 | 1826 - 788 pages
...from page 660.) We come next to the Verb. Murray's definition of a verb is, 'A verb is a word that signifies to Be, to Do, or to suffer; as I am, I rule, I am ruled.' We infer that to Be docs not mean to do or to tuffer; and to tiufftr means neither to be nor to do.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 126 pages
...quality; as an industrious m a virtuous woman. 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, lo ayoid the too frequent repetition of the same word; as, " The man is happy; lte is henevolent; he is useful." 5. A Verh is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER; as,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1828 - 128 pages
...its quality; as an industrious man, a virtuous woman. 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word;...I am, I rule, I am ruled." A Verb may generally be ilistinguished by its making sense with any of the personal pronouns, or the word<o, beforeit; as,... | |
 | John March Putnam - 1828 - 200 pages
...: Singular. Plural. JVom. Other. Others. Pass. Other'*. Others'. Obj. Other. Others. Of Verbs. 45. A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer. Verbs are of three kinds ; transitive, intransitive, and passive. 46. A transitive verb is one which... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1829 - 718 pages
...as, a sweet apple, a pleasant prospect, a lively boy. 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word:...5. A Verb is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, to SUFFER: as, " I am ; I rule ; I am ruled" A Verb may generally be distinguished by its making sense... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1829 - 766 pages
...Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word: as, k- The man is happy ; he is benevolent ; he is useful."...5. A Verb is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, to SUFFER: as, "lam; I rule ; I am ruled." A Verb may generally be distinguished by its making sense... | |
 | William Fletcher - 1829 - 160 pages
...CHAPTER V. PRONOUNS. A PRONOUN (from pro, for, and nomen, a name,) is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word...as, the man is happy, he is benevolent, he is useful : now, were there no pronoun to supply the place of man, the sentence would read thus : the man is... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1829 - 120 pages
...much or many, more, most ;" and a few others. PRONOUNS. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, " The man is happy ;" " he is be%eThe persons of pronouns are three in each of the numbers, viz. • . . /, is the first person \... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 816 pages
...properly a distinct word as the prefix is in the instances Irule, torule. Though, then, the definition ' a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer,' does hold as to Latin and Greek ; it is not true, as to any language whatever, that one simple or uncompounded... | |
 | Joseph F. A. Boeuf - 1829 - 274 pages
...to enable him to understand with facility the remarks which will be made. CHAPTER V. OF THE VERBS. A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to svffer. Verbs must agree with their nominatives in number and person. There are various kinds of verbs,... | |
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