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His self-command and patience, his daring, restless love of adventure, and, in time of danger, his absolute trust in his own powers and resources, all combined to render him peculiarly fitted to follow the career of which he was so fond.

14. In Section 5, point out the words that denote qualities of objects. Most of the attributes there asserted of the subjects of thought are qualities. Study the following sentences, to learn what other ideas the predicate attribute may denote. Point out those that denote action; condition.

(a) Bees are humming.

(b) The waves are dancing.

(c) That wonderful child is Helen Keller.

(d) The cut flowers are withered.

(e) The uncut flowers remain fresh.

(f) Lafayette was a Frenchman.

(g) The Washington Elm was in Cambridge.

(h) It is decaying.

(i) St. Paul's Cathedral is a famous church.

(j) The builder was Christopher Wren.

(k) The sky is blue.

(l) Easter lilies are white.

(m) Dutch shoes are of wood.

(n) Dutch shoes are wooden.

(o) That peculiar flower is an orchid.

(p) Rembrandt was an artist.

In sentence (c), what words tell what child it is, or identify the child In sentence (o), what word is used to identify the flower A word used as a predicate attribute to identify the subject is called an attribute of identification. What word classifies Lafayette as to his nationality, or tells in what class to place him Rembrandt, as to his profession

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Autor: Webster W. F.
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330434024
Języki: angielski
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