The Young Composer: A Guide to English Grammar & CompositionC. Scribner, 1870 - 203 |
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abnormal action or relation adjunct ADVERBIALS asserting element attri auxiliary belong brother called CHAPTER class-noun Clausal Nouns clause Collective Nouns common attribute Composition compound sentence Conjunction Construct five sentences copula Correct the faults Definitives denote objects distinction English epithet faults in respect following sentences Form-words FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gender gerund grammatical Indicative Mood infinitive inflection James judgment kind language larvæ loved Mass-nouns Mention mind Modal modified Name some object Name the verbs narrate noun denoting object of thought OBSERVATION OBSERVATION.-The ORAL EXERCISES Participle Passive Past PERFECT TENSE phrases Pleonasm PLUPERFECT TENSE predicate preposition present principle Proper Nouns reference Relative Pronouns rule SECOND PERSON sentences containing simple single objects speak suffix beginning Superlative tall tences TENSE expresses theme THEME.-The things third person thou tion TRANSITIVE VERB tree verbs expressing vowel wise word expressing Write sentences WRITTEN EXERCISES
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