This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...the visitor cordially, ushered him into the hall. Passive: The visitor, greeted cordially by the host, was ushered into the hall. T/ie visitor, having been greeted cordially by the host, was ushered into the hall. There are some words formed from verbs which are easily mistaken for participles. They are mere nouns or ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...the visitor cordially, ushered him into the hall. Passive: The visitor, greeted cordially by the host, was ushered into the hall. T/ie visitor, having been greeted cordially by the host, was ushered into the hall. There are some words formed from verbs which are easily mistaken for participles. They are mere nouns or adjectives. Unlike participles, they can neither be modified by adverbs nor completed by nouns, pronouns, or adjectives. The cackling of geese saved Borne. We saiu several shooting stars. Exercise 62.--Note when the form in ing is a noun participle, when it is an adjective participle, and when it is a noun. 1. Our united efforts could not prevent his going. 2. Instead of reasoning more forcibly, he talked more loudly. 3. We considered the best methods of raising money; or, more properly speaking, what we could most conveniently sell. 4. Wandering from place to place, she patiently-waited her lover. 5. Who has not heard the crying of the children? 6. "Sirrah," replied the spider, " if it were not for breaking an old custom, I should come to teach you better manners." 7. Reading and writing are indispensable in education. 8. He spent hours in correcting and polishing a single couplet. 9. The groaning of prisoners and the clanking of chains were heard. 10. Besides the nets made by spiders to ensnare insects, some species have the power of running out a long thread, which answers the purpose of a balloon in raising them from the ground and carrying them floating a long distance in the air.--E. S. Morse. Exercise 63.--Change the following complex sentences to simple by substituting participial phrases for the subordinate clauses: Complex: 27ie house that my father owns is pleasantly located. Simple: The house owned by my father i...
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