Composition for Elementary Schools: A Composition GrammarRand, McNally, 1916 - 296 páginas |
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... comma there , or no point at all , and begin the next word with a small letter . You have had your attention called to this matter before . In order to help you to avoid this fault , it is necessary to give you a careful study of the ...
... comma there , or no point at all , and begin the next word with a small letter . You have had your attention called to this matter before . In order to help you to avoid this fault , it is necessary to give you a careful study of the ...
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... comma . You should also begin the first word and other important words of the title with capitals . In two of the fables you will find such words as “ cried , " " inquired , " and " replied . " After each comes a short speech by one of ...
... comma . You should also begin the first word and other important words of the title with capitals . In two of the fables you will find such words as “ cried , " " inquired , " and " replied . " After each comes a short speech by one of ...
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... comma rather than a period ; the comma stands for a slighter break in the sentence than the period . THE APOSTROPHE 31. The two compositions we have been con- sidering were not printed precisely as they were written . It must be ...
... comma rather than a period ; the comma stands for a slighter break in the sentence than the period . THE APOSTROPHE 31. The two compositions we have been con- sidering were not printed precisely as they were written . It must be ...
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... commas are used between them . When there are two verbs or subjects , they are likely to be joined by and , or , or but . If there are several verbs or several subjects , one of these little words is usually used be- tween the last two ...
... commas are used between them . When there are two verbs or subjects , they are likely to be joined by and , or , or but . If there are several verbs or several subjects , one of these little words is usually used be- tween the last two ...
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... commas between them , and even before the con- nective word that joins the last two . Determine what are the modifiers of each verb and each subject . MISTAKES IN THE USE OF MODIFIERS 49. You use the word this to mean a single thing ...
... commas between them , and even before the con- nective word that joins the last two . Determine what are the modifiers of each verb and each subject . MISTAKES IN THE USE OF MODIFIERS 49. You use the word this to mean a single thing ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adjective adverb Ægir Æsop aloud appositive begin blackboard Bre'er Lion Bre'er Rabbit business letter called carefully comma complete subject complimentary close composition connective words consider correct daughter determine example sentences EXERCISE IN CRITICISM EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR express father following sentences friends girls give group objects group of words horse Hymir indirect object interesting INTRANSITIVE VERBS Jack built joined kind learned lesson linking verb look means mistakes modifies mother nominatives of address nouns outline paragraph pause perhaps phrase picture play predicate verb predicate words preposition principal clause pronouns punctuation questions quotation marks Read the following reply sentences containing sentences given sometimes speak spelling story subject substantive subordinate clauses subordinating conjunction teacher tell tences Thor thought tion tree word or group write yourselves
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Página 101 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 285 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 102 - ... half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces Amen...
Página 228 - Only pray don't drink it all," said Gluck. But the old man drank a great deal, and gave him back the bottle two thirds empty. Then he bade him good speed, and Gluck went on again merrily. And the path became easier to his feet, and two or three blades of grass appeared upon it, and some grasshoppers began singing on the bank beside it ; and Gluck thought he had never heard such merry singing. Then he went on for another hour, and the thirst increased on him so that he thought he should be forced...
Página 135 - So wonderfully eloquent was he, that whatever he might choose to say, his auditors had no choice but to believe him ; wrong looked like right, and right like wrong ; for when it pleased him he could make a kind of illuminated fog with his mere breath, and obscure the natural daylight with it. His tongue, indeed, was a magic instrument ; sometimes it rumbled like the thunder ; sometimes it warbled like the sweetest music. It was the blast of war, — the song of peace ; and it seemed to have a heart...
Página 227 - When Gluck found that Schwartz did not come back he was very sorry, and did not know what to do. He had no money, and was obliged to go and hire himself again to the goldsmith, who worked him very hard, and gave him very little money.
Página 102 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion. This authority of the knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see...
Página 12 - DID you ever hear of the golden apples, that grew in the garden of the Hesperides ? Ah, those were such apples as would bring a great price, by the bushel, if any of them could be found growing in the orchards of nowadays ! But there is not, I suppose, a graft of that wonderful fruit on a single tree in the wide world. Not so much as a seed of those apples exists any longer. And, even in the old, old, half-forgotten times, before the garden of the Hesperides...
Página 173 - I'd only been the right size to do it! Oh dear! I'd nearly forgotten that I've got to grow up again! Let me see - how IS it to be managed? I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other; but the great question is, what?
Página 227 - So he went to the priest, and the priest gave him some holy water as soon as he asked for it. Then Gluck took some bread in his basket, and the bottle of water, and set off very early for the mountains. If the glacier had occasioned a great deal of fatigue to his brothers, it was twenty times worse for him, who was neither so strong nor so practised on the mountains. He had several very bad falls, lost his basket and bread, and was very much frightened at the strange noises under the ice. He lay...