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... omitted . Ex .- " Talent is power , tact is skill . " Write three simple , three complex , and three compound sentences . Propositions are either principal or subordinate . A principal proposition is one which makes complete sense when ...
... omitted . Ex .- " Talent is power , tact is skill . " Write three simple , three complex , and three compound sentences . Propositions are either principal or subordinate . A principal proposition is one which makes complete sense when ...
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... omitted . Ex . He does not know what to say . What can be resolved into that which or the thing which . As is called a relative pronoun when it is used after such , many , or same . INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS . The interrogative pronouns ...
... omitted . Ex . He does not know what to say . What can be resolved into that which or the thing which . As is called a relative pronoun when it is used after such , many , or same . INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS . The interrogative pronouns ...
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... omitted after the verbs bid , dare , feel , hear , help , make , need , see , and a few others ; as , Bid them be quiet . Let them come on . See him run . The infinitive is sometimes used as an abstract noun . It may then be the subject ...
... omitted after the verbs bid , dare , feel , hear , help , make , need , see , and a few others ; as , Bid them be quiet . Let them come on . See him run . The infinitive is sometimes used as an abstract noun . It may then be the subject ...
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... omitted ; as , " Let us try to enrich and purify and ennoble our minds . ” Obs . - Two or more words are of the same construction when they have a common dependence on some other term . Rule 4. - When the terms of a series are joined in ...
... omitted ; as , " Let us try to enrich and purify and ennoble our minds . ” Obs . - Two or more words are of the same construction when they have a common dependence on some other term . Rule 4. - When the terms of a series are joined in ...
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... omitted ; as , " The miser grows rich by seeming poor ; the extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich . " NOTE 2. - When the clauses are short and the connection is close , a comma may be employed ; as , " Simple men admire the learned ...
... omitted ; as , " The miser grows rich by seeming poor ; the extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich . " NOTE 2. - When the clauses are short and the connection is close , a comma may be employed ; as , " Simple men admire the learned ...
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adjective element adverbs antecedent 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 object 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 subordinate conjunctions 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.
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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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