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leave go or let go

I got to go or I must go
haven't no or haven't any
have went or have gone

Use the correct forms in

off of or off

use to or used to
would of or would have
had ought or ought

sentences.

222. THE COMPLEX SENTENCE

Study these sentences:

1. The boy worked the example.

2. The boy worked the example, but he did not have the correct answer.

3. You will find the book where you left it.

The first sentence has one principal clause, hence it is a simple sentence.

The second sentence has two principal clauses connected by the conjunction "but." Therefore it is a compound sentence. The third sentence has one principal clause and one subordinate clause. It is a complex sentence.

Tell whether the sentences in lesson 219 are simple, compound, or complex. Use the models below.

MODEL: The wind blows. This sentence contains one principal clause. Therefore it is a simple

sentence.

John is tall and I am short. This sentence contains two principal clauses. The first clause is "John is tall." The second clause is "I am short." Therefore it is a compound sentence. "And" is the connective.

He will go when I come. This sentence contains

one principal clause, "He will go," and one subordinate clause, "when I come. Therefore it is a complex sentence. "When" is the connective.

223. CONJUNCTIONS

Sometimes the subordinate clause in a complex sentence is introduced by a connective consisting of two or more words; for example, so that, as soon as, as if.

Separate the following sentences into their parts. Tell whether each clause is a principal or a subordinate clause, name the connectives, and tell whether each sentence is simple, complex, or compound.

1. He works as if he enjoyed it.

2. We started after the race was over.

3. The air becomes chilly as soon as the sun sets.
4. He studies every night so that he may not fail.
5. When he left school, he was sixteen years old.

6. I shall do it now or it will not be done.

7. You have waited as long as you promised to wait. 8. Come over as soon as you have finished.

9. Wear your overshoes, so that you will not get your feet wet.

224. A REVIEW

a. In the sentences in lesson 223, change, wherever possible, the number of the subjects, making the corresponding changes in the predicates.

b. Find the infinitive, and tell how it is used in the sentence.

c. Find a predicate adjective. After what verb is it used? Find the verbs complete by themselves.

225. A COMPOSITION

Write to Moore & Evans, 14 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill., asking about the price of sweaters for the football team of your school. Describe the style, color, and quality of the sweater you wish. If you expect to have a letter on each sweater, name the letter, and tell the color, size, and style you wish.

226. A LANGUAGE LESSON

Write these expressions in another way; as, the eye of the horse, the horse's eye; I am, I'm.

the eye of the horse

the bundle belonging to the woman
the buckets carried by the milkmaids
the ring belonging to the lady
the rattle belonging to the baby
the box belonging to the boy

the tails belonging to the mice

the wrist of the girl

[blocks in formation]

week?" asked Mary. Jane," said Alice.

me

me

Lou

visit your aunt and uncle this

[blocks in formation]

"Uncle Bob lives far away for

go alone. There are
get off and on, so I have

take me."

many cars,

for

wait for Cousin

Copy the following paragraph, filling the blanks with there or their:

never was a boy who had more presents on Christmas Day than Allen Roberts. He found on his tree sacks of candy, a horn, a hatchet, a saw, a hammer, and many books. On the floor were larger toys, a rocking horse, roller skates, and a new wagon. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts knew how to make -boy happy.

Conjunctions used in pairs should be placed immediately before the words they are intended to connect. In the sentence, I neither like nor trust him, "like" and "trust" are the words to be connected. Notice that "neither" is placed before "like" and "nor" before "trust."

Write sentences, using correctly the conjunctions either-or, neither-nor, both-and, not only—but also.

227. EXPANDING CLAUSES

Sometimes part of a subordinate clause is omitted; as, He is older than I. In this sentence "He is older" is the principal clause. The subordinate clause "than I" really means than I am old. "Than" is the connecting word.

a. Separate the following sentences into their clauses. Tell the kind of clause each is, and the connecting word. If a subordinate clause is not complete, supply the words understood to be there. 1. John is taller than I.

2. New York is larger than Chicago.
3. These oranges are larger than those.
4. It rained more to-day than yesterday.

5. Unless you are happy, you will not be an agreeable companion.

6. It is safer here than there.

7. He cannot run as far as his brother.

8. Until he had grown to be a man, he tended sheep. 9. Either he must work or he must starve.

10. He ran as if he were frightened.

b. Using the model on page 266, tell the kind of sentence each is.

228. RELATIVE PRONOUNS

Study the following sentences:

1. This is the best apple that I have ever tasted.
2. This is the package which you sent.

3. The man who was lost is found.

4. The man whom you saw is here.

In each of these sentences there is a principal and a subordinate clause. In the first sentence "that" connects the two clauses. "That" also stands for the noun "apple," hence it is a pronoun. "That" also is the object of the verb "have tasted."

In the second sentence "which" connects the two clauses, stands for the noun "package," which is called its antecedent, and is object of the verb "sent."

In the third sentence "who" is the connecting word. Name the noun for which it stands, and give its use in the clause.

In the fourth sentence, find the connective, the noun for which it stands, and its use in the clause.

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