Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed;Brainerd Kellogg
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clauses.
NOUN CLAUSES. Noun clauses may be contracted; as, "_That we should obey_ is necessary" = "_Obedience_ is necessary," or, "_To obey_ is necessary;" "I can hardly realize _that my friend is gone_" = "I can hardly realize _my friend's being gone_." By substituting _it_ for the subject clause, this clause maybe placed last and made explanatory; as, "_It_ is necessary _that we should obey_." The object clause is sometimes transposed; as, "_That my friend is gone_, I can hardly realize." The noun clause may be made prominent by introducing the independent clause parenthetically; as,"_His story_, we believe, _is exaggerated_." Notice the punctuation of the clauses above. The noun clause used as attribute complement is generally set off by the comma. Noun clauses that are quotations need special treatment. NOUN CLAUSES--QUOTATIONS. We suggest the following observation lesson:-- 1. Goldsmith says, "Learn the luxury of doing good." 2. Goldsmith says that we should learn the luxury of doing good. 3. "The owlet Atheism, hooting at the glorious sun in heaven, cries out, 'Where is it?'" 4. Coleridge compares atheism to an owlet hooting at the sun, and asking where it is. 5. "To read without reflecting," says Burke, "is like eating without digesting." |
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