Smith's New Grammar: English Grammar, on the Productive System: a Method of Instruction Recently Adopted in Germany and Switzerland. Designed for Schools and AcademiesJ.H. Butler & Company, 1880 - 208 pages |
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according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun adverb agrees applied auxiliaries auxiliary verbs better called comma compound conjugation conjunction connected correct this sentence Corresponding with Murray's defective verb definite article denote ellipsis EXERCISES IN PARSING EXERCISES IN SYNTAX following sentences future tense genitive Give an example governed happy imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection intransitive James John king loved manner means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person objective PARSED AND CORRECTED passive verb Perf personal pronoun phrase pluperfect PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood Predicate preposition present tense proper relative pronoun repeat RULE VI RULE VII Rule XV second future second person sense signifies simple sentence sing singular number sometimes speak Subject subjunctive mood superlative syllable SYNTAX CONTINUED tence thing Thou art tion tive transitive verb virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write written