Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Words used to connect sentences are called conjunctions. (See notes under Rule 14, f. 61.) In uniting sentences by conjunctions, we need not repeat what is alike in each. EXERCISE. Unite the following sentences by and or but, and do not repeat what is alike in each. (1) Washington was a great man. Washington was a good man. (2) A prudent man will commonly succeed. An industrious man will commonly succeed. (3) The young lady plays the piano. The young lady cannot sing. (4) I went to church. It was very cold. (5) The cargo was lost. The sailors reached the shore. COMPOUND SENTENCES. Sentences formed by combining independent statements, each of which makes sense when standing alone, are called compound sentences. The conjunctions that connect such statements are called co-ordinate conjunctions. EXERCISE. Form a compound sentence, by uniting each of the following couplets, using one or more of these co-ordinate conjunctions: and, but, or, nor. (i) Jane abused her books. Mary took good care of hers. (2) The river was wide. The current was strong. (3) You must go to work. Your family will starve. (4) I do not fear him. I do not avoid him. Write five compound sentences. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. 13. I saw a man. The man was going to New York. These sentences may be united thus: ? I saw a man who was going to New York. In this sentence, who performs the office of a pro. noun and a conjunction. It means: I saw a man, and he was going to New York. James lost a knife. John found the knife. These sentences may be united by which; as, James lost a knife, which John found. It means: James lost a knife, and John found it. This is the man. He came to our house. We may unite these two sentences by that; as, This is the man that …
