The Teaching of Grammar (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... is or seems or becomes. They always refer to the thing denoted by the Subject. For example, in the sentences we have taken, Genius is another name for the person denoted by the Subject man; Capable denotes a quality found in the person denoted by the Subject man. So in the case of the other sentences, where the Verb denotes seeming or becoming, the word used after the Verb applies to the same thing as is denoted by the Subject. What Part of Speech is genius, fact, lost What Part of Speech is capable, true, stronger ? Words used like this with Intransitive Verbs denoting being, seeming, or becoming, are always Nouns (or Pronouns) or Adjectives. If they denote the something that the thing denoted by the Subject is, or seems, or becomes, they are, of course, Nouns or Pronouns; if they denote the somewhat that the thing denoted by the Subject is, or seems, or becomes, they are Adjectives. We may, indeed, have sentences in which a collection of words (that is, phrase or clause) is used to denote the something or somewhat that the thing is, or seems, or becomes, as in the sentences, The man has become what he hopedjto be; He seems in a hurry; but in such cases it is clear that the collection of words is always equivalent either to a Noun or Adjective. In every case, it must be noted, the sentence refers to one object of thought only, but it has in it two words (either two Nouns or a Noun and an Adjective, or their equivalent) which apply to the one thing. The Subject of the Verb is one name; the other Noun or Adjective (which is...