 | John Ash - 1810 - 136 pages
...pronouns, of different persons, are joined in a sentence, the pronoun, which refers to them, must agree with the first person in preference to the second,...and with the second in preference to the third: as, " thou and thy father are both in the same fault, and ye ought to confess it ; the captain and / fought... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1814 - 336 pages
...Suxpepoixii, the fruit and seed difier. V. If the substantives are of different persons,- the veib, Sec. agrees with the first person in preference to the...second, and with the second in preference to the third ; us, tya KM <ru T« <5W;« mme-eftf*, I and thou will do right. 2. If the substantivts are of different... | |
 | Nicolas Wanostrocht - 1817 - 480 pages
...the second, or one is of the second and the other of the third, the verb must agree with the first in preference to the second, and with the second in preference to the third ; observing that, in French, the person spoken to must be named first, and the person speaking is to... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1820 - 286 pages
...à'ioÇœpowri, the fruit and seed differ. 1. If the substantives are of different persons, the verb, &.C. agrees with the first person in preference to the...and with the second in preference to the third ; as, c'/v x»i ev гл S'ltuua TToamfut, I and thou will do right. 2. If the substantives are of différent... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1822 - 240 pages
...¿ихферомл, the fruit and seed differ. 1. If the substantives are of different persons, the verb, &cagrees with the first person in preference to the second,...and with the second in preference to the third ; as, syu x«i o4> roc iixaia irorijtfofuv, I and thou will do right. 2. If the substantives are of different... | |
 | J V. Douville - 1824 - 662 pages
...as — You and I shall go ; you and he are the only persons I frequent, it is put in the Plural, and agrees with the First Person in preference to the Second, and with the Second rather than with the Third, resuming the Nominatives with nous, if the First Person be used with the... | |
 | James Macgowan - 1825 - 200 pages
...on the mind. Note 1. — When the substantives are of different persons, the plural verb must agree with the first person, in preference to the second,...and with the second in preference to the third ; as, Si In ft Tullia valetis, ego et Cicero valetmu, If thou and Tullia are well, I andCicero arc well.... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1827 - 272 pages
...xocp»o£ SMcfyiurfi, the fruit and seed differ. 1 . If the Substantives are of different persons, the Verb agrees with the first person in preference to the...and with the second in preference to the third ; as, íyú> xa! tfù та. ô'ixaut iroi'/jrfo|j,Eu, I and thou will do right. 2. If the Substantives denote... | |
 | William Yates - 1827 - 336 pages
...«-Л' men kill thou^—J sands with one sword* When two different persons occur in a sentence, the verb agrees with the first person in preference to the...and with the second in preference to the third ; as ¿^ } U. J *» we and you will go, £ 5 le- ¿ j J you and they will go. In quoting any phrase, or... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1832 - 386 pages
...Their contents belong to the numbers of verbs as well as to the heads under which they are placed. the first person in preference to the second, and with the second in preference to the third. It is, however, the same in English : as you and I are poor : vous et raoi nous sqmmes pauvres. Mark,... | |
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When the nominatives are of different persons, the verb agrees with the first person in preference to the second, and with the second in preference to the third... 
