Write four sentences with
the word what modifying (1) an object complement and (2) an attribute
complement--in two sentences let the verb follow, and in two precede, the
subject_.
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LESSON 57.
CONTRACTION OF SENTENCES.
+Direction+.--_Contract these sentences by omitting the repeated modifiers
and prepositions, and all the conjunctions except the last_:--
1. Webster was a great lawyer, a great statesman, a great debater, and a
great writer.
2. By their valor, by their policy, and by their matrimonial alliances,
they became powerful.
3. Samuel Adams's habits were simple and frugal and unostentatious.
4. Flowers are so fragile, so delicate, and so ornamental!
5. They are truly prosperous and truly happy.
6. The means used were persuasions and petitions and remonstrances and
resolutions and defiance.
7. Carthage was the mistress of oceans, of kingdoms, and of nations.
+Direction+.--_Expand these by repeating the adjective, the adverb, the
preposition, and the conjunction_:--
1. He was a good son, father, brother, friend.
2. The tourist traveled in Spain, Greece, Egypt, and Palestine.
3. Bayard was very brave, truthful, and chivalrous.
4. Honor, revenge, shame, and contempt inflamed his heart.
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