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... capital of Japan . 8. Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation ? 9 . O Cromwell , we are fallen on evil times ! 10. Julius Caesar conquered England 50 B. C. QUESTIONS I. What sentences in the foregoing list give you information ? What ...
... capital of Japan . 8. Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation ? 9 . O Cromwell , we are fallen on evil times ! 10. Julius Caesar conquered England 50 B. C. QUESTIONS I. What sentences in the foregoing list give you information ? What ...
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... capital letter . A noun usually proper becomes common when it ceases to distinguish its object from others of the same class ; as , " John Milton was an English poet . " " He is the Milton of his age . " The word " Milton " in the ...
... capital letter . A noun usually proper becomes common when it ceases to distinguish its object from others of the same class ; as , " John Milton was an English poet . " " He is the Milton of his age . " The word " Milton " in the ...
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... capital letters . A noun usually common becomes proper when it distinguishes its object from others of the same class , and when so used should begin with a capital letter ; as , " He made many good resolutions at the beginning of the ...
... capital letters . A noun usually common becomes proper when it distinguishes its object from others of the same class , and when so used should begin with a capital letter ; as , " He made many good resolutions at the beginning of the ...
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... capital letter . 1. The company has made rapid progress . ( Deduct one per cent for each error . ) 2. The gregg publishing company is located on wabash avenue . 3. There was no other avenue of escape . 4. Whittier wrote the " corn song ...
... capital letter . 1. The company has made rapid progress . ( Deduct one per cent for each error . ) 2. The gregg publishing company is located on wabash avenue . 3. There was no other avenue of escape . 4. Whittier wrote the " corn song ...
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Hubert Adonley Hagar. CAPITALIZATION OF PROPER ADJECTIVES Proper adjectives should begin with a capital letter , except when they have lost their proper significance and are used to denote a common quality ; as , " English law ...
Hubert Adonley Hagar. CAPITALIZATION OF PROPER ADJECTIVES Proper adjectives should begin with a capital letter , except when they have lost their proper significance and are used to denote a common quality ; as , " English law ...
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action adjective adverb are-is blank spaces boys Chicago clause comma complement complimentary close compound sentences conjunction containing a noun Dear Sir DECLENSION Deduct six Deduct three deer amends denotes English ENGLISH PLURAL error exclamation point EXERCISE express finite verb following sentences foregoing sentences Future Perfect Tense gender Grade Grammar has-have he-him inclosed within quotation INDICATIVE MODE infinitive Insert interrogation point is-are italicized John LESSON means MODE Present Tense modified Name nominative noun or pronoun object paragraph PARTICIPIAL MODE Past Perfect Tense Past Tense Perfect Participle PLURAL position possessive POTENTIAL MODE predicate preposition Present Perfect Tense president punctuation quotation marks rain respectfully RULE seen Past semicolon sentence containing she-her signifies speaker stenographer SUBJUNCTIVE teacher things thou thought tion to-day to-morrow transitive verb truly usually was-were who-whom wish words Write a sentence yesterday
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Page 213 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 223 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!
Page 11 - Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but, when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave.
Page 224 - No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Page 250 - tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation ; And few years hence, if anarchy goes on, Jack Presbyter shall here erect his throne, Knock out a tub with preaching once a day, And every prayer be longer than a play. Then all...
Page 97 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Page 83 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Page 97 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Page 237 - And the first thing I would do in my government, I would have nobody to control me, I would be absolute; and who but I : now, he that is absolute, can do what he likes ; he that can do what he likes, can take his pleasure ; he that can take his pleasure, can be content ; and he that can be content, has no more to desire ; so the...
Page 223 - Wherever literature consoles sorrow, or assuages pain, wherever it brings gladness to eyes which fail with wakefulness and tears, and ache for the dark house and the long sleep, there is exhibited, in its noblest form, the immortal influence of Athens.