 | Alexander Adam - English language - 1812 - 334 pages
...Obs. i. If the substantives be of different persons, the verb plural must agree with the first person rather than the second., and with the second rather than the third ; as, Si tu et Tullia "oaletis, ego et Cicero vatfmtu, If you and Tullia are well, I and Cicero are wefl,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Greek language - 1814 - 336 pages
...which he spoke. 1. When the relative follows two words, of different persons, it agrees with the first rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third. 2. The relative often agrees with an antecedent understood, or implied in a possessive pronoun ; as,... | |
 | James Andrew - English language - 1817 - 152 pages
...done this. .5. When the nominatives are of different persons, the verb agrees with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third Also the first person is always placed nearest to the verb, and the second person farthest from it.... | |
 | Thomas Morell - Latin language - 1821 - 234 pages
...the Plural Number : and when different Persons are expressed, the Verb agrees with the first Person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third, as being the most worthy Persons. 1. Honor and Glory incite Courage and Virtue. 2. The Sun and the Moon... | |
 | English examples - English language - 1821 - 192 pages
...Plural Number ; and when different Persons are expressed, the Verb agrees with the ftrst Person ruther than the second, and with the second rather than the third, as being the most worthy Persons 1. Honour and Glory incite Courage and Virtue. 2. The Sun and the Moon... | |
 | Alexander Adam, Allen Fisk - Latin language - 1822 - 202 pages
...OBS. 1. If the substantives be of different persons, the verb plural must agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third ; as, Si tu et Tullia ego et Cicero valemus, If you and Tullia are well, I and Cicero are well, Cic. In English,... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1822 - 238 pages
...which he spoke. 1. When the relative follows two words, of different persons, it agrees with the first rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third. 2. The relative often agrees with an antecedent understood, or implied in a possessive pronoun ; as,... | |
 | John Rowbotham - 1826 - 388 pages
...persons, the verb must agret with the first rather than the second, and with the second rather thai the third ; as, C'est votre frère et moi qui avons...require the verb, adjective, &c. to be plural : as, Une infinité de gens le croient, an infinite number of men think so ; but when the following noun is singular,... | |
 | Greville Ewing - English language - 1827 - 934 pages
...and the fruit differ. And if the nominatives differ in person, the verb agrees with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third ; as, iya xai aii T* a!x,»i» -TV .;,„«.-», / and thou will do what is right. 5. A verb between two... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Greek language - 1827 - 272 pages
...which he spoke. 1 . When the Relative follows two words, of different persons, it agrees with the first rather than the second, and •with the second rather than the third. 2. Inversion. For the sake of emphasis, the Relative often precedes at the commencement of a clause,... | |
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If the substantives be of different persons, the verb plural must agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third ; as... 
