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.
    —­whether any, in Eng., can govern two cases
    —­suppressed in exclamat. &c.
    —­Verbs, Synt. of
    —­Verbs requiring a regimen, should not be used without an object
    —­Verb, AGREEM. of, with its subject
    —­do., inferred
    —­do., by sylleps., in plur., title of a book
    —­do., in imperat. mood
    —­Verb of the third pers. sing. with a plur. noun of the neut. gend.,
      the use of, a strange custom of the Greeks; such use not existent in
      Eng.
    —­Verb, AGREEM. of, with infin. phrase or sentence as subject
    —­do., with infin. subject limited, ("FOR MEN TO SEARCH their own
      glory
, IS,” &c.)
    —­do., with a nom. in interrog. sentences
    —­do., with a rel., according to the true anteced. of the pron.;
      (examp. of error from DR. BLAIR)
    —­do., with a nom. limited by adjuncts
    —­do., with composite or converted subjects
    —­do., with each, every, one, &c., as leading words
    —­do., by change of nominative
    —­Verb, the form of, to be adapted to the style
    —­when requires a separate nom. expressed
    —­Verb, AGREEM. of, with a nom. noun collective
    —­do., with joint nominatives
    —­do., with two connected nominatives in appos.
    —­do., with two conn. nominatives emphatically distinguished
    —­do., with two conn. nominatives preceded by each, every, or no
    —­do., with nearest of connected nominatives, and understood to the
      rest; whether the usage is proper in Eng.
    —­do., with connected nominatives of different persons
    —­do., with connected subjects, one taken affirmat. and the other
      negat.
    —­do., with two subjects connected by as well as, but, or save
    —­do., with connected subjects preceded by each, every, or no
    —­do., in ellipt. construc. of joint nominatives
    —­do., with distinct subject phrases connected by and
    —­do., with disjunct. nominatives
    —­do., with disagreeing nominatives connected disjunctively
    —­do., when connected nominatives require different forms of the verb
    —­do., with distinct phrases disjunct, connected
    —­Verbs, connected by and, or, or nor, how must agree
    —­discordant, how managed with respect to agreem.
    —­Verb, mixture of the diff. styles of, ineleg.
    —­diff. moods of, not to be used under the same circumstances
    —­when two connected terms require diff. forms of, what insertion is
      necessary
    —­Verbs of commanding, desiring, expecting, &c., to what actions or
      events refer
    —­of desisting, omitting, &c., with a part. following, rather than an
      infin.
    —­of preventing, what should be made to govern
    —­Verb, finite, punc. of
    —­ellips. of, shown
    —­derivation of, from nouns, adjectives, and verbs
    —­poet. peculiarities in the use of

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