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.

Will find is an irregular active-transitive verb, from find, found, finding, found; found in the indicative mood, first-future tense, third person, and singular number:  and agrees with its nominative man; according to Rule 14th, which says, “Every finite verb must agree with its subject, or nominative, in person and number.”  Because the meaning is—­man will find.

Himself is a compound personal pronoun, representing man, in the third person, singular number, and masculine gender; according to Rule 10th, which says, “A pronoun must agree with its antecedent, or the noun or pronoun which it represents, in person, number, and gender;” and is in the objective case, being governed by will find; according to Rule 5th, which says, “A noun or a pronoun made the object of an active-transitive verb or participle, is governed by it in the objective case.”  Because the meaning is—­will find himself;—­i. e., his own mind or person.

Led is a perfect participle, from the irregular active-transitive verb, lead, led, leading, led:  and relates to himself; according to Rule 20th, which says, “Participles relate to nouns or pronouns, or else are governed by prepositions.”  Because the meaning is—­himself led.

Away is an adverb of place:  and relates to led; according to Rule 21st, which says, “Adverbs relate to verbs, participles, adjectives, or other adverbs.”  Because the meaning is—­led away.

From is a preposition:  and shows the relation between led and sin or folly; according to Rule 23d, which says, “Prepositions show the relations of words, and of the things or thoughts expressed by them.”  Because the meaning is—­led from sin or folly.

The is the definite article:  and relates to sin and folly; according to Rule 1st, which says, “Articles relate to the nouns which they limit.”  Because the meaning is—­the sin or folly.

Sin is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case:  and is governed by from; according to Rule 7th, which says, “A noun or a pronoun made the object of a preposition, is governed by it in the objective case.”  Because the meaning is—­from sin.

Or is a disjunctive conjunction:  and connects sin and folly; according to Rule 22d, which says, “Conjunctions connect words, sentences, or parts of sentences.”  Because the meaning is—­sin or folly.

Folly is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case; and is connected by or to sin, and governed by the same preposition from; according to Rule 7th, which says, “A noun or a pronoun made the object of a preposition, is governed by it in the objective case.”  Because the meaning is—­from sin or folly.

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