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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Sayfa 17
... possessive case ; as , anybody else's servant ' ; and some grammarians defend this use of the possessive case , arguing that somebody else is a compound noun . " It is bet- ter grammar and more euphonious to consider else as being an ...
... possessive case ; as , anybody else's servant ' ; and some grammarians defend this use of the possessive case , arguing that somebody else is a compound noun . " It is bet- ter grammar and more euphonious to consider else as being an ...
Sayfa 33
... possessive case ? 666 I am surprised at John's ( or his , your , etc. ) refusing to go . ' ' I am surprised at John ( or him , you , etc. ) refus- ing to go . ' [ In the latter sentence refusing is a participle . ] The latter ...
... possessive case ? 666 I am surprised at John's ( or his , your , etc. ) refusing to go . ' ' I am surprised at John ( or him , you , etc. ) refus- ing to go . ' [ In the latter sentence refusing is a participle . ] The latter ...
Sayfa 34
... possessive form are OBVIOUSLY DUE TO MERE SLOVEN- ' In case of your being absent ' : here being is an infinitive [ verbal , or participial , noun ] qualified by the possessive your . ' In case of you being present ' : here being would ...
... possessive form are OBVIOUSLY DUE TO MERE SLOVEN- ' In case of your being absent ' : here being is an infinitive [ verbal , or participial , noun ] qualified by the possessive your . ' In case of you being present ' : here being would ...
Sayfa 54
... possessive case . Sometimes it is not ma- terial which form is employed ; where , however , it is ma- terial - and it generally is - we must consider the thought we wish to express , and rely on our discrimination . Dramatize . See ...
... possessive case . Sometimes it is not ma- terial which form is employed ; where , however , it is ma- terial - and it generally is - we must consider the thought we wish to express , and rely on our discrimination . Dramatize . See ...
Sayfa 108
... possessive case , and has nothing to do with the action of the sentence . Let us give the sen- tence a turn , and the Doctor and the grammarian will hear how it will sound . ' This gentleman's exertions have done more than any other ...
... possessive case , and has nothing to do with the action of the sentence . Let us give the sen- tence a turn , and the Doctor and the grammarian will hear how it will sound . ' This gentleman's exertions have done more than any other ...
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