Ross's Business EnglishSouth-Western Publishing Company, 1915 - 271 стор. |
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... questions have been purposely avoided . Our aim is to teach thoroughly those things which are essential to the writing of grammatically correct English . In the exercises on punctuation , the paragraph instead of the single sentence is ...
... questions have been purposely avoided . Our aim is to teach thoroughly those things which are essential to the writing of grammatically correct English . In the exercises on punctuation , the paragraph instead of the single sentence is ...
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... question , What kind of ? in connec- tion with the noun or pronoun modified ; as , What kind of elm ? Graceful . What kind of farmers ? Generous . A definitive adjective points out or denotes the num- ber or quantity of the object ...
... question , What kind of ? in connec- tion with the noun or pronoun modified ; as , What kind of elm ? Graceful . What kind of farmers ? Generous . A definitive adjective points out or denotes the num- ber or quantity of the object ...
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... question , who , or what , before the verb ; as , What stand ? Vases . Who struck ? We . Who were united ? People . To determine the subject and the predicate of an inter- rogative sentence ( question ) , first change it to a statement ...
... question , who , or what , before the verb ; as , What stand ? Vases . Who struck ? We . Who were united ? People . To determine the subject and the predicate of an inter- rogative sentence ( question ) , first change it to a statement ...
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... question . The imperative mode is that form or use of the verb that expresses a command , a request , or an entreaty . The subjunctive mode is used in expressing a doubt , a supposition contrary to reality , a future contingency , or a ...
... question . The imperative mode is that form or use of the verb that expresses a command , a request , or an entreaty . The subjunctive mode is used in expressing a doubt , a supposition contrary to reality , a future contingency , or a ...
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... questions , shall ( never will ) is used with the subject I or we . With other subjects , use the same auxiliary ( whether shall or will ) that is expected in the answer : Shall you go at four o'clock ? ( Shall denotes futurity . ) Will ...
... questions , shall ( never will ) is used with the subject I or we . With other subjects , use the same auxiliary ( whether shall or will ) that is expected in the answer : Shall you go at four o'clock ? ( Shall denotes futurity . ) Will ...
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abbreviation action adjectives modify adverb antecedent Brown business letter collective noun complete complimentary close compound conjunctions connected correct Dear Sir denotes enclosed English Example Exercise express following sentences gender give good-well grammar has-have he-him him-he his-their hyphen I-me improper italicized words in-into infinitive Insert interrogation interrogation points intransitive is-are its-their John lady LESSON look me-I meaning never noun or pronoun object omitting the improper paragraph passive voice payt perfect participle person phrase plural possessive predicate noun preposition present punctuation quotation real-very refers relative clause Reverend rule sales letter salutation semicolon she-her ship singular speak speech Star Brand stenographer street student teacher telegram tell tense they-them things thought transitive verb truly us-we usually verbal noun wagon was—were who-whom Write the following written yesterday
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Сторінка 153 - I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river; For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Сторінка 161 - A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind -- from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.
Сторінка 202 - To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.
Сторінка 195 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Сторінка 161 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences, is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail...
Сторінка 193 - There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.
Сторінка 2 - The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
Сторінка 169 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.
Сторінка 201 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Сторінка 1 - Nouns. A Proper Noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing. A...