Our Language: Its Use and Structure Taught by Practice and ExampleLeach, Shewell & Sanborn, 1887 - 394 ページ |
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abstract nouns action adjective clauses adverb-clause antecedent appositive assertive sentence boys called case-forms collective noun commas compound compound sentence conjunctive adverb conjunctive pronouns connect copulative verb Copy denote describe descriptive driving expressions Fill the blanks flowers following sentences friends Give your reason hear horse indirect object infinitive inflected interrogative kinds of words king language letter live meaning modify never noun-clause outline parse passive past tense Perf perfect participle person plural predicate predicate adjective prepositional phrase present punctuation refer relative pronoun root-infinitive rule s-form Select simple sing singular snow sometimes speak speech story subjective complement Subjunctive Subjunctive mood subordinating conjunction teacher tell tence TEST QUESTIONS things third-singular subject thou tive transitive verb trees verb-phrase verbal nouns wait wind wish Write written
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181 ページ - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
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