Give the effect of changing _resting_ in 1, paragraph 2, to the assertive
form. Find in 1 a pronoun used adverbially and a phrase used as object
complement. Expand the phrase into a clause. Give the modifiers of _passes_
in 2. Read the first part of 3 and put the explanatory phrase in place of
_it_. What is the office of the _though_ clause? Find in this a clause
doing the work of a noun and tell its office. In 4 would _his_ in place of
_the_ before _aged_ and before _heart_ be ambiguous? If so, why? Find in
this paragraph an infinitive phrase used independently. Find the object
complement of _ascertains_ in 6. Are 7 and 8 identical in meaning?
Give the modifiers of _passes_ in paragraph 3. Explain the _as_ clause.
What does _that_ in 1, paragraph 4, stand for? What kind of clause is
introduced by _where_ in 3? By _which_ in 4? Expand the _as_ clause in 4
and tell its office. Find in 4 and 5 an infinitive phrase and a participle
phrase used independently. Tell the office of the _that_ clauses in 5 and
6, and of the _who_ clause in 6.
+The Grouping of Sentences into Paragraphs+.--Look (1) at the order of the
sentences in each paragraph, and (2) at the order of the paragraphs
themselves. Neither order could be changed without making the stream of
events run up hill, for each order is the order in which the events
happened.
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