 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1852 - 216 pages
...find him." " Expected to have found him," is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense. Indeed, all verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or command, must invariably be followed by ths present, and not the perfect of the infinitive. Every person would perceive an ^error in this expression—"... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1853 - 204 pages
...find him." " Expected to have found him," is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense. Indeed, all verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or...infinitive. Every person would perceive an error in this expression — " It is long since I commanded him to have done it ;" yet " expected to have found,"... | |
 | Seacome Ellison - 1854 - 120 pages
...ROBERTSON. " He seemed to have imbibed all his simple frankness and prevalent good-humour." — W. IRVING. All verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or...command, must invariably be followed by the present, not the perfect of the infinitive ; as, " These she intended to take with her, and go back to her father's... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - Brothers and sisters - 1857 - 338 pages
...satisfy herself in regard to the eiTor ; for she at once recalled to mind the rule she had learned : " All verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or...the present, and not the perfect of the infinitive." The post office sometimes served as a medium through which an uneasy conscience sought relief, as in... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1857 - 222 pages
...find him." " Expected to have found him," is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense. Indeed, all verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or...be followed by the present, and not the perfect of tho infinitive. Every person would perceive an error in this expression — "It is long since I commanded... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - Conduct of life - 1858 - 334 pages
...satisfy herself in regard to the error ; for she at once recalled to mind the rule she had learned : " All verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or...present, and not the perfect of , the infinitive." The post office sometimes served as a medium through which an uneasy conscience sought relief, as in... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1859 - 342 pages
...satisfy herself in regard to the error ; for she at once recalled to mind the rule Bhe had learned : " All verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or...the present, and not the perfect of the infinitive." The post office sometimes served as a medium through which an uneasy conscience sought relief, as in... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1859 - 460 pages
...analogical expression. Expected to have found him is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense. Indeed, all verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or...the present, and not the perfect of the infinitive. Everybody would perceive an error in this expression : " It is loi% since I commanded him to have done... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1860 - 458 pages
...analogical expression. Expected to have found him is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense. Indeed, all verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or...the present, and not the perfect of the infinitive. Everybody would perceive an error in this expression : " It is long since I commanded him to have done... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1860 - 220 pages
...find him." " Expected to have found him," is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense. Indeed, all verbs expressive of hope, desire intention, or...command, must invariably be followed by the present, and noi the perfect of the infinitive. Every person would perceive an error in this expression — " It... | |
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Expected to have found him," is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense. Indeed, all verbs expressive of hope, desire, intention, or command, must invariably be followed by the present, and not the perfect of the infinitive. Every person would perceive... 
