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1. I hate to see things done by halves.

2. It seems there was a sly cat in the house.
3. Be not simply good; be good for something.
4. No man is free who does not command himself.
5. There was a pretty garden around their house.
6. Where lies the land to which the ship would go?

7. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven hath swallowed up thy form.

8. The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.

9. Morocco leather is made from goatskin and is tanned with

sumac.

10. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.

11. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.

12. The day dawned, the cock crowed, but nobody tapped at the door of the governor.

13. Never was a summer night more calm to the eye, nor a gale of autumn louder to the ear.

14. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers love.

15. During the feudal days the chief luxury of the poor was honey; and the well-to-do peasants often had a hive of bees in their garden plot.

(2) Note the picture "Spring," also read "The Bluebird" (Appendix). Write a paragraph on "My Favorite Season." How many simple sentences have you? Compound? Complex? Have you used any commas or semicolons within your sentences? Try to punctuate correctly.

61. Elliptical Sentences. Sometimes one or more words of a sentence may be omitted without affecting the thought; thus,

Thank you, Mary.

Why not go, boys?

What if I refuse?

(I thank you, Mary.)

(Why will you not go, boys?)
(What will you do if I refuse?)

Good day, sir. (God give you good day, sir.)
All aboard. (Let all get aboard.)

This is mine; that, (is) yours.

He came, but I do not know when (he came).

While (I was) out riding, I was caught in a storm.

The omission of one or more words of a sentence is called an ellipsis, a term meaning "a leaving out."

A sentence of which one or more words are omitted is called an elliptical sentence.

An elliptical sentence is a sentence of which one or more words are omitted.

A clause of which one or more words are omitted is called an elliptical clause.

Clauses introduced by than and as (denoting a comparison) are usually elliptical; thus,

Mary is older than her sister (is old).

You are not so tall as John (is tall).

Sometimes the introductory word of a subordinate clause is omitted; thus,

He said (that) he wished to speak to you.

The boy (that or whom) you see is my brother.

Had I (If I had) known it, I should have been there.

Answers to questions are frequently elliptical; thus,

Who told you this? - James (told me this).

Will you go with us? - Yes, I will (go with you).

EXERCISE 48

(1) Tell which words of the following sentences may be omitted without affecting the thought:

1. Will you help? - Yes, I will help.

2. Why will you not do this for me?

3. You write better than I write.

4. I am glad that you are satisfied.

5. I do not know what I am to say to him.

6. He returned, but I do not know when he returned.

7. This is a larger house than that house is large.

8. God give you good morning, my friends.

9. When you are in Rome, do as Rome does.

10. This book is as interesting as that book is interesting.

(2) Supply the omitted word or words in each of the following sentences:

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(3) Write ten elliptical sentences, then supply the omitted parts and tell which of the two forms, elliptical or non-elliptical, sounds the more natural and better to

use.

CHAPTER X

ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES

62. Analysis Defined. The process of separating a sentence into its various parts, or elements, in order to show the relation of part to part is called analysis, a term meaning “an unloosing, or a breaking up."

Analysis is the process of separating a sentence into its various elements in order to show the relation of part to part.

The analysis of a sentence may be either oral or written. The most convenient method of written analysis is by diagram. Analysis by diagram also has the advantage of picturing, so to speak, the various relations.

63. Analysis of Simple Sentences. - Observe the following directions for the analysis of a simple sentence:

1. Classify the sentence.

2. Point out the main parts - complete subject and complete predicate.

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3. Point out the essential parts subject substantive, predicate verb, and complement if found.

4. Point out the modifiers of:

a. The subject substantive.

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