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... whole question ; and various solutions have been proposed . Dr. Morell , as we have seen , thinks it more convenient to regard the copula as belon- ing to the predicate . Mr. Kerchever Arnold proposes to make different kinds of copulas ...
... whole question ; and various solutions have been proposed . Dr. Morell , as we have seen , thinks it more convenient to regard the copula as belon- ing to the predicate . Mr. Kerchever Arnold proposes to make different kinds of copulas ...
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... whole class of verbs admitting this construction . But we must guard against supposing that the construction is in any way peculiar to verbs of ' making ; ' on the contrary , a general principle is involved . The complement - objective ...
... whole class of verbs admitting this construction . But we must guard against supposing that the construction is in any way peculiar to verbs of ' making ; ' on the contrary , a general principle is involved . The complement - objective ...
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... to the verb . ' This term is confined , strictly speaking , to a single word ; when two or more words , taken together , are used adverbially , we call the whole an ' adverbial phrase . ' QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PREDICATE - VERB . 15.
... to the verb . ' This term is confined , strictly speaking , to a single word ; when two or more words , taken together , are used adverbially , we call the whole an ' adverbial phrase . ' QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PREDICATE - VERB . 15.
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William Rushton. we call the whole an ' adverbial phrase . ' It sometimes hap- pens that a preposition and the noun it governs are thus used ; and though such a combination is often termed a ' preposi- tional phrase , ' inasmuch as it ...
William Rushton. we call the whole an ' adverbial phrase . ' It sometimes hap- pens that a preposition and the noun it governs are thus used ; and though such a combination is often termed a ' preposi- tional phrase , ' inasmuch as it ...
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... whole , I am inclined to consider having conquered ' as a kind of predicate - nominative . See § 4 . 25. We have next to discuss adverbial phrases , as qualify- ing predicate - verbs . 1. A preposition , with the substantive which it ...
... whole , I am inclined to consider having conquered ' as a kind of predicate - nominative . See § 4 . 25. We have next to discuss adverbial phrases , as qualify- ing predicate - verbs . 1. A preposition , with the substantive which it ...
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Accessory Clause adjective Adjective-clause Adverbial phrase Analysis Anglo-Saxon auxiliary called Chaucer co-ordinate sentences commonly COMPOUND SENTENCES consider construction copula dative definite article denoting derived distinction employed English Grammar English Language example express gender genitive German Gerund grammarians Greek Hence Horne Tooke idiom imperative imperative mood indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive mood instances interrogative intransitive introduced John Stoddart Julius Cæsar Latin Latin language Lowth Mason meaning modern English neuter nominative noun Noun-clause observe older English omitted passage passive past tense perfect participle person plural Predicate-nominative prefix Present Tense Principal Clause qualifying the Objective qualifying the Predicate qualifying the Predicate-verb qualifying the Subject-nominative relative adverbs relative pronoun remarks rule Second Co-ordinate secondary objective sense signifies singular sometimes speak stand subjunctive subjunctive mood Subordinating tence term termination thee thing thou tion tive transitive verb Verbs ending word write
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Page 225 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Page 123 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 72 - This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth...
Page vi - For, sir, It is as sure as you are Roderigo, Were I the Moor, I would not be lago: In following him, I follow but myself; Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar end...
Page 229 - But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd, Than that which withering on the virgin thorn Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.
Page 214 - Good name, in man, and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he, that niches from me my good name, Robs me of that, which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Page 214 - How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray.
Page vi - Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, modes, shows of grief, That can denote me truly: These, indeed, seem, For they are actions that a man might play : But I have that within, which passeth show; These, but the trappings and the suits of woe.
Page 230 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory...
Page 264 - ... the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns, puzzles the will and makes us rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of?