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=Number.= Use the Sing. number in connection with a Collective Noun in the Sing., S. 107, N. 13.

=Object=, the grammatical, in a principal clause, followed by a subordinate clause, or a supine, S. 51, N. 13.

=on.= On the contrary, how to render, S. 66, N. 16. To be on the point of, rendered by +wollen+, S. 67, N. 2.

=one=, not translated after an adj. or a pron., S. 67, N. 2.

=one=, numeral, not translated before hundred and thousand, S. 132, N. 10.

=one day=, how to render, S. 19, N. 2.

=only=, adv., how to render, S. 109, N. 5.

=order=, to, how to render, S. 73, N. 1.

=ought=, how to render, S. 64, N. 5.

=Participles=, the. Participles used attributively must be inflected, S. 7, N. 3, B. THE PAST (OR PERFECT) PARTICIPLE. As a rule precedes the qualified noun, S. 7, N. 3, A. Rendered by a relat. clause, S. 7, N. 3, B. Rendered by the attributive construction, S. 7, N. 3, and S. 48, N. 6. Used elliptically to denote state or condition, S. 102, N. 3. THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE. The English—qualifying a preceding noun, turned into a relat. clause, S. 16, N. 4. How to render when it denotes a logical cause, S. 30, N. 4. Rendered by the attributive construction, S. 48, N. 6. Used adverbially to denote manner or state, S. 53, N. 12. How to render when used in adverbial clauses of time, S. 55, N. 1. The — in -ing in adverbial clauses of manner, rendered by the conj. +indem+ and a finite verb, S. 111, N. 6.

=Passive Voice=, the. Its formation in German, S. 2, N. 1. How to recognise, S. 2, N. 1. Rendered into German by a reflective verb, or the pron. +man+ with the active voice, S. 4, N. 4.

=people=, how to render, S. 134, N. 4.

=Perfect=, the. Its use, S. 48, N. 2. The Eng. Perfect rendered by the Present in German, S. 145, N. 17.

=Person=, the, for whose benefit an action is done, must, as a rule, be indicated in German, S. 130, N. 12.

=Personal Pronoun=, the. In the Dat. case, used to indicate the Possessor, S. 43, N. 9, B. Used to indicate the person for whose benefit an action is performed, S. 58, N. 8. Personal and possessive pronouns require a capital initial in letters, S. 69, N. 2.

+=Pfund=+, +das+, one £, Engl., never takes the mark of the plural, S. 58, N. 3.

=Possessive Adjective Pronoun=, the. When repeated in German, S. 10, N. 9. How to render into German, S. 43, N. 9, A and B.

=pound=, how to render, S. 58, N. 3.

=Predicate=, the, Copula or Verb, must follow the Subject when it begins the clause, S. 5, N. 2. The formation of the Superlatives of adjectives used predicatively, S. 120, N. 14.

=Present Tense=, the German, used to express duration up to the time of speaking, where the Engl. use the Perfect, S. 145, N. 17.

=Principal clauses.= Their construction, App. §§ 1-12.

=progress=, noun, how to render, S. 132, N. 1.

=Proper names=, when not inflected, S. 65, N. 1.

=rate.= At the rate of, how to render, S. 235, N. 9.

=Relative Clauses=, rendered by the attributive construction, S. 48, N. 6.

=Relative Pronoun=, the. Follows, as a rule, its antecedent, S. 13, N. 5. Must not be omitted in German, S. 16, N. 10. +Der+ and +die+ must be used in reference to a preceding personal pronoun, S. 78, N. 7.

=Scholar=, how to render, S. 128, N. 1.

+=sein=+, auxiliary, its use, S. 29, N. 3.

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