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... person singular being usually suppressed . See also 9 , b ; and 12 , a . You needn't mind sending up to me if the child criès . DICK . , Ol . Twist , Ch . I , 21 . You must rise with the sun and ride with the same Until , the next ...
... person singular being usually suppressed . See also 9 , b ; and 12 , a . You needn't mind sending up to me if the child criès . DICK . , Ol . Twist , Ch . I , 21 . You must rise with the sun and ride with the same Until , the next ...
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... person singular of the present indicative , b ) the suppression of the tense - suffix ed in the preterite indi- cative and conditional . 9. a ) The omission of the personal ending in the third person sin- gular of the present indicative ...
... person singular of the present indicative , b ) the suppression of the tense - suffix ed in the preterite indi- cative and conditional . 9. a ) The omission of the personal ending in the third person sin- gular of the present indicative ...
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... person singular est , is never suppressed . - Thou needest but keep that countenance . SHAK . , Cymb . , III , 4 , 14 . Thou need'st not be gone . id . Rom . and Jul . , III , 5 , 16 . - 10. The dropping of the tense - suffix may be due ...
... person singular est , is never suppressed . - Thou needest but keep that countenance . SHAK . , Cymb . , III , 4 , 14 . Thou need'st not be gone . id . Rom . and Jul . , III , 5 , 16 . - 10. The dropping of the tense - suffix may be due ...
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... person or thing , but also that it proceeds from a person or thing . The latter meaning is indubitable in the verb when it has a ( pro ) noun for its object , as in I need your assistance ; and also when it is construed with an ...
... person or thing , but also that it proceeds from a person or thing . The latter meaning is indubitable in the verb when it has a ( pro ) noun for its object , as in I need your assistance ; and also when it is construed with an ...
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... person in the present indicative . See 9 , a and b . i . Who needs to be told that if a woman has a will , she will assuredly find a way ? THACK . , Van . Fair , I , Ch . XVI , 16+ . ii . Vice to be hated , needs but to be seen . POPE ...
... person in the present indicative . See 9 , a and b . i . Who needs to be told that if a woman has a will , she will assuredly find a way ? THACK . , Van . Fair , I , Ch . XVI , 16+ . ii . Vice to be hated , needs but to be seen . POPE ...
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active voice adjectival adjective adnominal adjunct adverbial adjunct appears Bankrupt Heart Christm Chuz clause common Compare compounds construction CURME dare DICK distinctly Domb durst E. F. BENSON ELIOT express following quotations genitive gerund GOLDSMITH Gram grammatical function Haml head-word Hist instances J. M. BARRIE JANE AUSTEN JESPERSEN lady Life's Morn Lond Lord LYTTON MARRYAT Mating of Lydia Modern English MURRAY N. E. Gr non-prepositional object Note noun of action observed passive infinitive passive meaning passive voice past participle Pend perfect infinitive person Pickw practice preceded predicate preposition prepositional infinitive present participle preterite SARAH GRAND Scorr seems sentence SHAK SHAKESPEARE SHER sometimes STOF substantival SWEET Synt TEMPLE THURSTON tense THACK thing time-sphere transitive verbs verb verbal VIII Virg Westm word word-group XVIII
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