Murray's English grammar simplified; designed to facilitate the study of the English language comprehending the principles and rules of English ... series of questions for examination. Abridged - Brossura

Fisk, Allen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1236287363 ISBN 13: 9781236287366

Casa editrice: RareBooksClub.com, 2012

Riassunto

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822 Excerpt: ... of sentences. It may, therefore, be proper here to explain the nature of sentences more fully, than we h»ve hitherto done. Sentences are denominated simple, which Contain but one finite verb; and compound, which contain more finite verbs than one. It is not, therefore, the Dumber of words in a sentence, that makes it compound; but the circumstance of its having more than one finite verb i. e. » verb agreeing with a nominative case. The following sentence, "Grass grows in great abundance in all the Northern Slates, particularly in New England,' contains but one finite verb, viz grows, agreeing with grass; and is therefore a simple sentence. But the following, though short, are compound sentences; " Grass grows, and water Tuns;" " Men, who are prudent, speak little.' Each of these sentences contains two simple sentences, joined together by a connective word; the first, grass grows, water runs, connected by the copulative conjunction, and; the second, men speak little, who are prndenh, connected by the relative pronoun, who. The members of a compound sentence must be connected by a conjunction, or a relative pronoun; if they are connected by a preposition, the sentence remains simple. As sentences themselves are divided into simple and compound, so the members of sentences may be divided likewise into simple and compound members; for whole sentences, whether simple or compounded, may become members of other sentences, by means of some additional connexion; as, " The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people do not consider.' This sentence consists of two compounded members, each of which is subdivided into two simple members, which are properly called clauses. There are three so...

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• Editore: RareBooksClub.com
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1236287363
• ISBN 13: 9781236287366
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 104
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