The ones most often seen are as if, as though, as well as, so that, in order that, provided that, according as. A few conjunctions are found used in pairs. These are called correlative conjunctions. The principal correlatives are either-or, neither-nor, both-and, not-but, whether-or. A conjunction is often omitted when the relation between the parts of the sentence is perfectly clear without it. This is seen most frequently in the case of and and but, and of that introducing noun clauses. After a conjunction of comparison (as or than), there is often an omission of a part of the dependent clause. The same thing occurs after as if or as though, when everything but the predicate attribute in the dependent clause is sometimes omitted. Example: The bird sang as if (he were) drunk with morning dew. To parse a conjunction, give its classification, and the words or parts of sentences it connects. Composition For the lesson in Composition, see page 255, Section 59. Section 104. General Review Analyze the following sentences and parse all the words. 1. Joy is more divine than sorrow; for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine. 2. Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal. 3. Dost thou love life? Then squander not time, for time is the stuff life is made of. 4. If you wish learning, you must work for it. 5. Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise. 6. My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much must talk in vain. 7. Never hold any one by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them. 8. By the shores of Gitche Gumee, 9. The voice and manner of speaking, too, are not to be neglected. Some people almost shut their mouths when they speak, and mutter so that they are not to be understood; others speak so fast, and sputter, that they are not to be understood either; some always speak as loud as if they were talking to deaf people; and others, so low that one cannot hear them. All these habits are awkward and disagreeable, and are to be avoided by attention; they are the distinguishing marks of the ordinary people who have had no care taken of their education. CHESTERFIFLD. For further practice in analysis and parsing, use selections given in Chapter VII, and selections from readers. Composition For the lesson in Composition, see page 255, Section 60. CHAPTER VII LESSONS IN COMPOSITION SECTION 1. LETTER-WRITING. THE form of letter generally accepted as correct contains six parts: heading, address, salutation, body of letter, complimentary close, and signature. One of the ordinary forms is given below: — (Heading.) 4 PARK STREET, BOSTON, Mass., March 17, 1874. (Address.) MR. JOHN G. WHITTIER, Amesbury, Mass. (Salutation.) MY DEAR SIR: (Body of Letter.) (Complimentary close.) (Signature.) JAMES R. OSGOOD. In business letters, and in most others, the heading should be placed and arranged as in the form above. In formal notes of invitation, acceptance, and regret, it is omitted altogether; and in other social notes the written address of the sender is sometimes omitted and the date written out in words just below the signature and at the left of the page. The address should be written as in the form, but it is sometimes omitted in letters to relatives and intimate friends. In writing to a person, Mr., Master, Mrs., Miss, or other title should be properly used with the name in the address. In business letters to a firm or company, the firm or company name is often written without the prefix "Messrs. Formal styles of salutation include Sir, Dear Sir, My dear Sir, Dear Sirs, Gentlemen, Dear Madam, My dear Madam, Dear Mesdames, Dear Mr. My dear Mr. Dear Mrs. -, My dear Miss ―, etc., etc. Custom sanctions the punctuation of the salutation with the colon, colon and dash, or comma and dash. Forms of complimentary close include Yours truly, Yours very truly, Very truly yours, Yours sincerely, Yours cordially, etc., etc. These forms are often preceded by the words "I am or "I remain" written on the preceding line at the end of the sentence that closes the body of the letter. دو The address, the salutation, the complimentary close, and the signature, as well as the heading, are all omitted in formal notes of invitation, acceptance, and regret. Write a letter to some author whose story or poems you have read. Tell him that some one gave you a copy of his book, or a volume of his poems, as a present. Was it your father? your mother? some other relative? your teacher? or a friend? Was it a Christmas or a birthday present? Tell him which poem in the volume, or what part of the story, you like best. Why? Thank him for the pleasure the book has given you. Remember all you have learned about letter-writing in your language study. Be sure to paragraph, capitalize, and punctuate correctly. Read your letter in class. IDIOMATIC SENTENCES FOR DRILL. It does n't matter. It is n't true. There are three boys in the class. There are not three boys in the class. They don't wish to be beaten. They are not of that kind. Is he ready? Isn't he ready? Are n't you ready? Does n't James get the answer? He does n't seem to. Is n't it strange? It is n't very hard. They are n't very hard. SECTION 2. INFORMAL LETTERS. Here is a letter which Phillips Brooks wrote to his little niece. Phillips Brooks was a loved and admired bishop of the Episcopal Church, a charming gentleman, and a lover of children. While traveling abroad, he wrote many letters to his nieces. There seem to have been three of them, Agnes, Gertrude, and "Toody," who must have been the baby. DEAR GERTIE, VENICE, August 13, 1882. When the little children in Venice want to take a bath, they just go down to the front steps of the house and jump off, and swim about in the street. Yesterday I saw a nurse standing on the front steps, holding one end of a string, and the other end was tied to a little fellow who was swimming up the street. When he went too far, the nurse pulled the string and got her baby home again. Then I met another youngster, swimming in the street, whose mother had tied him to a post at the side of the door, so that when he tried to swim away to see another boy, who was tied to another door-post up the street, he could n't, and they had to sing out to one another over the water. Is not this a queer city? You are always in danger of running over some of the people and drowning them, for you go about in a boat instead of a carriage, and use an oar instead of a horse. But it is very pretty; and the people, especially the children, are very bright, and gay, and handsome. When you are sitting in your room at night, you hear some music under your window, and look out, and there is a boat with a man with a fiddle, and a |