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... speaking and effective writing . Rules and definitions are made clear before they are stated . As valuable knowledge comes only from doing , many examples and illustrative exercises are provided . Where practicable these examples are ...
... speaking and effective writing . Rules and definitions are made clear before they are stated . As valuable knowledge comes only from doing , many examples and illustrative exercises are provided . Where practicable these examples are ...
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... called the Subject ; and the word or group of words that asserts ( predicates ) something of the subject , is called the Predicate . NOTE . Strictly speaking , in an interrogative sentence the ΙΟ GRAMMAR Subject and Predicate 10-24, 31.
... called the Subject ; and the word or group of words that asserts ( predicates ) something of the subject , is called the Predicate . NOTE . Strictly speaking , in an interrogative sentence the ΙΟ GRAMMAR Subject and Predicate 10-24, 31.
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... speaking , in an interrogative sentence the subject names that about which something is asked ( not stated ) , and the predicate asks something about that which is named by the subject . So in an imperative sentence the predicate ...
... speaking , in an interrogative sentence the subject names that about which something is asked ( not stated ) , and the predicate asks something about that which is named by the subject . So in an imperative sentence the predicate ...
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... speaking to Bertha ; ( you ) study your lesson . " When a term of address is attached to a sentence it is set off by a comma or by an exclamation point , and is considered as independent . RULE OF PUNCTUATION . Every independent element ...
... speaking to Bertha ; ( you ) study your lesson . " When a term of address is attached to a sentence it is set off by a comma or by an exclamation point , and is considered as independent . RULE OF PUNCTUATION . Every independent element ...
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... speak or write our words ? 2. Does a group of words , if properly arranged , always make a sentence ? 3. How can you determine whether or not a group of words is a sentence ? 4. What do we call sentences that make statements ? 5. Those ...
... speak or write our words ? 2. Does a group of words , if properly arranged , always make a sentence ? 3. How can you determine whether or not a group of words is a sentence ? 4. What do we call sentences that make statements ? 5. Those ...
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action adjective adverb adverbial clause apposition assertion attribute complement auxiliary Bruce called collective noun comma Comp complete composition compound sentence Conj conjunction conjunctive adverb coördinate DEFINITION denote diagram the following exclamation point exclamatory Exercise expletive express factitive complement father feeling finite verb following sentences gender girl give grammar group of words indicated indirect object infinitive inflection intransitive intransitive verb John kind letter loved mode modify the meaning never nominative Note noun or pronoun object complement omitted paragraph parse passive voice past participle PAST PERFECT past tense PERFECT TENSE personal pronoun phrase picture Plural Number possessive preposition present perfect PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRESENT TENSE punctuation pupils relation relative pronoun rule selection simple Sing Singular Number speech STEPS ENG subject and predicate Subjunctive subordinate conjunction suggestive teacher tell tences Thou thought tive wish Write
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Page 185 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 325 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When...
Page 44 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says.
Page 195 - One of the illusions is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Page 75 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Page 226 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.
Page 10 - Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you For every day. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever ; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long : And so make life, death, and that vast for-ever One grand, sweet song.
Page 195 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 282 - DRIVING HOME THE COWS. OUT of the clover and blue-eyed grass, He turned them into the river-lane ; One after another he let them pass, Then fastened the meadow bars again. Under the willows and over the hill, He patiently followed their sober pace ; The merry whistle for once was still, And something shadowed the sunny face. Only a boy ! and his father had said, He never could let his youngest go ; Two already were lying dead Under the feet of the trampling foe.
Page 209 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.