The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.
    —­Participle, as relating to a phrase or sentence,
    —­taken abstractly,
    —­irregularly used in Eng. as substitute for infin. mood,
    —­in irreg. and mixed construc.
    —­Participle, transitive, what case governs,
    —­nom. absol. with, to what equivalent,
    —­each requires its appropriate FORM,
    —­questionable uses of, admitted by MURR. et al.; why BROWN is
      disposed to condemn these irregularities.
    —­Participle and particip. noun, distinction between, with respect to
      governm.
    —­Participle in ing, multiplied uses of, lawful and forced,
      illustrated,
    —­equivalence of do. to infin. mood, instances of,
    —­every mixed construc. of, how regarded by BROWN,
    —­the “double nature” of, CROMB. on; his views, how accord with those
      of MURR. et al., HILEY’S treatment of; BROWN’S strictures on do.
    —­Participles, place of: 
    —­active, governm. of.
    —­Participle, trans., converted to a noun: 
    —­converted, when the expression should be changed: 
    —­followed by an adj., its conversion into a noun appar. improper: 
    —­comp. converted, how managed: 
    —­not to be used for infin., or other more appropriate term: 
    —­use of, for a nominative after be, is, was, &c., faulty: 
    —­following a verb of preventing, how to be managed.
    —­Participles, converted, disposal of their adverbs: 
    —­must be construed with a regard to the leading word in sense: 
    —­should have a clear reference to their subjects: 
    —­needless use of, for nouns, to be avoided: 
    —­punct. of: 
    —­derivation of: 
    —­poet. peculiarities in the use of.

Parts of speech, meaning of the term: 
    —­Parts of speech, named and defined: 
    —­what explanations may aid learners to distinguish the different: 
    —­why needful that learners be early taught to make for themselves the
      prop. distribution of: 
    —­WILS. on the distribution of: 
    —­the preferable number with respect to; the office of, specifically
      stated. 
    —­The parts of speech, passage exemplifying all. 
    —­Examples of a partic. part of speech accumulated in a sentence. 
    —­Etymol. and Synt. of the different parts of speech, see Article,
      Noun, Adjective
, &c.

Passions of the mind, by what tones to be expressed.

Passive verb, defined.
    —­Pass. verbs contrasted with active-trans, verbs, in respect to the
      object or the agent of the action; their compos, and construc.: 
    —­their FORM in Eng.
    —­Pass. verb BE LOVED, conjug. affirmatively.
    —­Pass. verbs, how distinguished from neuters of the same form: 

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