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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word _new_ tells what kind of coin is meant. What other words can I use to
modify _coin_? +P.--+_Beautiful, bright, new, round, silver_. +T.--+These words _beautiful, bright, new, round_, and _silver_ modify the subject by telling the qualities of the coin. We call the words _the, beautiful_, etc., +Modifiers+. +DEFINITION.--A _Modifier_ is a word or group of words joined to some part of the sentence to qualify or limit the meaning+. The +_Subject_+ with its +_Modifiers_+ is called the +_Modified Subject_+. ANALYSIS. Analyze and diagram the following sentences. +Model.--+_The genial summer days have come_. days | have come =====================|============= \The \genial \summer | +Explanation of the Diagram.--+The lighter lines, joined to the subject line, stand for the _modifiers_, the less important parts. +Oral Analysis.--+This is a sentence, because----; _days_ is the subject, because----; _have come_ is the predicate, because----; _The, genial_, and _summer_ are _modifiers_ of the subject, because they are words joined to the subject to modify its meaning. _The genial summer days_ is the |
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