Elements of High School English (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ...meals supply. 19. To the dry grass and the drier grain How welcome is the rain 20. Then away went the wind in its holiday glee. 80. Since the study of grammar aims to explain the exact use of each word in a sentence, it is customary to call only the most necessary part of the complete subject, the subject; and the most necessary part of the complete predicate, the predicate verb, and to explain the use of the other words in the sentence separately: as, Subject Predicate Verb The moon, pale and yellow, rose slowly from a bank of clouds. 81. Two or more subjects connected by and, or, or nor, make a compound subject. Two or more predicate verbs connected in the same way make a compound predicate: as, Tower and hamlet rose in arms. They fought the dogs and killed the cats. Exercise 4. Find the subjects and predicate verbs of the sentences in Exercise 3. 82. Words are divided, according to their use in sentences, into eight classes called the parts of speech. The parts of speech are nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections. Table Of Parts Of Speech Noun.--A noun is a word used to name an object, a person, an action, or an idea. The rain is over and gone. Pronoun.--A pronoun is a word used to take the place of a noun. Here, a little child, / stand. Adjective.'--An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun. I saw the glad sunshine. Verb.--A verb is a word used to assert action or being. I wandered by the brookside. Adverb.--An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Merrily rose the lark. Preposition.--A preposition is a word used to show the relation between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in the sentence. I sailed to a distant land. Conjunction.--A...