The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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... moods ; the sentence begins in the indicative and ends in the conditional . The words in italics are worse than superfluous . Rewritten : " If the state should attempt to confiscate this increase by means of taxes , either rentals would ...
... moods ; the sentence begins in the indicative and ends in the conditional . The words in italics are worse than superfluous . Rewritten : " If the state should attempt to confiscate this increase by means of taxes , either rentals would ...
Sayfa 73
... MOOD . Half . " It might have been expressed in one half the space . ' We see at a glance that one here is superfluous . Hanged - Hung . The irregular form , hung , of the past participle of the verb to hang is most used ; but , when ...
... MOOD . Half . " It might have been expressed in one half the space . ' We see at a glance that one here is superfluous . Hanged - Hung . The irregular form , hung , of the past participle of the verb to hang is most used ; but , when ...
Sayfa 84
... mood , the mood that simply states or indicates the action ; the other form is in the subjunctive , conditional , or conjunctive mood . There is sometimes a slight variation made in English , to show that an affirma- tion is made as a ...
... mood , the mood that simply states or indicates the action ; the other form is in the subjunctive , conditional , or conjunctive mood . There is sometimes a slight variation made in English , to show that an affirma- tion is made as a ...
Sayfa 85
... Mood . When we can choose , it is generally better to use the verb in the infinitive than in the participial form . " Ability being in general the power of doing , " etc. Say , to do . " I desire to reply to the proposal of sub ...
... Mood . When we can choose , it is generally better to use the verb in the infinitive than in the participial form . " Ability being in general the power of doing , " etc. Say , to do . " I desire to reply to the proposal of sub ...
Sayfa 89
... moods and tenses . What a language shall we have when our verbs are thus conjugated ! ' — Brown's ' Gr . of Eng . Gr . , ' p . 361. De War observes : The participle in ing is also passive in many instances ; as , " The house is building ...
... moods and tenses . What a language shall we have when our verbs are thus conjugated ! ' — Brown's ' Gr . of Eng . Gr . , ' p . 361. De War observes : The participle in ing is also passive in many instances ; as , " The house is building ...
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