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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. 1861 Excerpt: ... 1. When the nominative is a Collective Noun, the verb may be either in the singular or plural number, according as unity or plurality of idea is intended to be expressed; as: 'The council is unanimous;' 'the army is approaching; the parliament was dissolved;' the nation is powerful;' ' the meeting teas very large. ' 'The council arc divided in their opinions;' 'the multitude eagerly pursue pleasure as their chief good f ' the people are fickle.' 2. Two or more singular nouns, connected by the conjunction And, are equivalent to a plural, and must therefore have the verb in the plural number; as, John and James are good boys; and they love their books. 3. Two or more singular nouns joined by Or or Nor, re » If the verb dyes not end in e, est is to be added, quire a verb in the singular number, because the assertion is made only about one of them; as: 'John, James, or "William, intends to accompany me;' that is. one of them intends. 'neither John Nor James was present;' that is, neither the one, nor the other was present. 'Ignorance Oil negligence has caused this mistake.' 4. When the infinitive mood, or part of a sentence is the nominative, the verb should be in the singular; as: 'To be afraid to do evil is true courage;' 'His being at enmity with Caesar was the cause of perpetual discord.' 5. When a subject or nominative is joined to a participle, without being connected with any other verb in the sen. tence, it is said to be in the Nominative Absolute; as: 'The wind being favourable, we set sail.' '1 shall not lag behind, nor err the way, thou leading? Rule II. Pronouns must agree with the nouns for which they stand, or to which they relate, in number, gender; and person; as: James is a good hoy, and he is fond of his book. Jane is a good girl, a...Book Details
Published
March 1, 2012
Publisher
RareBooksClub.com
Pages
76
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781130674699