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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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