If you write a word over the second part, you
will understand that this word is the predicate of a sentence.
Love | conquers
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You see, by looking at this figure, that _Love conquers_ is a sentence;
that _love_ is the subject, and _conquers_ the predicate.
Such figures, made up of straight lines, we call _Diagrams_.
+DEFINITION.--A _Diagram_ is a picture of the offices and the relations of
the different parts of a sentence.+
+Direction+.--_Analyze these sentences_:--
1. Frogs croak.
2. Hens sit.
3. Sheep bleat.
4. Cows low.
5. Flies buzz.
6. Sap ascends.
7. Study pays.
8. Buds swell.
9. Books aid.
10. Noise disturbs.
11. Hope strengthens.
12. Cocks crow.
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LESSON 5.
COMPOSITION--SUBJECT AND PREDICATE.
+CAPITAL LETTER--RULE.--The first word of every sentence must begin with a
_capital letter_+.
+PERIOD--RULE.--A _period_ must be placed after every sentence that simply
affirms, denies, or commands.+
+Direction+.--_Construct sentences by supplying a subject to each of the
following predicates_:--
Ask yourselves the questions, What tarnishes? Who sailed, conquered, etc.?
1. ----- tarnishes.
2. ----- capsize.
3. ----- radiates.
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