 | George Gill (schoolmaster.) - 1874 - 170 sider
...2. When several Pronouns of different Persons are joined together to form a subject, the Verb agrees with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third ; as, Be and I are going ; me must get ready. 3. Conj unctions connect the same CWs of Nouns and Pronouns,... | |
 | Charles Henry Bromby (bp. of Tasmania.) - 1876 - 190 sider
...different persons, connected by and, precede a Verb, the Verb is put in the plural number, and agrees with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third. Examples : — (a) You and / ( = we) will go. (b) You and.shs (=you plural) have done wrong. 6. Rule... | |
 | F Walter Savage - 1878 - 348 sider
...with its subject in number and person. 565. When two subjects are used of different persons, the verb must agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third. It must be put in the plural (for exceptions see following rules), and must be preceded by a pronoun... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1878 - 140 sider
...pronoun stands for two or more words, connected by and, but of different persons, the pronoun agrees with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third. Thus, " William and I had our skates with «»." "Our" and "us" are plural, because they stand for... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 280 sider
...caught." 8. When a verb has two or more subjects of different persons, connected by and, it agrees with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third. Thus, ' He and / will go." Will go is here in the first person. 9. The subject is understood in such... | |
 | 1880 - 754 sider
...pronoun stands for two or more words, connected by and, but of different persons the pronoun agrees with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third. Thus, William and I had our skates with us. One of these subjects, William, being in the third person,... | |
 | Thomas Kerchever Arnold - 1881 - 434 sider
...predicated of two or more subjects of different grammatical persons, it will be in the plural number, and agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third. Et ego1 et tu manus sustulimus. Both you and I raised our hands. Et tu et frater meus manus sustulistis.... | |
 | J Russell Leonard - 1882 - 110 sider
...Nominatives Singular usually have a Verb Plural. If 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. Sometimes, however, the Verb agrees with the nearest Nominative. As : — Si tu et Tullia valetis,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1884 - 804 sider
...When nominatives to the same verb are of different persons, the verb must be in the plural number, and must agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third : " My sister and I are daily employed in our respective occupations." EXERCISES UNDER RULE XXV. RULE... | |
 | 1889 - 160 sider
...C. When the connected subjects are of different persons, the verb must be in the plural number, and must agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third; as, "My sister and I are employed daily in our respective occupations." Correct the following : 1. Virtuous... | |
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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, Si tu et Tullia, valetis, ego et Cicero valemus, If you and TulUa are well, I and Cicero... 
