The Mother Tongue: Elementary English grammarGinn, 1901 - English language |
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Common terms and phrases
adjective modifiers adjective phrase adverbial phrases adverbs Analyze animals appositive Cæsar called CHAPTER comparison complete predicate complete subject complex sentence compound subject conjunctions connected construction denotes describe direct object ending Examine the following EXAMPLES exclamatory EXERCISES express action Feminine fire following sentences gender genitive grammar groups of words Hence horse indicate indirect infinitive inflection intransitive John king language letter main clause masculine meaning mention Neuter noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns of-phrase passive voice past participle person or thing personal pronouns Pick plural number POSITIVE DEGREE predicate adjective predicate nominative preposition present tense pret preterite tense question refer relative pronoun rule self-pronouns sense sentences containing simple predicate simple subject singular number soldier sometimes speech stand strong verbs struck subordinate clause substantive superlative degree tell tences thou thought tive transitive verb verb-forms verb-phrases verbal noun vocative vowel walk weak verbs Write
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