Higher Lessons in English - A work on english grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg;Alonzo Reed
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\atmosphere \just \ \___________ \Falls \ \______ \only \ \the +Explanation+.----_Only_ modifies the whole phrase, and _just_ modifies the preposition. 9. The Suspension Bridge is stretched across the Niagara river just below the Falls. 10. In Mother Goose the cow jumps clear over the moon. 11. The first standing army was formed in the middle of the fifteenth century. 12. The first astronomical observatory in Europe was erected at Seville by the Saracens. 13. The tails of some comets stretch to the distance of 100,000,000 miles. 14. The body of the great Napoleon was carried back from St. Helena to France. * * * * * LESSON 18. COMPOSITION-PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES. +COMMA-RULE.--Phrases that are placed out of their usual order [Footnote: For the usual order of words and phrases, see Lesson 51.] and made emphatic, or that are loosely connected with the rest of the sentence, |
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