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... connection unifying this work is the sentence , it will be seen that the lessons fall into their natural order of sequence . When , through the development of the sentence , all the offices of the different parts of speech are mastered ...
... connection unifying this work is the sentence , it will be seen that the lessons fall into their natural order of sequence . When , through the development of the sentence , all the offices of the different parts of speech are mastered ...
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... connected with the rest of the sentence , should be set off by the comma . † Remark . This rule must be applied with caution . Unless it is desired to make the phrase emphatic , or to break the continuity of the thought , the growing ...
... connected with the rest of the sentence , should be set off by the comma . † Remark . This rule must be applied with caution . Unless it is desired to make the phrase emphatic , or to break the continuity of the thought , the growing ...
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... connected by and , and being understood between Edward and Mary . Connected subjects having the same predicate form a Compound Subject . The Charles I. was seized , was tried , and was beheaded . three predicates was seized , was tried ...
... connected by and , and being understood between Edward and Mary . Connected subjects having the same predicate form a Compound Subject . The Charles I. was seized , was tried , and was beheaded . three predicates was seized , was tried ...
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... connecting the parts of a compound subject or of a compound predicate are called Conjunctions ( Lat . con , or cum ... connected predicates having the same subject form a Compound Predicate . DEFINITION . A Conjunction is a word used ...
... connecting the parts of a compound subject or of a compound predicate are called Conjunctions ( Lat . con , or cum ... connected predicates having the same subject form a Compound Predicate . DEFINITION . A Conjunction is a word used ...
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... connected horizontal lines will stand for the parts of a compound predicate . Oral Analysis . Wives , sisters and mothers form the com- pound subject ; anxious is a modifier of the compound sub- ject ; and connects sisters and mothers ...
... connected horizontal lines will stand for the parts of a compound predicate . Oral Analysis . Wives , sisters and mothers form the com- pound subject ; anxious is a modifier of the compound sub- ject ; and connects sisters and mothers ...
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