Part 24 (2/2)

18 If the book _was_ (_were_) in my library, I would send it

19 I will see that he _obey_ (_obeys_) you

20 If a man _smite_ (_smites_) his servant and the servant _die_ (_dies_), the h he _is_ (_be_) poor and helpless now, you may rest assured that he will not remain so

22 I wish I _was_ (_were_) a musician

23 Make haste lest your ardor _cool_ (_cools_)

24 He will continue his course, though it _cost_ (_costs_) hih a liar _speak_ (_speaks_) the truth, he will hardly be believed

26 Govern well thy appetite, lest sin _surprise_ (_surprises_) thee

27 Though gold _is_ (_be_) old

28 Whether he _go_ (_goes_) or not, it is your duty to go

29 If he _was_ (_were, should be_) elected, it would be his ruin

30 If a picture _is_ (_be_) admired by none but painters, the picture is bad

31 If one _went_ (_should go_) unto them from the dead, they would repent

32 If an animal of any kind _was_ (_were_) kept shut up in a box, it would surely die

33 They will not believe, though one _rose_ (_rise_) from the dead

34 Clerk wanted It is indispensable that he _write_ (_writes_) a good hand and _have_ (_has_) so

35 If the debtor _pay_ (_pays_) the debt, he shall be discharged

36 If oes_), which I think is doubtful, she will surely call for you

37 The ht have mouldered into oblivion _did_ (_had_) not some historian _take_ (_taken_) him into favor

38 He will see his error if he _substitute_ (_substitutes_) ”that which”

for ”what”

39 Though Dorothy _is_ (_be_) young, she is tall

40 Unless he _take_ (_takes_) better care of his health, his constitution will break down

41 If I lend you my horse, I _shall_ (_should_) have to borrow one myself

42 I hope that if any of my readers _comes_ (_come, should come_) to New Haven, he may find the city just as I have described it

SINGULAR or PLURAL[88]--The following principles, established by good usage, writers or speakers are liable to forget:--

1 The expressions _each, every, ular

2 When the subject consists of singular nouns or pronouns connected by _or, either_--_or_, or _neither_--_nor_, the verb ular

3 Words joined to the subject by _with, together with, in addition to_, or _as well as_, are not a part of the grammatical subject, but are parenthetical, and therefore do not affect the number of the verb

4 Since a relative pronoun has the number and person of its antecedent, a verb whose subject is a relative pronoun agrees in person and number with the antecedent of the relative

5 ”When the subject though plural in forular; when the subject though singular in form is plural in sense, the verb should be plural:”[89] as, ”'Gulliver's Travels'

_ritten by Swift;” ”Five hundred dollars _is_ a large suone”

6 ”A collective noun, when it refers to the collection as a whole, is singular in sense, and therefore requires a singular verb; when it refers to the individual persons or things of the collection, it is plural and requires a plural verb”[90]

[88] ”Foundations,” pp, 101-108

[89] AS Hill: Principles of Rhetoric, revised edition, p 56

[90] Ibid, p 57

EXERCISE LIII

_Insert the proper form of the verb ”to be” in each of the blank places_:--