alytical practical grammar - Toronto Public Library

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ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
EXERCISES.
I. 1. In each of the following seutences, poiut out the. grammatical sub·
ject-the logical.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.-Wisdom's
ways are pleasantness: all her paths are peace.-~he love of
money is the root of all evil.-Hu~an knowledge IS progreso
sive.-Righteousness exalteth a natlOn.
II. 1. Iu each of the foliowing senteuces, point out the slt1dect,-the
predicate.
2. State whether the subjects are simple or compound; limited or IIftlimited.
In each, point out the grammatical subject-the logical subject.
Paul aud Silas sang praises to God.-Peter and John went
up into the ternple.-Gold and silver are precious metals.-Locusts
and wild honey were his food.-Socrates and Plato were
Grecian philosophers.-In unity consist the welfare and secu·
rity of society.-Summer and \yinter shall not cease.-Three
and three are six.-John and Jane are a handsome couple_
3. Write predicates to the following compound subjects:-
James and John.-He and she.-You and I.-The rich and
the poor.-Virtue and vic e.-Heat and cold.-France and
Mexico.-The sun and the moon.
MODIFICATIONS OF THE SUBJECT.
614. A grammatical subject, beiug a noun, may be modified, limited, or
described, in various ways; 8S,
1. By a noun in apposition-i. C., a noun auded in the same case for the
sake of explanation (668); as, "l\1ilt"n the poet was blind."
~. By a noun in the possessive case; as, "Aaron's rod budded."
3. By an adjunct (;'41); as, "The works of Xaturl' are beautiful."
4. By an adjectiv~ .wOl·d (that is, an article, * adjecti ve, adj~ctive pronoun,
or parhClple); as, "The hour has ul'l'ived."-"A qood name is
better than riches,"-" Your time is precious." _u Lost time can not
be recovered."
5. By a relative and its clause; as, "He who does no good, docs harm,"
6. By an infinitive moorl; 8S, "A desire 10 learn is praiseworthy."
7. By a clause of 8 sentence (593); as, "The fact that he was a scholar
was manifest,"
8. Each grammatical subj~ct may h;t"c several modifications; as, "Seve.
ral stars (,f lC88 magDltuJe, whICh we had not observed before now
appeared." ,
•. Though, for the reasoll. as~ig~ed (192), th~ arti,ele is not properly a limiting word, yet
R, ,t .hows that the word IS linuted or modified 111 some \\'3\' it is here ranked amollg
the mOlhficn.
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