Practical Exercises in English Part 15

1. The Second Regiment of the National Guard, ---- was sent to Pittsburg during the strike, and ---- is now in camp at Gettysburg, has six hundred members.

2. John started to school last Monday; we wish ---- success.

3. Proud damsel, ---- shalt be proudly met. I withdraw my pretensions to ---- hand until I return from the war.

4. As ---- hast said, ---- lands are not endangered. But hear me before I leave ----.

5. The cat was crouching on the piazza and we were watching ----.

Suddenly ---- tail twitched nervously and ---- prepared to spring.

6. "Ere you remark another's sin, Bid ---- conscience look within."

7. At first one is likely to wonder where the boats are, since on entering the grove ---- is (are) able to see only a small cabin.

8. Dost ---- talk of revenge? ---- conscience, it seems, has grown dull.

9. As a Christian ---- art obliged to forgive ---- enemy.

10. Did you never bear false witness against ---- neighbor?

11. The shepherd ran after a sheep and caught ---- just as ---- was jumping over a hedge.

12. The hen gathered ---- brood under ---- wing.

13. This is a book which I have never read, but one ---- is recommended by Mrs. M.

EXERCISE x.x.xV.

1. Write the following note in clear and correct form, using the third person:--

"Mr. Smith presents his compliments to Mr. Jones, and finds he has a cap which isn't mine. So, if you have a cap which isn't his, no doubt they are the ones."[61]

2. Write a formal note in the third person, asking an acquaintance to dine with you at a certain hour in order that you may consult with him about some matter of importance.

3. Write a note in the third person accepting or declining this invitation.

4. Write a formal note in the third person to some gentleman to whom you have a letter of introduction, asking when it will be convenient to have you call.

5. Write a notice in the third person offering a reward for the recovery of a lost article.

SINGULAR or PLURAL p.r.o.nOUNS.[62]--The rule that a p.r.o.noun should be in the same number as its antecedent is violated most commonly in connection with such expressions as "any one," "each," "either," "every,"

"man after man," "neither," "n.o.body." Grammatically such expressions are singular.

"He" ("his," "him") may stand for mankind in general and include women as well as men.

[61] Quoted in "Foundations," p. 74.

[62] "Foundations," pp. 75-76.

EXERCISE x.x.xVI.

_Fill the blanks with the proper p.r.o.nouns:_--

1. Many a brave man met ---- death in the war.

2. Has everybody finished ---- exercise?

3. If any one has not finished let ---- hold up ---- hand.

4. It is true that this is a free country; but that does not mean that every one may do as ---- please (pleases).

5. Either John or Harry will let you look on ---- book.

6. Let each take ---- turn.

7. If anybody but John had come, we would not have admitted ----.

8. Any one who wishes may have a ribbon to wear in ---- b.u.t.ton-hole.

9. Neither Bois-Guilbert nor Front de Boeuf found himself (them selves) a match for the unknown knight who challenged ----.

10. Every kind of animal has ---- own proper food.

11. Not an officer, not a private escaped getting ---- clothes wet.

12. The Senate has (have) instructed ---- conferees to yield to the demand of the conferees of the House of Representatives.

13. Everybody has possessions of some kind which ---- prize (prizes) highly.

14. It is a shame that each of the men, when ---- draw (draws) ---- pay, take (takes) it to the tavern.

15. Will either of you gentlemen lend me ---- (third person) pencil?

16. Two men saw the deed; but neither would tell what ---- saw.

17. Every one should be careful of the feelings of those around ----.

18. Each of the pupils has (have) ---- own dictionary.

19. n.o.body went out of ---- way to make her feel at home.

20. Neither Charles nor his brother ate ---- breakfast this morning.

21. Everybody goes to bed when ---- please (pleases).

22. The committee has handed in ---- report.

23. The senior cla.s.s has elected ---- cla.s.s-day speakers.

24. If any one wishes to see me let ---- call at my office.

25. Either Florence or Grace will lend you ---- fan.

26. Every one must judge of ---- own feelings.

27. Whoever loves ---- school should do ---- best to elevate the school tone.

28. A person who is rude in ---- table manners will be disliked.

29. n.o.body in ---- senses ever thinks of doing that.

30. Each one as before will chase ---- favorite phantom.

31. She laughs like one out of ---- mind.

32. Everybody was on deck amusing ----self (selves) as best ---- could.

33. No one should marry unless ---- has (have) the means of supporting ---- self (selves) and ---- family.

34. Probably everybody is eloquent at least once in ---- life.

35. Everybody rises early and goes on deck, where ---- inhale (inhales) the fresh salt air.

36. Bach of the gentlemen offered ---- a.s.sistance.

37. n.o.body but a fool would have left ---- money in such a place.

38. Anybody wis.h.i.+ng to sell ---- bicycle will please call at No. 267.

39. Franklin and Collins started off together, each with very little money in ---- pockets.

40. In the time of Franklin's great-great-grandfather, if a person was caught using an English Bible ---- was (were) treated as a heretic.

41. n.o.body should praise ----self (selves).

42. Neither the merchant nor the lawyer made ----self (selves) rich.

43. Every man and every boy received ---- wages.

44. When the carnival comes off everybody who owns a boat, or who can borrow one, decorates it as best ---- can with lanterns and tr.i.m.m.i.n.gs.

45. Every cowboy carries a pistol and knows how to use it very quickly; ---- also has (have) a knife stuck in ---- belt, in the use of which ---- is (are) very expert.

46. Everybody's heart is open, you know, when ---- has (have) recently escaped from severe pain.

OMITTED p.r.o.nOUNS.[63]--The omission of necessary p.r.o.nouns--an omission especially common in business letters--cannot be justified on the ground of brevity.

[63] "Foundations," pp. 77, 78.

EXERCISE x.x.xVII.

_Insert the omitted p.r.o.nouns in_--