Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ... edge of the wood but they never ventured fairly out of the forest CXIX.--AGREEMENT OF VERB WITH SUBJECT. 429. Care should be taken not to fet the ear be deceived into allowing the verb to agree in number with the object of a preposition; as, 1. This book of poems affords me much pleasure. Not afford. Direction.--Determine which of the two words in the brackets is the correct one, in each of the following sentences, and give the reason for your decision: 1. A variety of pleasing objects charms or charm the eye. 2. Fifty pounds of wheat contains or contain forty pounds of flour. 3. Not one of my neighbor's sons has or have succeeded in business. 4. A cargo of fine oranges have or has just arrived from Florida. 5. There goes or go my neighbor and her daughter. 6. Large quantities of rice comes or come from South Carolina. 7. Time and tide waits or wait for no man. 8. Has or have the goods arrived in good condition 1 9 There comes or come father and mother. 10. The regiment consists or consist of a thousand men. 11. A great variety of flowers make or makes a garden beautiful. 12. This great orator and statesman deserve or deserves great honor. 13. A bushel of handsome pears were or was taken from one tree. 14 The number of inhabitants do or does not exceed two thousand. 430. The word number, followed by of having a plural object, requires a plural verb; as, A number of persons have arrived. But number preceded by the takes a singular verb see sentence 14, above. The words variety, abundance, and plenty follow the same rule see sentences 1 and 11. CXX.--INTERMEDIATE EXPRESSIONS.--PUNCTUATION. 1. The rest of the family, however, came in the afternoon. 2. I did not tell you, by the way, of our dangerous adventure. 3. His conduct, according to his own account, was...
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