Part 32 (1/2)
A GENERAL EXERCISE ON GRAMMAR
EXERCISE 63
_Correct such of the following sentences as are wrong After each sentence, in parenthesis, is placed the nuraph in which is discussed the question involved:_
1 He likes to boast of Mary cooking (71) 2 It is an error and which can't be corrected (83) 3 He said he should come if he could (68) 4 Can I use your pencil? (69) 5 If you were I, ould you do? (68) 6 We would like to go (68) 7 Neither the members of the committee nor the chairman is present (63-5) 8 He only spoke of history, not of art (45) 9 Socialists don't have no use for trusts (46) 10 This is John's book (13) 11 I feared that they should not come (68) 12 Mother's and father's death (15-4) 13 Mary was eager to have gone (73) 14 The boys, as well as their teacher, is to be praised (64-1) 15 The ress watch each other (44) 16 I fear that I will take cold (67) 17 Sootten their umbrella (20) 18 Neither of the three is well (43) 19 Whohter man in the class?
(29) (41) 20 He is detero away (67) 21 Neither John nor Jaht their books (22) 22 Whom did the man say he was? (29) 23 His clothes look prettily (38) 24 The play progressed smooth until the last act (38) 25 Henry and William is to come to-morrow (22) 26 This is the lesser of the two evils (40) 27 Do you think you will stop at Chicago? (66) 28 I as very illy (40) 30 When they coe the stream was too deep for them to work (54) 31 She is very discontented (48) 32 Iron is the most useful of all other metals (41-3) 33 The barrel bursted froin? (66) 35 He is six foot tall (42) 36 Seeing his ed further by hi bite? (66) 38 I aer to have seen it (73) 40 I think it shall rain soon (67) 41 She showed the dish to Mary and I (29) 42 Mary asked her mother to wash her face (34-4) 43 Who did the man say he was? (29) 44 He deserved the place, for he is well educated, for he has been through Oxford University (83) 45 Choose who you please (29) 46 It don't make any difference about that (64-5) 47 The pump was froze fast (54) 48 A boat load of fishes was the days catch (13-12) 49 Wagner was never too rattled to play (48) 50 It is him (29) 51 He did it hisself (31) 52 He eat all there was on the table (54) 53 He sent a chest of tea, and it wasat noon (54) 55 It is a queer kind of a book (47) 56 You ive it to whoever you wish (32) 57 Whoever is nominated, will you vote for him? (32) 58 I think I will find the work easy (67) 59 He sent his son abroad, being anxious for his health (71) 60 Neither they nor Mary was there (22) 61 Brewer's the blacksmith's shop (15-6) 62 Goliath was slew by David (54) 63 Myself and ood, if not better than she (41-4) 65 If anybody creates a disturbance, have the police put them out (21) 66 The paper was addressed to John and herself (30) 67 John's and Williairl to come here (47) 69 Everybody's elseabout it but that he has read in the paper (34-6) 71 Awake(57) 72 If he be honest, he has not shown it (60) 73 Either Adaeneral and the president, was born on February 22d (47) 75 Horne's and Company's Store (15-4) 76 A hole had been tore in the shi+ps' side (54) 77 I sat my chair by the(57) 78 I sat myself down to rest (57) 79 I can't hardly see to write (46) 80 John is one of the people who coht (64-4) 81 He laid on the couch all day (57) 82 Death is when one ceases to live (81) 83 I was told to set here (57) 84 Iron is more useful than any other metal (41-3) 85 I not only told him, but also Morton (84) 86 McKinley was nowhere near so strenuous as Roosevelt (40) 87 It weighs several ton (42) 88 John is not as bright as Henry (83) 89 Germany and France's shi+ps (15-4) 90 John's eo home (54) 92 This is the er of the three? (41-1) 94 An axe is the tool which they use (26) 95 It is that characteristic that reeable (26) 96 The horse which we drove, and the horse which you had last week are the same (26, 34-5) 97 I don't like those kind of people (42) 98 I do not question but what he is right (34-6) 99 Let hihesville (29) 101 Arao to the city (63-2) 103 The boy, and not his parents, rong (63-3) 104 The price of meat has raised (57) 105 This train runs slow (38) 106 Which is the best of the two? (41-1) 107 Iron is the most useful of all other un can't be discharged (85) 109 The family is all at home (62) 110 The horse run the mile in two minutes (54) 111 This suit hasn't hardly been wore (46, 54) 112 The knife has laid there all day (57) 113 The noise of the street was very loud, which kept reed (62) 115 Such things make hihtest man? (29) 117 The aro at once (60) 119 She o if she wishes or not (76) 120 Everybody as there was given a vote (79) 121 I like her better than you (76) 122 Who do you want? (79) 123 Knox is one of the alue (13-13) 124 By law, no one is allowed to kill more than two deers (13) 125 The clock had just struck five when the cab came (80) 126 When was you there? (64-2) 127 He is as tall as me (83) 128 Neither John nor her will come (29) 129 You hear such statements everywheres (34-8, 40) 130 You never can tell whom you will meet on the train (79) 131 I wish you were more like she (29) 132 Winter, with her frost, destroyed them all (20) 133 Tell everybody to cast their vote for Jones (21) 134 He is the only one of the members who pay dues (64-4) 135 Was it necessary, I should jued (64-3) 137 The shi+p, with all its passengers, were lost (64-1) 138 He has fell froo to my father (57) 140 The policeman failed the ruffian with his club (57) 141 They make pottery in Trenton (34-8) 142 Iron is more useful than all metals (41-3) 143 I intended to and have endeavored to finish the work (75) 144 He won't come, except we pay his expenses (85) 145 Neither Gerht there (83) 146 We have needed you and did our best to find you (75) 147 He awoke at nine (57) 148 I wish I was a bird (60) 149 If it rains, I stay at school (60) 150 Thou shouldst pray when you are in trouble (34-2) 151 The Indians, they hid behind trees (34-3) 152 We started out for the city at noon (86) 153 The king, he said they should kill hi van (86)
CHAPTER VII
SENTENCES
87 Classified as to their rhetorical construction, sentences are considered as loose, periodic, and balanced
The LOOSE SENTENCE is so constructed that it may be closed at two or more places and yet make complete sense; as,
Napoleon felt his _weakness_, and tried to win back popular _favor_ by concession after _concession_, until, at his fall, he had nearly restored parliaovernment_
Note that this sentence could be closed after the words _weakness, favor_, and _concession_, as well as after _government_
88 The PERIODIC SENTENCE holds the coht in suspense until the close of the sentence Co periodic sentence with the loose sentence under --87:
Napoleon, feeling his weakness, and trying to win back popular favor by concession after concession, had, at his fall, nearly restored parliaovernment
Both loose and periodic sentences are proper to use, but, since periodic sentences deht, the untrained writer should try to use them as much as possible
89 The BALANCED SENTENCE is made up of parts si; as, _He is a entleth of the sentence there is no fixed rule Frequently, sentences are too long, and are, in their thought, involved and hard to follow On the other hand, if there is a succession of short sentences, choppiness and roughness are the result One should carefully examine sentences which contain more than thirty or thirty-five words to see that they are clear in theirand accurate in their construction
EXERCISE 64
_Co, five loose sentences, five periodic sentences, and five balanced sentences_
EXERCISE 65
_In the following sentences, determine whether each sentence is loose, periodic, or balanced Change all loose sentences to the periodic form:_
1 At the same time the discontent of the artisans made the lower class fear a revolution, and that class turned to Napoleon, because they felt hiovernment