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| as used Tn equal comparisons; not ! verb :s .'so" is, sometimes a conjunction: "as'' is sometimes conjunction. | Example-You are not 90 tall as n; ''so''
 Is an adverb modifying tall; mot" is an I (Adv.rbs modify Verbs. adjectives and
 other adyerbs) "As" Is . conjupction in
 tConJunctions connect words. sentences and parts of . sentencel.
 Exampie--You are as tall as I. The first
 ''as'' Is an adverb; the second as IS Q
 Exampies-"No. 'us not 90 deep as 3
 weli nor so wide as a church door: pu' | 'tis enough. twill serve. ve."-Shakespeare.
 ,f'so". IS an adverb; "as IS 2 con1unc-
 q five as did, I think as did; love This is es cold as ice. Ist l7,he first "as'' is an adverb, the second i ,'as'' is conjunction1.
 Construction of Sentence. A sentence Is a group of words having | grammatical completeness. l
 Examples-Birds sing. Boys play. Grass "A Eentence Is .grammaticalIy complete | because it contains subject and pred | icate. - | which anything is affirmed. Thus In the | sentence "birds sing" birds is the subject
 because sognething is 2 fiirmed of 1t, S,.. | | something of the subject. Thus in the l sentence ''birds sing" sing Is the predi- l cate because 1t affirms something or the subject Note-A sentence may be declaratiye. Interrogatiye or imperative. A ldeclarative aentence is one that as- serts, as The is good"
 An interrogative sentence Is one that asks a question, as "ls he good?'
 An Imperative sentence is one that ! sEsantanras are divided into three classes I-3hamefy, simple, complex and compound. I A simple sentence IS one that contains
 but one subject and one predicate. l A complex sentence Is one that contains | one principal sentence and one dependent or subordinate sentence.
 | Eote-Grammarians call the principal sentence of a complex sentence the prin- | cipal clause and the subordinate sentence | the ssubordinate clause.
 1 i A compound sentence is one that is
 composed of two or more principal sen-
 sentences of the compound sentence
 Subject of the Sentence. 1 The subject of a sentence may be a noun, pronoun CT the equivalent of a | l, The subject may be a noun. l Exampies-Bird sing; The sun is bright. Is q sgThA subject may be a pronoun. They Sing. She plays. It is bright. | 3. The subject may consist of words l equivalent in meaning to noun. hExample-To err is human. To walk Is bETSke Subject may or may not have nodi-
 A modifier is word or number of ] words that either restricts CT amplifies 1 the meaning of the word of which it is
 I. The subject may be without modi- | fer,
 2 The subject may be modified by an
 Example-The birds sing. | Note-The, a and an are called adjec- | lives by modern grammartans. 8. The subject may be modified by an
 ESampie-Pretty birds sing. | 4 The subject may be modified by two 1 or more words called a phrase. ExameIe--The bird with the red breast
 With the red breast is a prepositional
 Note-A .prepositional phrase consists of | a proposition and its object. The object
 sbs pFsRStssSn sgRStHssS. IS of noun mo or r. The subject may bs HIodlneo oy noun' | indicating possession. '- 1 Tha birds nest is in the tree. l Note-In the sentence nest is the sub- ject modified by bird s."
 | Tho subject may be modified by sen- tence called by srammarians a clause. |
 When the Subject is modified by a sen l tence "a clause) the subject and it's modl-
 fer (clause) with the predicate form a complex sentence. Thus, The bird that | has the red breast is singing, is a com | plex sentence because 1t contains one clause. '"The bird is singing Is com
 plete sentence because 1t contains a sub | ject Cbird) and predicate us singingl.
 That has red breast IS d comPteSe of | (thaO and a predicate (has a red breasp:
 ':The bird is singing is the pTincipa1I sentence tclause) and that has req DsNnition-A complex sentence Is one | that contains one principal sentence | (clause) and one or more suborulnate septences (clauses).
 -ls Predicate of the Sentence. 'The predicate of the sentensc Is that | which aflrms or denies something ot the subject. The predicate may consist of one l word, viz, verb.
 Example-"Birds sing.
 The predicate may consist of two or
 more words.
 Example-Birds sing sweetly. BiRds sing sWeetIy in the morning. Note-The predicate of sentence Is that part which Is not the locigal sub ject. Grammarians call the subject noun
 and its mOdifiers the logical subject of the sentence.
 The subject noun is the noun of which | something is affirmed. The verb may or may not have modi- fiers.
 l. The verb may he without modifer. EXample-Birds sing.
 7. The verb may be modified by an ad- Example-'fhe birds sing sweetly. The verb may be modified by two or more words called a phrase. Example-The birds sing in the morn
 Tn the morning." is a prepositional
 t The verb may be modified by a sen- tence called by grammarans a clause.
 ,,Example-The birds sing when the sun
 Note-When the verb is modified by a sentence "a clause) the subject and the plSulcAte form complex sentence. Thus,
 me Dlrd sings when the sun shines is calIeu complex sentence because it COR Lalns one principal clause and one subor- dlnate clause. The bird sings" is a com plete sentence, because it co5fains a smh- lect pird and predicate sings" "The sun shines is complete senfence he- cause Is contains subject (sIn) and a verb tshines). The bird singa" ia tha principal sentence and 'the snn shinea'' is the subordinate sentence connected by when 'S
 Note-"when' is called A couipnct,v. adVeTo because 1t not only mOdifies inc verb m the sentence (clause) which if in- troduces, put also connects it with some word in the principal sentence Cclause1
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