The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-25
ANSWERS.

MIR. EDITOR:-Daisy in her wrath
asks me to rise and explain. [ will
do SO. [ repeat that the word 2ObGt is
never a relative pron0un. My authori-
ty for this is first, common sense
second, ex-sup't. Edward Soaring. If
Daisy will look over the back numbers
Of her Wisconsin Journal she will find
an article from Prof. Searings pen
which treats of relative prOnouns.
The usual definition for a relative pro-
noun is that it is a word which repre-
sents a preceding noun or prOnoun
called it's antecedent, and connects
with it dependent clause. "a. S. c."
gives the sentence j." [ know what he
did" and says the word what is rela-
tive. What iS its Q4ltecede71t if it is a
relative? 1t has no antecedent either
expressed or understood. What part
of speech is it then? think it is an
i91teTTOgGtiUe pronoun transposed.
Perhaps Daisy will quote the sentence
usually given in grammars, 81 gave
him what he wanted" What is the
antecedent here? Is it the word
things? Very we'll; supply the word
things and the sentence reads g I gave
him what things he wanted The
word a0bGt is now an adjective pro-
noun or pron0minal adjective, and so
it was before we supplied the word
things / repeat that the word aOb0t
is never a relative because ct cannot
haze a definite 0Dtecedent. X.Y.Z.
a lady purchased a dish and cover
for "A dimes; IS Of the cost of the
dish, increased by the difference be-
tween the cost of the dish and the
cover equals the cost of the cover:
what was the cost of each? Solution !:
The difference between the two costs
equals the cost of dish minus the cost
OF cover; and Is the cost of the dish
plus the difference in the costs equals
the cost OF cover, then Is of the cost
of the dish plus the cost of the dish
minus the cost of the cover equals the
cost OF, the cover. Is of the cost of
dish plus SIS equals 60 cost of dish.
Since 65 of the cost of dish minus
the cost OF the cover equals the cost
of the cover, 6-5 of the cost of the dish
must be times the cost of cover:
and if 65 the dish's cost is 2 times
the cost Of cover, the cost of the cover
is { of 6-5 or So the cost of the dish.
Since the cost of the cover is 3-5 the
cost of the dish, the cost of both is
such part of the cost of the dish as
3-5 plus So or SIS. Since "a dimes is
the cost of both, it must be IS the
cost of dish. SIS equals 5 times Is
of "a dimes, or Is dimes the cost of
dish; and since the cover cost 3-5 as
much, the cost Of cover is So of Is
dimes or 8 dimes. Therefore the cost
of the dish was Is dimes, and of the
cover q dimes.
Alice is IS as old as her mother: 8
years since she was 10 as old. In how
many years will she be y as old?
Solution: Since Alice's age is 4 of
her mothers, her age S years ago was
Is of her mothers present age minus
5 years. Her mothers age at that time
equals her age 2a02O minus 5 years. AS
Alice was then 10 as old as her
mother, her age then was such a part
OF her mothers age now as Is of her
age minus years or Is Of her age
minus year.
Since Alice's age equals 4 Of her
mothers age minus 5 years, and also
equals 1-5 of her mothers S. age minus 1
year, then the difference between s
years and year must be the difference
between = and Is of her mothers
age. 15-1-5 equals 2-15. 81 equals
A. Since 2-15 of her mothers age is
years, her age is Is times i of 4 or
80 years. Alice's age is q of 80 or 10
years. Since her mother is 80 years
old and she 10 years old, the difference
in their ages is 20 years. Since the
difference is 20 years Alice must be
twenty years old before her mother is
20 plus 20 or 40 years, which is two
times 20. Alice will be 20 years old
is as many years as 20 years minus her
present age or 10 years. Therefore in
10 years she will be y as old as her
mother. OLLIE.
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