The Rudiments of English Grammar and Analysis

by Ernest Adams

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 ...from the sense of the Who steals my purse steals trash. i. e. The man who--, he who--. Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe. Verb. 215. A Verb is of the same number and person as its Singular. Plural. 1. I speak. II. We speak. 2. Thou speakest. I 2. You speak. 3. He speaks. 3. They speak. G2 216. A subjective infinitive, infinitive phrase, or clause, is of the third person, singular To err is human. To relieve the wretched was his pride. Whatever he sees annoys him. - yv 217. Two or more singular Subjects require a plural Time and tide wait for no man. But when two or more Subjects represent a collective idea, the Verb is The mind and spirit remains invincible. 218. A noun of multitude is The nobility of Rome are his. A collective noun is The Church maintains its rights. r 219. When two or more singular Subjects are' i, connected by or or nor, the Verb is When no false lustre, wealth, or power appears. Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds. Part III.--ANALYSIS. 220. To break up a sentence into its elementary parts, and to explain the relation in which those parts stand to one another, is called Analysis. It is a Greek word, meaning 'breaking up.' Sentence. 221. A Sentence is a statement of a fact, witli or without subordinate All night the booming minute-gun Had pealed along the deep. Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mocked himself, and scorned his spirit That could be moved to smile at anything. 222. A sentence may be affirmative, negative, interrogative, imperative, or Affirmative, You are writing. Negative, You are not writing. Interrogative, Are you writing 1 Imperative, Write to me. Exclamatory, How badly you write!...

30 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

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Ernest Adams is founder of the International Game Developers Association, a game design consultant and author on game development.

He started out in the game industry in 1989 as a software engineer and holds a Ph.D. from the School of Computing and Mathematics at Teesside University for his work on interactive storytelling.