The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-03
THE GLOBES HOME STUDY COURSE

"This is for you and II as it would ba
to say This is for t.
No. 8. "All those kinds of things" ia
correct because kinds Is plural noun
and those being in this sentence a def
mite adjective it must agree in number
with the noun to which it belongs.
One may say "All that kind of thing
or All those kinds of things" "AH that
sort of thing" or "Al those sorts of
things
No. 4. II feel BAD is correct because
the verb in this sentence does not ex
press action, consequently the adjective
pad Is required and not the adverb bad
ly. One may act badly. walk badly, Slow
ly, rapidly, but one feels bad, sad or
glad. The verbs of the senses" feel.
look, taste, SMELL sound, have each a
active and an inactive FORM
The yerb-To feel
Action-"I felt my way carefully dow,
the dark corridor"
In fguratiye sense 1 felt my Cav
carefully before presenting the subject.
Inaetion--1 feel sad. l feel bad | feel
glad. I feel happy.
Feel in this sense expresses a condi-
ton. but not action
The verb-To look
Action-I looked laughingly at her, or
angrily at her.
In a fgurative sense ST looked into
the matter carefully"
Inaction-You look sad. You look had
You look nice You look happy
Look in this sense expresses appear
ance, but not action
The verb.To taste
Action-He had not tasted food for
hours.
Figuratively-He made VOW never
again to taste the pleasures of the
world.
Inaction-The milk tastes sour
The milk is not doing the tasting
No. S. The verb-To smell
Action-I smelled the sweet odor OF
violets
Inaction-The flower smells sweet
The flower is not smelling any other
flower.
The veHb-To sound
Action-The physician sounded her
lungs.
Inaction-The music sounds sweet.
The music is not performing the act OF
sounding.
No. 6. "She spoke ill of you is cor
rect" because ill is an adverb as we'll
as an adjective. lily is obsolete. Ill in
this sentence is an adverb because spoke
is verb of action.
..You look HILL in this sentence is
an adjective because look in the sense
of appear is verb of inaction.
No. 7. '"rry to come" is correct be-
cause cry requires the infinitive form
of some verb to complete it's meaning.
'I will play and sing'-in this sentence
play and sing express two distinct ac-
tons; run and jump express two ac-
tions A person cannot endeavor and
come any more than he can try and
come; he will endeavor to come and he
will try to come or try to think or try
to sing, etc.
No. s. HE doesn't like to do it is
correct because the conjugatien is slngu-
lar number-First person. l do not or
1 DON'T. second person, you do not or
you don't: third person, he does not or
he doesn't
Note-Contractions-I don't, 1 shan't,
can't, etc., are allowable in easy CONVEX
sational style of utterance.
No. g. 1.-The bell doesn't ring is cor
rect, for doesn't is third person, singular
number
No. 10. Neither he nor I was at
home" is correct because neither and
nor are corresponding correlative con-
functions, just as either and "or are
used correlatiyely.
No II. "There were many people pc
sides me" is correct, because beside IS
ohsolte unless it is used in the sense OF
at ones side 'He is sitting beside her
is correct. but "there were many people r
besides me-" when one means that there
were many others present.
EDITORS Note-This is the first of Sc
ries of practical suggestions IN e %,irct
RaEer. of Chicago editor of the success
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English and How to Use II. iAnothet
article will appear next sunday