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7. We returned by the 4 p. m. express. Wel

8. To remain here longer would be perilous.

9. The dove | found no rest for the sole of her foot.

10. The body of the soldier | was found under a scarred tree.

11. His having been wounded | was the cause of his de

spondency.

12. The accident | might have been avoided by a little pre

caution.

39. The perpendicular line divides each of these sentences into a naming part and an asserting part. All that precedes the line is Logical Subject; all on the right of the line is Logical Predicate. The underscored words on the left indicate the Grammatical Subject; those on the right indicate the Grammatical Predicate.

It is evident from the twelve sentences in § 381. That if a sentence contains only two words, these must be the subject and the predicate;*

2. That the grammatical subject and predicate are the most important parts of the logical subject and predicate;

3. That the logical subject and predicate are nothing more than the grammatical subject and predicate plus their modifiers;

4. That the grammatical subject is always a noun or some word or group of words having the function of a noun;

5. That the grammatical predicate is always a verb or verb phrase.

40. The Subject of a sentence names that of which something is thought.

41. The Predicate of a sentence tells what is thought of the subject.

*Such a sentence as "Come here" is no exception. It is really "[You] come here," and contains three words. Observe also that when a sentence contains only two words, the logical subject and predicate are the same as the grammatical subject and predicate.

42. The subject with its modifiers is called the Logical Subject, or Complete Subject.

43. The predicate with its modifiers is called the Logical Predicate, or Complete Predicate.

44. To analyze a sentence is to tell its logical subject and logical predicate, and its grammatical subject and grammatical predicate, with their modifiers.

NOTE. The words subject and predicate, used alone, always mean grammatical subject and grammatical predicate.

EXERCISE

Divide and underscore as in § 38 these sentences:

1. The world knows nothing of its greatest men.

SIR HENRY TAYLOR: Philip Van Artevelde

2. The bravest are the tenderest,

The loving are the daring.

BAYARD TAYLOR: The Song of the Camp

3. And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. FRANCIS SCOTT KEY: The Star-Spangled Banner

4. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON: Circles

5. I loved thee long and dearly,

Florence Vane;

My life's bright dream and early

Hath come again;

I renew in my fond vision

My heart's dear pain,

My hope, and thy derision,

Florence Vane.

PHILIP PENDLETON COOKE: Florence Vane

6. Great truths are portions of the soul of man;

Great souls are portions of eternity.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: Sonnet VI

45. Compound Subject and Compound Predicate. Observe how the subjects in these three sentences differ from those in § 38:

1. Henry III, Edward III, and George III ruled longer than any other English kings.

2. Women and children are invited to attend.

3. Neither tree nor shrub could be seen.

Observe how the predicates in the following sentences differ from the predicates in § 38:

4. He inserted the key, opened the door, entered, and found the body lying on the floor.

5. She skated across the pond, seized the scarf, and bore it triumphantly back.

6. He left the house, but took nothing with him.

46. Two or more subject members having the same predicate form a Compound Subject.

47. Two or more predicate members having the same subject form a Compound Predicate.

48. A subject having but one member is called a Simple Subject.

49. A predicate having but one member is called a Simple Predicate.

NOTE. The most common connectives are and (both . and), but, or (either . . or), nor (neither.. nor).

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Which subjects and predicates are simple, and which compound, in these sentences?

1. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day;
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea;
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

THOMAS GRAY: An Elegy

2. Poe and Chopin were born the same year and died the same year.

3. He rose at dawn and, fired with hope,

Shot o'er the seething harbor-bar,

And reach'd the ship and caught the rope,

And whistled to the morning star.

TENNYSON: The Sailor Boy

4. Home they brought her warrior dead:
She nor swoon'd, nor utter'd cry.

TENNYSON: The Princess

5. And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

POE: Annabel Lee

6. Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him.

Leviticus 25: 49

7. Gladstone, Tennyson, Darwin, Lincoln, Holmes, Poe, and Chopin were all born in the year 1809.

8. The Hungarian carried back the plunder of the cities of Lombardy to the depth of the Pannonian forests. The

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