Higher Lessons in English - A work on english grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg;Alonzo Reed
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Many long golden A warm turbid +Direction+.--_Prefix to each of these nouns several appropriate adjectives:_-- River, frost, grain, ships, air, men. +Direction+.--_Couple those adjectives and nouns below that most appropriately go together:_-- Modest, lovely, flaunting, meek, patient, faithful, saucy, spirited, violet, dahlia, sheep, pansy, ox, dog, horse, rose, gentle, duck, sly, waddling, cooing, chattering, homely, chirping, puss, robin, dove, sparrow, blackbird, cow, hen, cackling. * * * * * LESSON 14. MODIFIED PREDICATE. ADVERBS. +Introductory Hints+.--You have learned that the subject may be modified; let us see whether the predicate may be. If we say, _The leaves fall_, we express a fact in a general way. But, if we wish to speak of the time of their falling, we can add a word and say, |
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