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adjective adjuncts adverbs anapestic antecedent apposition auxiliary Boston cæsura called clause comma common compound Conjugate conjunction connection consonant consonant sound Correct the false defective verb denotes diphthong distinction ellipsis English Language Exercise express False Syntax feminine form the plural future perfect FUTURE PERFECT TENSE future tense gender Give examples governed grammarians grammatical predicate imperfect indicative mode infinitive interjections interrogative intransitive irregular verb Italics learners letter London loved masculine modified N. A. Review nominative noun or pronoun object parsing passive voice past perfect past tense perf perfect participle PERFECT TENSE perform the office person singular phrase placed pleonasm possessive potential preceded prefix preposition Present perfect present tense principal proper names pupils relation relative pronoun rule respecting second person seen signifies silent singular number sometimes employed speech subjunctive teacher third person thou tive transitive verb trochees usage verse vowel words ending Write sentences containing