Intellectual and practical grammar, in a series of inductive questions, connected with exercises in composition Volume 1 - Tapa blanda
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ...repeat the rule? Rttije X. A verb agrees with its nominative case in number and person. LESSON XXVI. MENTAL EXERCISES. Q. Notwithstanding you admit the fact, that the verb is varied to suit the nominative, still it is not always true. Are not 'I love' and 'they love' equally correct? You may ask, then, how you shall know? Can you, or can you not, tell by joining the pronouns with the verbs as above? Will you join the pronouns to' love?' Q. When you say, 'I love,' 'thou lovest,' 'he loves,' how does the verb end in each phrase? Are these pronouns singular or plural? Q. When, then, we join these pronouns with the verbs, and make sense, ought the verbs to be considered singular or plural? Q. 'I write.' Is write singular or plural?' Thou writest.' Is writest singular or plural? If I should ask you why, would you not say, 'Because its agent is?' Q. 'We wrote,' 'ye or you wrote,' 'they wrote.' How does the verb end here? Would you call these verbs plural because their agents are plural?. 'I wrote' ends also in e. Do, then, the plural verb, and the joined with /, end alike? Q. 'He writes and thou writest.' What do botli verbs end in here? Are these agents singular or plural? Are the verbs, then, singular or plural? mother?' Is this correct? What would be correct, and why? Would you say, ' I have done,' or ' I have did,' and why? Q. How many different persons of the pronouns are there, in the phrases 'Thou writest' and 'he writes?' Can you not tell, then, whether the verb is singular or plural, by joining tlie different pronouns with them? Q. 'I love.' What number is love? 'They love.' What number is love here, and why? 'Thou lovest,' 'he loves.' Lovest and leves end differently, because their agents are of different persons. What person is he?--is thou? Would or w...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ...repeat the rule? Rttije X. A verb agrees with its nominative case in number and person. LESSON XXVI. MENTAL EXERCISES. Q. Notwithstanding you admit the fact, that the verb is varied to suit the nominative, still it is not always true. Are not 'I love' and 'they love' equally correct? You may ask, then, how you shall know? Can you, or can you not, tell by joining the pronouns with the verbs as above? Will you join the pronouns to' love?' Q. When you say, 'I love,' 'thou lovest,' 'he loves,' how does the verb end in each phrase? Are these pronouns singular or plural? Q. When, then, we join these pronouns with the verbs, and make sense, ought the verbs to be considered singular or plural? Q. 'I write.' Is write singular or plural?' Thou writest.' Is writest singular or plural? If I should ask you why, would you not say, 'Because its agent is?' Q. 'We wrote,' 'ye or you wrote,' 'they wrote.' How does the verb end here? Would you call these verbs plural because their agents are plural?. 'I wrote' ends also in e. Do, then, the plural verb, and the joined with /, end alike? Q. 'He writes and thou writest.' What do botli verbs end in here? Are these agents singular or plural? Are the verbs, then, singular or plural? mother?' Is this correct? What would be correct, and why? Would you say, ' I have done,' or ' I have did,' and why? Q. How many different persons of the pronouns are there, in the phrases 'Thou writest' and 'he writes?' Can you not tell, then, whether the verb is singular or plural, by joining tlie different pronouns with them? Q. 'I love.' What number is love? 'They love.' What number is love here, and why? 'Thou lovest,' 'he loves.' Lovest and leves end differently, because their agents are of different persons. What person is he?--is thou? Would or w...
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