10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPELLATIVE»
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1
Principles of general grammar, adapted to the capacity of ...
... Complement is, " the French language," and the Grammatical Complement is "
language." The Compellative,* or that part of speech which denotes the person
whom we address may also be Incomplex, as in this example, " Farewell, my ...
Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (baron.),
1834
2
Reading and Speaking: Familiar Talks to Young Men who Would ...
Shall we go hunting or go a-fishing, George? Punctuation: — See rule for
Circumstance, page 108. The Compellative standing at the end of a sentence
does not materially alter its delivery. If the sentence, without the Compellative,
would end ...
Brainard Gardner Smith,
1898
3
Reading and speaking, familiar talks to those who would ...
Shall we go hunting or go a-fishing, George? Punctuation : — See rule for
Circumstance, page 108. The Compellative standing at the end of a sentence
does not materially alter its delivery. If the sentence, without the Compellative,
would end ...
Brainard Gardner Smith,
1898
4
Principles of General Grammar: Adapted to the Capacity of ...
r o j Logical and tive : but the Grammatical Compellative consists nrammntkai
Compellative. only of the words which express the principal idea. In the first
example, " sovereign" is both the Logical and the Grammatical Compellative ; in
the ...
Antoine Isaac Baron Silvestre de Sacy,
1834
5
A Grammar of the Greek Language, Part First: A Practical ...
The primary parts of a sentence are the Compellative (compello, to address),
which shows to whom the sentence is addressed, and the Subject and Predicate,
which have been already defined 122). The Compellative and Subject, as
denoting ...
6
Outlines of English grammar
COMPELLATIVE.* 155. A substantive is compellative \compellare, to accost,]
when it is used in addressing a person, or thing. 156. The compellative is always
of the second person, and in the nominative case. E. g.: " My son, if sinners entice
...
William George Williams,
1887
7
The Elements of Reading and Oratory
The circumstance is then delivered with the rising slide ; to which the bend, with
which the compellative terminates, has a decisive tendency ; as, Who was it,
William ? said the unhappy man to his friend. The compellative, however, has no
...
8
English Grammar for Common Schools
In imperative sentences the compellative must not be confounded with the
subject. The compellative forms no part of either subject or predicate. Lord, help (
thou) us to know thy ways. In this sentence, Lord is the compellative, and thou ...
Robert Comfort Metcalf, Thomas Metcalf,
1894
9
A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language: In which ...
It is in the Gothic (O. H. German '5) and M. H. German. Compare 289, d; 294.
Vocarrvn. 289. A compellative is put in the vocative. Ldrebp, sege ponne, Lord,
speak then (Luke, vii, 40); ed Id geonga, O young man (Luke, vii, 14); tci 1112
licetere, ...
Francis Andrew March,
1899
10
Class Book of Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Selections ...
The logical compellative is, " men of Athens," containing the simple grammatical
compellative men. modified by the exponential adjunct (of) Athens. The
compellative, though not repeated, remains the same through the whole
paragraph.
Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt,
1878