The eight following Lessons may thus be reduced to two or three.
Let us recall the +Usual Order+ of words and phrases in a simple
declarative sentence.
The verb follows the subject, and the object complement follows the verb.
+Example+.--_Drake circumnavigated the globe_.
+Direction+.--_Observing this order, write three sentences each with an
object complement._
An adjective or a possessive modifier precedes its noun, and an explanatory
modifier follows it.
+Examples+.--_Man's life is a brief span. Moses, the lawgiver_, came down
from the Mount.
+Direction+.--_Observing this order, write four sentences, two with
possessive modifiers and two with explanatory, each sentence containing an
adjective._
The attribute complement, whether noun or adjective, follows the verb, the
objective complement follows the object complement, and the indirect object
precedes the direct.
+Examples+.--Egypt _is the valley_ of the Nile. Eastern life _is dreamy_.
They made _Bonaparte consul_. They offered _Caesar a crown_.
+Direction+.--_Observing this order, write four sentences illustrating the
positions of the noun and of the adjective when they perform these
offices_.
If adjectives are of unequal rank, the one most closely modifying the noun
stands nearest to it; if of the same rank, they stand in the order of their
length--the shortest first.
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