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... term of address ; as , " Ye crags and peaks . " Idle time , John , is ruinous . A noun in the first or the second person is never used as the subject or object of a verb , but may be put in apposition with either , for the purpose of ...
... term of address ; as , " Ye crags and peaks . " Idle time , John , is ruinous . A noun in the first or the second person is never used as the subject or object of a verb , but may be put in apposition with either , for the purpose of ...
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... term , or expression , must have the same relation to the other words of the sentence as the term explained ; it is , therefore , in the same case with those words . Ex .- " His purse was wealth , his word a bond . " " The world is a ...
... term , or expression , must have the same relation to the other words of the sentence as the term explained ; it is , therefore , in the same case with those words . Ex .- " His purse was wealth , his word a bond . " " The world is a ...
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... term attributive is here used to signify a quality or other limitation asserted . Intransitive verbs become attributive when the sense is incomplete without an attribute ; as , It looks round . It appears new . Transitive verbs have an ...
... term attributive is here used to signify a quality or other limitation asserted . Intransitive verbs become attributive when the sense is incomplete without an attribute ; as , It looks round . It appears new . Transitive verbs have an ...
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... term . Rule 4. - When the terms of a series are joined in pairs , they should be separated in pairs by the comma . Ex .- " The dying man cares not for pomp or luxury , palace or estate , silver or gold . " Rule 5. - Words or phrases ...
... term . Rule 4. - When the terms of a series are joined in pairs , they should be separated in pairs by the comma . Ex .- " The dying man cares not for pomp or luxury , palace or estate , silver or gold . " Rule 5. - Words or phrases ...
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... term of comparison should never include the former ; as , " New York is larger than any city in America , " is incorrect ; it should be , " than any other city . " 10. In the superlative degree , the latter term of comparison should ...
... term of comparison should never include the former ; as , " New York is larger than any city in America , " is incorrect ; it should be , " than any other city . " 10. In the superlative degree , the latter term of comparison should ...
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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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