A Grammar Containing the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language: For Advanced Grammar Grades, and for High Schools, Academies, Etc |
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action or event active voice adjective element adjunct adverbial element adverbial phrase Anglo-Saxon antecedent apposition attributive auxiliary verb called clause co-ordinate conjunction common noun comparative complement compound conjugation connected construction DEFINED degree denote EXERCISE expresses feminine gerund grammatical form grammatical predicate grammatical subject Hence imperative mood indicative mood indirect object infinitive inflection interjection interrogative intransitive irregular language Latin learning limiting adjectives loved masculine gender meaning Model for Parsing modifying the noun neuter gender noun or pronoun Parse etymologically passive voice past participle Past Perfect past tense Perfect Tense person and number personal pronoun possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preposition present participle Present Perfect Present Tense principal pronominal adjective proper noun qualifying adjective regular verb relative pronoun second person seen sentence containing singular number SPECIAL RULE speech subjunctive mood subordinate conjunction substantive suffix superlative SYNTAX thing third person tive transitive verb verbal walk words Write a sentence