A Practical Grammar: In which Words, Phrases, and Sentences are Classified According to Their Offices, and Their Various Relations to One Another : Illustrated by a Complete System of DiagramsA.S. Barnes & Burr, 1863 - 310 pages |
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Adjective Pronouns ADJUNCT ELEMENTS Adjunct Phrase Adjunct Sentence Adjunct Word Adverb Adverbial Phrase Amphibrach ANALYSIS Antecedent assert Auxiliary Sentence Auxiliary Verbs commonly Complex Sentence Conjunction construction denote Diagram distinguished earth EXAMPLES.-1 Exclamation EXERCISES expressed Gender Grammatical heart Hence illustrate Obs Independent Phrase Indicative Mode Infinitive Phrase Interrogative Intransitive introduce Irregular Verb John King of Shadows language Let the Pupil Logical Adjuncts loves a shining modify Nominative NOTE Nouns and Pronouns o'er Object OBS.-The parsed Person and Number placed Plural Possessive Possessive Adjective POTENTIAL MODE Predicate Prefixes Prep Preposition PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS Principal Sentence PRIOR PAST TENSE PRIOR PRESENT TENSE Pron qualifies reciting Relative Pronoun RULE Scaling yonder peak seen SENTENCE-PRINCIPAL ELEMENT Sentences to illustrate Shadows loves shining mark Singular Number sometimes Specifying Adjectives SUBJUNCTIVE Substantive Syllables tell tence thee things Third Person Transitive Transitive Verbs Verb Verbal Adjective voice Words of Euphony