Category: Language & Communication
BY LILLIAN G. KIMBALL FORMERLY HEAD OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN AUTHOR OF “THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH SENTENCE” “ELEMENTARY ENGLISH, BOOK ONE,” AND “ELEMENTARY ENGLISH, BOOK TWO”
BY LILLIAN G. KIMBALL FORMERLY HEAD OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN AUTHOR OF “THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENGLISH SENTENCE” “ELEMENTARY ENGLISH, BOOK ON...
2. Part 2=Exercise.=—Divide the following sentences into subject and predicate. Select the predicate verb, and tell why it is a verb. Find the simple subject of each sentence. Tell what...
3. Part 3=33.= We cannot always describe or point out objects as fully as we wish by means of adjectives, and so we use another sort of modifier, which is not a single word, but a group...
4. Part 4=56.= Such sentences as those just quoted, which begin with _how_ or _what_, are exclamatory in form as well as in sense, and are therefore sometimes called pure exclamatory sen...
5. Part 5=73.= In sentence 13 in the preceding exercise, it is evident that the word _love_, which is often a verb, is used as a term of address, and therefore is a noun. Many words may...
6. Part 6=92.= A common error is the misuse of an adverb for an adjective as the subjective complement of a verb of being. We should say, “I feel _bad_, or _ill_, or _unhappy_” (not _bad...
7. Part 7=123.= The noun in the nominative case is used in other relations besides that of subject of a verb. The subjective complement is in the nominative case, as well as the noun use...
8. Part 8=144.= All the personal pronouns have several different forms, and if we wish to speak our language correctly, we must know these forms and be careful in their use. The personal...
9. Part 9Proper adjectives include within themselves many other adjectives. If we speak of a Scotch collie, a French costume, or a Grecian nose, the listener gets the same picture that h...
10. Part 10(6) The =future perfect tense= denotes that a future action will be completed before a particular future time. It consists of three words, one of which is the auxiliary _have_,...
11. Part 11The present tense form of some verbs is misused for the past tense. We should say, “The tailor _came_ (not _come_) last night,” “I _ran_ (not _run_) a mile yesterday,” “And then...
12. Part 12=242.= In questions where the subject is a word of the second or the third person, we should use in the question the form we expect in the answer. A boy should say to his employ...
13. Part 13=261.= As _don’t_ is a contraction of _do not_, it should be used only with a plural subject, or with the singular pronouns _I_ and _you_. We say, “I _don’t_ know,” “You _don’t_...
14. Part 14=280.= When we parse a preposition, we tell (1) what phrase it introduces, and (2) what words it shows a relation between; thus, “In the sentence, ‘I bring you tidings of great...
15. Part 1511. After the robins have pinched and shaken all the life out of an earthworm, as Italian cooks pound all the spirit out of a steak, and then gulped him, they stand up in honest...
16. Part 16=313.= We have learned that clauses may be independent or dependent; that dependent clauses may be used like nouns, adjectives, or adverbs; that adjective clauses may be restric...
17. Part 1717. We heard the meadow larks singing their wistful songs, but always instead of the black hearts upon their yellow breasts they showed us just the two white feathers in their t...
18. Part 18Note that although the participial phrase may take the place of a clause of time or cause, it is still an adjective element; for, as shown in the sentences just studied, such a...
19. Part 19The absolute phrase consists of the noun _Amy_ and the participial phrase _having gone to Vermont_, which have the logical relation of subject and predicate. The base of the par...
20. Part 203. What kind of noun is _family_ in sentence (1)? Use it in a sentence so as to reveal its number and its gender. What is its number in sentence (3)? How do you account for it?
21. Part 21