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| Note-A promise may be eithr agreeable
/ or disagreeable to the pronlisee, but we
are apt to use the term promise in the
sense of declaration that something
shallFbe done or given for the benefit
! Of the promisee, while we use the term
/ threat in the sense of declaration or
l determinat ton to inflict punishment loss
| or pain on another
/ s. Shall in the third person expresses
/ a promise or a threat. Shall expresses
promise in this sentence, but because
| the thing promised is disagreeable to the
i promisee shall may be said to express Il
/ threat. The terms promise and threat
/ are frequently used Interchangeable; that
is when the thing promised is disagree
/ able to the PROMISE.
i g. Canst expresses ability.
10. proceed, plot conspire as thou
/ will, aetc. Will in the second person is the
/ proper auxiliary to use to express simple
/ futurity.
II. Which shall not promptly be
/ made aware Of"
Shall in the first person is the proper
auxiliary to use to express simple flu
turtty.
i Grammatical Constructions.
Not So used in unequal comparisons;
.'as" used in equal comparisons; mot"
and 80" are adverbs; as is an ad-
/ verb; so is sometimes conjunction;
AS is sometimes a conjunction.
Example-You are not so tall as I:
$50 is an adverb modifying tall; mot
| is an adverb modifying So
/ (Adverbs modify verbs, adjectiyes and
other adverbs.) As is a conjunction In
/ this example
/ (Conjunctions connect words, sentences
and parts of a sentence.)
| Example-You are as tall as I. The first
'taso is an adverb; the second 'as' is 4
conjunction
Examples-"No, tbs not SO deep as a
well nor so wide as church door; but
/ it's enough, twill serve Shakespeare.
Csc is an adverb; as Is a conjunc-
/ tion.)
81 live as / did, think as did. I love
/ you as l did,. AS here is a conjunc-
i ton.
This is as cold as ice.
j 1.-THE first ''as'' is an adverb, the sec
,ond AS is a conjunetion)
CONSTRUCTION of Sentence.
/ A sentence is a group of words having
grammatical completeness.
Examples Birds sing. Boys play. Grass
/ grows.
A sentence is gra1nmatically complete
because it contains subject and pred
4 icate.
| The subject of a sentence is that of
which anything is affirmed. Thus, in the
sentence 'sbirds sing" birds is the sub
ject, because something is affirmed
| of it.
The predicate is that which affirms
/ something of the subject. Thus in the
sentence '4bids sing sing is the predicate
/ because it affirms something of the sub
1 ject.
Note-A sentence may be declarative.
/ interrogative or imperative.
A declarative sentence is one that as
serts, as "he is good"
4 An imperative sentence is one that
asks question, as rs he good?'
/ An imperative sestence is one that
! commands, as "Be good
Sentences are divided into three classes
namely. simple, complex and conf
| pound.
A simple sentence is one that contains
i but one subject and one predicate.
/ Example-Rirds sing.
4 A complex sentence is one that contains
one principal sentence and one depend
/ emf or subordinate sentence.
Example-Birds sing when they fly.
/ Note-Grammarians call the principal
sentence of a complex sentence the prin-
scipaI clause and the subordinate sentence
/ the subordinate clause.
A compound sentence is one that is
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| fences.
Note-Grammarians call the principal
sentences of the compound sentences
clauses.
Subject of the Sentence.
4 The subject of a sentence may be a
noun. a pronoun, or the equivalent of a
! noun.
l. The subject may be noun.
Examples-Birds sing. The sun is
/ bright.
e. The subject may be pronoun.
4 Examples-They sing. She plays. 1t
| is bright.
g. The subject may consist of words
equivalent in meaning to a noun
ExampIe-To err is human. To walk
/ is healthful.
The subject may or may not have modl-
| ffers.
1 A modifier is word or number Of
words that either restricts or ampiifies
the meaning Of the word of which it is
| the modifier.
/. The subject may be without a modi-
! fer.
Example-Birds sing.
g. The subject may be modified by an
| article
Example-The birds sing.
/ Note-The, a and an are called ad-
/ jectives by modern grammarians.
g. The subject may be modified by an
adjective.
Example-Pretty birds sing.
a. The subject may be modified by two
or more words called a phrase.
i Example-The bird with the red breast
is singing.
with the red breast is a proportional
/ phrase.
Note-A proportional phrase consists OF
proposition and its object. The object
/ of a proposition is noun or pronoun
or the equivalent of a noun
s. The subject may be modified by a
j noun indicating possession.
] Example-The birds nest is in the
! tree.
i sNote-In the sentence NEST" is the
1 subject modified by birds
6. The subject may be modified by
| sentence called by gramnarians clause
z Exanple-The bird that has the red
i breast is singing.
When the subject is modified by SEN
/ tence Ca clause the subject and its mod
/ ifer (clause} with the predicate form
+ complex sentence Thus, THE bird that
i has the red breast is singing, Is a COM
j pick sentence because 1t contains one
i nrtncipaI clause and one subordinate
A clause. 1.-THE bird is singing is COM
4 plete sentence because it contains sub
i iacf (bird) and a predicate ds singing.
4 s.That has a red breast is a complete
sentence because it contains subject
fthaD and predicate (has a red breast).
.~The bird is singing is the principal SEN
tence (clausel and that has req
breast is the subordinate sentence
! (clause).
/ Definition-A complex sentence Is one
| that contains one principal sentence
/ fclause) and one or more subordinate
sentences (clauses).