages |
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