Find in this group a subject and a predicate. Find in
4 an objective complement. Find a compound infinitive phrase and tell what
it modifies. Notice that the dash helps to show the break made by repeating
_talk_. When 5 is divided into two sentences, what word is dropped? This,
then, must be the word that connected the two sentences. Notice that the
two main parts of 5 are separated by a semicolon. This enables the writer
to show that the two main divisions of 5 are more widely separated in
meaning than are the parts of the second division where the comma is used.
Give the three leading predicate verbs in 5 and their complements. _If they
had been made by the job_ is joined like an adverb to what verb? What is
the predicate of this modifying group?
The infinitive phrase in 1, paragraph 2, modifies what? Is _me_, or
_visits_, the object complement of _make_? Put _what_ after _would find_ in
2 and get the object complement. Can you make a sentence of this group?
What are its principal parts? Does the writer make an unexpected turn after
_talk_? How is this shown to the eye? Put _what_ after _do know_ in 3 and
find the object complement. Can you make a sentence of this object
complement? What phrase can you put in place of the pronoun _it_ without
changing the sense? By using the word _it_, a better arrangement can be
made.
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