The First Lines of English Grammar: Being a Brief Abstract of the Author's Larger Work. Designed for Young Learners |
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accent according to Rule active verb active-transitive verb adverb antecedent apposition CHAPTER for parsing classes and modifications collective noun common noun compound conjugated conjunction connected consonant defective verb degree diphthong ellipsis EXAMPLES FOR PARSING expresses figure of rhetoric figures of Syntax formed by adding grammar IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense indicative mood INFINITIVE MOOD inflection interjections interrogative pronoun LESSON letters masculine neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun perfect participle person and number person or thing personal pronoun pleonasm Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Poss POTENTIAL MOOD preceded prefixes the auxiliary preposition Present Tense Preterit principal put absolute reading relation relative pronoun second person Second-future Tense seen sentence simple singular number sometimes sound speaker speech SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD tense prefixes thee thing merely spoken third person Thou hast thou love Thou mayst Thou mightst Thou wilt tion triphthong understood uttered vowel word added word that signifies