LESSON 50.
POSITION AND PUNCTUATION OF THE PARTICIPIAL PHRASE.
ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED. (See Caution 1, Lesson 41.)
Punctuate as you correct. (See Lesson 37.)
A house was built for a clergyman having seven gables.
The old man struck the saucy boy raising a gold-headed cane.
We saw a marble bust of Sir W. Scott entering the vestibule.
Here is news from a neighbor boiled down.
I found a cent walking over the bridge.
Balboa discovered the Pacific ocean climbing to the top of a mountain.
Punctuate the following exercises.
Cradled in the camp Napoleon was the darling of the army.
Having approved of the plan the king put it into execution.
Satan incensed with indignation stood unterrified.
My friend seeing me in need offered his services.
James being weary with his journey sat down on the wall.
The owl hid in the tree hooted through the night.
REVIEW QUESTIONS.
Give the caution relating to the position of the phrase modifier; that relating to the choice of prepositions; that relating to the double negative (Lesson 41). Give examples of errors. Can a noun be an attribute complement? Illustrate. What do you understand by a participle? Into what may some participles be changed? Illustrate. What offices does the infinitive phrase perform? Illustrate them.
+To the Teacher+.—See COMPOSITION EXERCISES in the Supplement—Selection from George Eliot.