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... never used as the subject or object of a verb , but may be put in apposition with either , for the purpose of explanation . Ex . " And I have loved thee , Ocean . " Compose sentences in which there shall be two examples of nouns and two ...
... never used as the subject or object of a verb , but may be put in apposition with either , for the purpose of explanation . Ex . " And I have loved thee , Ocean . " Compose sentences in which there shall be two examples of nouns and two ...
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... never be used merely as a connective . - Ex . " I have no doubt but what it is true , " is incorrect because the relative what is used instead of the conjunction that . The word to which the pronoun relates is called its antecedent ...
... never be used merely as a connective . - Ex . " I have no doubt but what it is true , " is incorrect because the relative what is used instead of the conjunction that . The word to which the pronoun relates is called its antecedent ...
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... never seen a lion . Which is applied to things and inferior animals , sometimes to children , to collective nouns in the singular implying unity , and also to persons in asking questions . Which applies to a noun denoting person , when ...
... never seen a lion . Which is applied to things and inferior animals , sometimes to children , to collective nouns in the singular implying unity , and also to persons in asking questions . Which applies to a noun denoting person , when ...
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... never limited by an adjective , but may have a predicate adjective belonging to it ; as , To converse is pleasant . NOTE . - A verb is said to be finite when it has person and number . TENSES IN ALL THE MODES . The indicative mode has ...
... never limited by an adjective , but may have a predicate adjective belonging to it ; as , To converse is pleasant . NOTE . - A verb is said to be finite when it has person and number . TENSES IN ALL THE MODES . The indicative mode has ...
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... never witnessed than by those who beheld those heroes rushing to the arms of death . At the distance of twelve hundred yards the entire line of the enemy belched forth , from thirty iron mouths , a flood of smoke and flame through which ...
... never witnessed than by those who beheld those heroes rushing to the arms of death . At the distance of twelve hundred yards the entire line of the enemy belched forth , from thirty iron mouths , a flood of smoke and flame through which ...
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adjective adverbs antecedent asking business letters called cents Charles Sumner clauses collective noun comma complimentary closing compound conjunctions connected consonant Correct the following dead letter office Dear Sir delivery denotes Dollars draft envelope EXERCISES expression favor folded following sentences FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gender give Illustrate inclosing indorsement infinitive interrogative James LESSON letter sheet mail-matter masculine matter meaning mode modified never objective element omitted participle party passive voice PAST PERFECT PERFECT TENSE phrase plural position post-office postal postal cards postmaster predicate verb preposition present perfect PRESENT PERFECT TENSE principal proper punctuation receipt receive reference regarding relative pronoun remittance reply request respectfully salutation signature singular social correspondence social letters sometimes stamp street and number style syllable things thou tion transitive verb usually words Write a dispatch Write a letter written
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Page 35 - An OUTLINE of the NECESSARY LAWS of THOUGHT : a Treatise on Pure and Applied Logic.
Page 35 - Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Page 66 - I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.
Page 66 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 31 - The whole brigade scarcely made one effective regiment, according to the numbers of continental armies, and yet it was more than we could spare. As they rushed towards the front, the Russians opened on them from the guns in the redoubt on the right with volleys of musketry and rifles. They swept proudly past, glittering in the morning sun in all the pride and splendour of war. We could scarcely believe the evidence of our senses ! Surely that handful of men...
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Page 31 - They swept proudly past, glittering in the morning sun in all the pride and splendour of war. We could scarcely believe the evidence of our senses ! Surely that handful of men are not going to charge an army in position...
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Page 33 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
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