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136 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
644. In such sentences, the counective is often omitted, and generally.
when the sentence consists of more than two members, it is omitted in all
except the last, as in the above example (643).
645. The memhers of a compound sentence, containillg onc or more
dependent clauses, are usually connccted by relatives, cOlljunct.ion~, 01'
conjunctive adverbs (534); thus,
Relative-" That WHICH can not be cured must be endurerl."
Conjunction-" The miser lives poor, TUAT he may die rich."
COT/jILl/ctive .Adverb-" We shall go WHEN the cars go."
III the first sentence, the relatioe not only stands as the subj('ct of "can
1I(.t be cnTed," but also connects its c1ame with the leadillg clause; that
connects the clauses in the eccund example, and when in the third.
646. When a clause connected by that Can be regarded eithcr as the
,ubject or the object of the vel b in tLe leading clau,;e, it is in c')U"tl'uction
equivalent to a'substantive', and the whole may he I'egar,)ed as a simple
sentence, though in a form really compuund. Thus, in the 8clltcnce,
.. That melt should lie is base," there are two clalL,es c,)unecterl b\' tliat,
constituting, of course, a compound sentence, an,] yet the dependent clause,
.. That men should lie," is really tbe subject of is, and equivalent, to a noun.
Thus viewed, the whole llJay be regs.rded as R simple sentence. So al,o,
when the dependent clause is the olJect of the leadin::; verb; as, " I said
thai ye are gods;" nnd also when either subject or predicate is modified by
a relative clause.
647. The connecting word is sometimes omitted; as, "This is the b(,nk
I lost; I suppose yon found it," for, " This is the book whit'h I lost; I sup·
pose that you found it."
EXERCISES.
In the following compound sentences, state which c"lltain onlv independent
clauseR, and which contain dependent "ne.s-point out the -dependent
clauses, and show on what leading clauses tLey depend-name the connt'ct·
ing words-state which llJay also be l'cgal'ued as simple sentences (6-16)_
The weather was fine and the roads were excelll'nt, but we
wero unfortunate in our companions.-It is said that the Atlantic
is three thousand miles broad.-'While the bridegroom tarried
they all slumbered.-As [is] a bird that wandercth from
her nest, so is ~ man that wandereth from his place.-Beauty
attracts attentIOn, as honor [ attracts] applause.-Talent is
environed with many perils, and beauty [is emironed] with
many weaknesses. -If we aim at nothing, we shall certainly
achieve nothing.-Time is ever advancing, hut leaves behind
it the traces of its flight.-1'his we know, that our future depends
on our present.-Books which save the trouble of thinking
are in great demand.-After the new world had been
discovered, }'erdinand made a decree that no lawyers should