Lectures on Language - As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch
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--Defined.--The name of Deity.--_Ei_.--=Is=.--=Are=.--=Were=,
=was=.--=Be=.--A dialogue.--Examples.--Passive Verbs examined.--Cannot be in the present tense.--The past participle is an adjective. LECTURE XII. ON VERBS. =Mood=.--Indicative.--Imperative.--Infinitive.--Former distinctions.-- Subjunctive mood.--=Time=.--Past.--Present.--Future.--The future explained.--How formed.--Mr. Murray's distinction of time.--Imperfect.-- Pluperfect.--Second future.--How many tenses.--=Auxiliary Verbs=.--Will. --Shall.--May.--Must.--Can.--Do.--Have. LECTURE XIII. ON VERBS. Person and number in the agent, not in the action.--Similarity of agents, actions, and objects.--Verbs made from nouns.--Irregular verbs.--Some examples.--Regular Verbs.--_Ed_.--_Ing_.--Conjugation of verbs.--To love.--To have.--To be.--The indicative mood varied.--A whole sentence may be agent or object.--Imperative mood.--Infinitive mood.--Is always future. LECTURE XIV. |
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