Part 22 (2/2)

SENTENCE-BUILDING.

Nouns and p.r.o.nouns denoting possession may generally be changed to equivalent phrases; as, _Arnold's treason_ = _the treason of Arnold_. Here the preposition _of_ indicates _possession_, the same relation expressed by the apostrophe (') and _s_. Change the following possessive nouns to equivalent phrases, and the phrases indicating possession to possessive nouns, and then expand the expressions into complete sentences.

+Model+.--The _earth's_ surface. The surface _of the earth_ is made up of land and water.

The earth's surface: Solomon's temple; England's Queen; Was.h.i.+ngton's Farewell Address; Dr. Kane's Explorations; Peter's wife's mother; George's friend's father; Shakespeare's plays; Noah's dove; the diameter of the earth; the daughter of Jephthah; the invasion of Burgoyne; the voyage of Cabot; the Armada of Philip; the attraction of the earth; the light of the moon.

Find for the things mentioned below, _other_ names which shall describe or explain them. Add such names to these nouns, and then expand the expressions into complete sentences.

+Model+.--_Ink_.--_Ink, a dark fluid_, is used in writing.

Observe the following rule.

+COMMA-RULE.--An _Explanatory Modifier_, when it does not restrict the modified term or combine closely with it, is set off by the comma+.

+To the Teacher+.--See Notes, pp. 176, 177.

New York, rain, paper, the monkey, the robin, tea, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, world, peninsula, Cuba, Shakespeare.

Write three sentences, each of which shall contain a noun or p.r.o.noun denoting possession, and a noun or p.r.o.noun used to explain.

+To the Teacher+.--For additional exercises in the use of possessive modifiers, see Notes, pp. 182, 183.

LESSON 55.

a.n.a.lYSIS AND PARSING.

MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES IN REVIEW.

1. The toad spends the winter in a dormant state.

2. Pride in dress or in beauty betrays a weak mind.

3. The city of London is situated on the river Thames.

4. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769, on an island in the Mediterranean.

5. Men's opinions vary with their interests.

6. Ammonia is found in the sap of trees, and in the juices of all vegetables.

7. Earth sends up her perpetual hymn of praise to the Creator.

8. Having once been deceived by him, I never trusted him again.

9. Aesop, the author of Aesop's Fables, was a slave.

10. Hope comes with smiles to cheer the hour of pain.

11. Clouds are collections of vapors in the air.

12. To relieve the wretched was his pride.

13. Greece, the most noted country of antiquity, scarcely exceeded in size the half of the state of New York.

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