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"A work on english grammar and composition"

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Analysis.
+Independent Clauses+ in the +same line+ of thought.
1. Light has spread, and bayonets think.
Light | has spread
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'
' and
.......
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bayonets | ' think
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+Explanation+.--The clauses are of equal rank, and so the lines on which
they stand are shaded alike, and the line connecting them is not slanting.
As one entire clause is connected with the other, the connecting line is
drawn between the predicates merely for convenience.
+Oral Analysis+.--This is a compound sentence because it is made up of
independent clauses.
2. Hamilton smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams
of revenue gushed forth.
3. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness
thrust upon them.
+Independent Clauses+ expressing thoughts in +contrast.+
4. The man dies, but his memory lives.
5. Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
6. Ready writing makes not good writing, but good writing brings on ready
writing.
+Independent Clauses+ expressing thoughts in +alternation+.
7. Be temperate in youth, or you will have to be abstinent in old age.


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