Bullions's School Grammar: With Practical Lessons and Exercises in Composition and Analysis. A Rev. Ed. of the Common School Grammar, and Introductory to the Practical Grammar |
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active voice adjective pronouns adjunct adverbs affirmation Anal antecedent attributive verb auxiliary belongs called comma conjunction connected consonant copula correct defective verb denoting dependent clause EXPLANATION.-The father Feminine following Exercise following sentences gender give the Rule grammatical predicate grammatical subject horse Imperative mood indefinite Indicative mood infinitive mood inflected Interjections interrogative intransitive James ject John limited logical predicate logical subject masculine modified neuter nominative noun or pronoun object omitted parsed Participial mood passive voice Past Participle past tense PAST-PERFECT PERF person or thing personal pronouns phrase plural Potential Mood preceding Exercise preceding Lessons prefixed preposition PRESENT TENSE proper pupil QUESTIONS.-What relation relative pronoun requires second person sense simple single sentence sometimes speak Special Rules speech subjunctive mood substantive syllable tell tence thing spoken third person tion tive transitive verb vowel wise words Write short sentences
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