Practical Exercises in English by Huber Gray Buehler
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participle of the following verbs.
33. To ---- student of Latin or Greek a knowledge of ---- difference in meaning in English between ---- indicative and ---- subjunctive is especially important. 34. In the verb "to be" ---- present and ---- past subjunctives have different forms. 35. ---- life in Madras in ---- time of Clive was different from what it is now. 36. I like so many sports that it is hard to tell which I like ---- best. I like swimming, foot-ball, and riding more than ---- others, but I do not know which of these three I like ---- best. CHAPTER III. OF NOUNS HOW TO FORM THE POSSESSIVE CASE.[10]--As a rule, the possessive of nouns in the SINGULAR number is formed by adding an apostrophe and "s" ('s): as, "The _boy's_ coat." Often the pronunciation of the added "s" makes a new syllable; and if this additional syllable makes an unpleasant sound, the possessive is indicated by the apostrophe alone ('): as, "For _goodness'_ sake." The putting in or the leaving out of the "s" in such cases is chiefly a matter of taste. If the "s" is sounded, it is always written; and whenever there is doubt, it is well to follow the regular rule: as, "_Horace's_ odes," "_Charles's_ ball," "_Dickens's_ David Copperfield." |
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