Graded Lessons in English Part 17

ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.

We always should do our duty.

The times have changed surely.

The work will be never finished.

He must have certainly been sick.

+Caution+.--_Adverbs_ must not be used _for adjectives_.

ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.

I feel badly.

Marble feels coldly.

She looks nicely.

It was sold cheaply.

It appears still more plainly.

That sounds harshly.

I arrived at home safely.

+Caution+.--_Adjectives_ must not be used _for adverbs_.

ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.

The bells ring merry.

The curtain hangs graceful.

That is a decided weak point.

Speak no coa.r.s.er than usual.

These are the words nearest connected.

Talk slow and distinct.

She is a remarkable pretty girl.

+To the Teacher+.--For additional exercises in distinguis.h.i.+ng adjectives from adverbs, see Notes, p. 181.

REVIEW QUESTIONS.

What is a conjunction? What is an interjection? Give two rules for the use of the comma (Lesson 37). What is the rule for writing abbreviations? What is the rule for the exclamation point? What is an object complement? What is an attribute complement? Ill.u.s.trate both. What are the cautions for the position of the adverb? What are the cautions for the use of the adverb and the adjective?

+To the Teacher+.--See COMPOSITION EXERCISES in the Supplement-Selection from Habberton.

LESSON 41.

ERRORS IN THE POSITION AND USE OF MODIFIERS.

+Caution+.--Phrase modifiers should be placed as near as may be to the words they modify.

+To the Teacher+.--For composition exercises with particular reference to arrangement, see Notes, pp. 172-176.

ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.

A fellow was arrested with short hair.

I saw a man digging a well with a Roman nose.

He died and went to his rest in New York.

Wanted--A room by two gentlemen thirty feet long and twenty feet wide.

Some garments were made for the family of thick material.

The vessel was beautifully painted with a tall mast.

I perceived that it had been scoured with half an eye.

A house was built by a mason of brown stone.

A pearl was found by a sailor in a sh.e.l.l.

Punctuate these sentences when corrected.

+Caution+.--Care must be taken to select the right preposition.

+To the Teacher+.--For the preposition to be used, consult the Unabridged Dictionaries.

ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.

They halted with the river on their backs.

The cat jumped on the chair.

He fell onto the floor.

He went in the house.

He divides his property between his four sons.

He died for thirst.

This is different to that.

Two thieves divided the booty among themselves.

I am angry at him.

+Caution+.--Do not use two negative, or denying, words so that one shall contradict the other, unless you wish to affirm.

ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.

I haven't no umbrella.

Correct by dropping either the adjective _no_ or the adverb _not_; as, I have _no_ umbrella, or I have _not_ an umbrella.

I didn't say nothing.

I can't do this in no way.

No other emperor was so wise nor powerful.

Nothing can never be annihilated.

LESSON 42.

a.n.a.lYSIS AND PARSING.

1. Brutus stabbed Caesar.