Exercise 1.-In these sentences name the correlative

conjunctions:

1. Lions are both fierce and powerful.

2. Frogs live not only on land but also in the water.

3. A dog will eat meat either cooked or raw.

4. A lazy pupil will neither learn nor work.

5. Every soldier resolved to be either a hero or a martyr.
6. Napoleon was both a great general and a great statesman.
7. One could not tell whether he was coming or going.

8. Her bonnet was neither cheap nor beautiful.

9. Dress neither makes nor mars a man. 10. Either counsel honestly or not at all. 11. Both John and William study Latin.

Exercise 2. Change these sentences so as to introduce correlative conjunctions:

1. Pericles was just and good.

2. We visited New York and Chicago.

3. We will go fishing or hunting.

4. Arnold was not a good man nor a great one.

5. I was not sure of its being genuine.

6. Switzerland abounds in mountains and lakes.

7. The murderer was tried and convicted.

8. Mr. Smith makes shoes and sells them.

9. It rains or is cloudy most of the time.

Exercise 3.- Write sentences, using these suggestions and the various correlative conjunctions:

1. Electricity, wonderful and useful.

2. Mountains, high and grand.

3. Farmers, raising corn and oats.

4. Traveler, deciding to leave at night or wait till next day

5. Boys, hesitating to go to college or to work.

6. Salt, good for man and beast.

7. Bay of Naples, deep and beautiful.

8. The voyage, dangerous and disagreeable.

9. A diamond, genuine or not.

10. A burglar, white or black.

LESSON 126. —PARSING CONJUNCTIONS

To parse a conjunction we must tell:

1. Its kind whether coördinate, subordinate, or correlative.

2. The words, phrases, clauses, or sentences it joins.

Exercise. Parse the conjunctions in the following

sentences:

1. Both Dickens and Tennyson are buried in St. Paul's.
2. Not only the women but also the men were lost.
3. Georgia produces cotton and fruit.

4. Air is composed of oxygen and nitrogen.

5. We ate fish and potatoes, but it was not enough.
6. The mountain and the squirrel had a quarrel.
7. The judge was neither just nor generous.
8. He took medicine because he was sick.
9. I know a place where the violets grow.

10. It was so cold that the trees were killed.
11. William is stronger than his brother.
12. I will not go since you have come.

13. It is well known that Columbus was poor.
14. He looks as if he were guilty.

15. Study hard, otherwise you will be ignorant. 16. I like him, but I do not trust him.

17. Men must work and women must weep.

18. God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.

19. We have no money, therefore we can buy no bread.

20. The girl plays as well as sings.

21. There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in him.

22. I think, therefore I am.

23. Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty.

24. Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall.

25. A dime novel is neither instructive nor wholesome.

26. The general was undecided whether to march north or south.

27. Envy will merit as its shade pursue,

But like a shadow proves the substance true.

LESSON 127.- RULES. FOR PARSING. (Review)

1. The subject of a verb is in the nominative case.

1. She has done what she could.

2. They have brought many triumphs to Rome.

2. The object of a verb or of a preposition is in the objective case. 1. Whom did you see in town?

2. To whom did you give the book?

3. A noun that modifies another noun and indicates ownership or relation is in the possessive case.

1. Cæsar's Commentaries were written in Latin.

2. The ladies' apartments are ready.

4. Nouns in apposition agree in case.

1. Milton, the blind poet, wrote "Paradise Lost."
2. The poet Sidney Lanier's home was in Macon, Ga.
3. Have you read Scott's great novel, "Ivanhoe"?

5. A verb must agree with its subject in number and person.
1. We are not at home to-day.

2. You have not seen my new home.

3. He is not here and has not been here.

LESSON 128. — EXERCISES FOR PARSING

(Popular Proverbs)

1. A stitch in time saves nine.

2. A small leak will sink a great ship.

3. Great oaks from little acorns grow.

4. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
5. Keep your shop and your shop will keep you.
6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

7. A penny saved is a penny made.

8. God helps those who help themselves.

9. The early bird catches the worm.

10. Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

11. The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

12. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

13. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.

14. Never put off for to-morrow what should be done to-day. 15. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

16. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

17. Willful waste makes woeful want.

18. Who never climbed never fell.

19. It is never too late to mend.

20. Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.

21. Remove an old tree and it will wither to death.
22. Pardon all men, but never thyself.

23. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

24. In vain he craves advice that will not follow it.

25. Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves.

26. True praise takes root and spreads.

27. Never count your chickens before they are hatched.

28. One swallow does not make a summer.

29. See a pin and pick it up

All day long you'll have good luck.

30. Early to bed and early to rise

Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

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1. What is an adverb? What is an adverb of time? An adverb of place? An adverb of manner? An adverb of degree? many adverbs formed? What are interrogative adverbs? several. What are conjunctive adverbs? Illustrate. What are modal adverbs? Illustrate. What are expletive adverbs? Illustrate. Of what are some adverbs composed? What are adverbial phrases? What are adverbial clauses?

2. What is a preposition? What is the object of a preposition? What is a prepositional phrase? How may a prepositional phrase be used? How may a be used as a preposition? When is to not a preposition?

3. What is a coördinate conjunction? Name the simple coördinate conjunctions. What is a compound sentence? What is a subordinate conjunction? Name some words that are subordinate conjunctions. What are correlative conjunctions? Name some words that are correlative conjunctions. Name the five rules for parsing.

LESSON 130. RULES FOR THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS

1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter.

2. All proper nouns, names of persons, places, days, months, etc., should begin with capital letters.

Nashville, James, Wednesday, July.

3. The first word in every line of poetry should begin with a capital letter.

My country, 'tis of thee,

Sweet land of liberty,

Of thee I sing.

4. Words used as names of particular objects should begin with capital letters.

The Atlantic Ocean; The Mouse Tower; The "House of Seven Gables"; The Lunatic Asylum; Brooklyn Bridge; Herald Square.

5. Titles of honor and distinction should begin with capital letters.

The King of England; The Duke of York; Professor Brown; Doctor Jones; Colonel Walton; Mr. Thomas; Gen. Gates; Sir Henry Irving; George the Third; William the Silent.

6. All names of the Deity should begin with capital letters.

God; the Holy Ghost; The Father; our Lord.

7. All pronouns and other words referring to the Deity should begin with capital letters.

Trust in Him, for He will sustain thee. The Hand that made us is divine.

8. Adjectives derived from proper nouns should begin with capital letters.

American; Indian; French; Spanish; Southern; Christian; Shakesperean; German; English; Russian; Dutch.