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2. Morse invented the telegraph.

3. Ericsson built the Monitor.

4. Hume wrote a history.

5. Morn purples the east, 6. Antony beheaded Cicero.

+Model+.--_Gold is malleable_.

Gold | is malleable =====|=============== |

In this diagram, the line standing for the _attribute complement_, like the _object line_, is a continuation of the predicate line; but notice the difference in the little mark separating the _incomplete_[Footnote: Hereafter we shall call the _verb_ the _predicate_, but, when followed by a complement, it must be regarded as an _incomplete_ predicate.] predicate from the complement.

+Oral a.n.a.lysis+.---_Gold_ and _is_, as before.

_Malleable_ is the _attribute complement_, because it completes the predicate, and expresses a quality belonging to gold.

7. Pure water is tasteless.

8. The hare is timid.

9. Fawns are graceful.

10. This peach is delicious.

11. He was extremely prodigal.

12. The valley of the Mississippi is very fertile.

+To the Teacher+--See Notes, pp. 183,184.

LESSON 40.

ERRORS IN THE USE OF MODIFIERS.

+Caution+.--Place _adverbs_ where there can be no doubt as to the words they modify.

ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.

I only bring forward a few things.

Hath the Lord only [Footnote: Adverbs sometimes modify phrases.]spoken by Moses?

We merely speak of numbers.

The Chinese chiefly live upon rice.

+Caution+.--In placing the adverb, regard must be had to the _sound_ of the sentence.

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