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... verb ? A. An active verb denotes an action , and ne- ceffarily fuppofes an agent , and an object acted upon ; as to praife ; I praise John . Q What is a passive verb ? A. A paffive - verb denotes a paffion , or a fuffer- ing , or the ...
... verb ? A. An active verb denotes an action , and ne- ceffarily fuppofes an agent , and an object acted upon ; as to praife ; I praise John . Q What is a passive verb ? A. A paffive - verb denotes a paffion , or a fuffer- ing , or the ...
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... active verb fometimes called a tran- fitive verb ? A. Yes , because the action paffeth over , as it were , to the object , or hath an effect upon fome other thing ; as I love James . QIs not a neuter verb fometimes called an in- tranfitive ...
... active verb fometimes called a tran- fitive verb ? A. Yes , because the action paffeth over , as it were , to the object , or hath an effect upon fome other thing ; as I love James . QIs not a neuter verb fometimes called an in- tranfitive ...
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... active verb To love is conjugated . A. The active Verb To love is conjugated in the following manner . But first I muft obferve , that the active form of a verb is fometimes called the active Voice , and the paffive form of it , the paf- ...
... active verb To love is conjugated . A. The active Verb To love is conjugated in the following manner . But first I muft obferve , that the active form of a verb is fometimes called the active Voice , and the paffive form of it , the paf- ...
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accent active verb Addifon adjective adverb agreeing auxiliary verbs becauſe caſe compound confifts confonant conftruction conjugated conjunction diphthong English expreffion exprefs faid fame fecond perfon fingular feems fenfe fentence ferves fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies filent fimple fingular number firſt foft fometimes fometimes uſed fore formed fpeak ftand ftantive noun fubftantive noun fuch fupplying the place future imperfect tenfe gender governed Grammar Honourable imperative mood indicative mood Infinitive Mood Interjections irregular King laft Latin words lefs letter likewife Lord loved manner meaning meaſure moft moſt neuter verb nominative cafe obferve oblique cafe paffion paffive verb participle perfect perfonal pronoun pluperfect plural number poffeffive pronoun pofitive Pope Potential Mood prefent tenfe prepofition Preter preter-imperfect tenfe Shakespear SING ſpeak Subjunctive Mood ſubſtantive Tenſe thefe theſe thing third perfon fingular third perfon plural thofe thoſe Thou three fyllables Trochee ufed uſed Verfes vowel