LESSON 103.
COMPOSITION—CONNECTIVES—CONTINUED.
+Direction+.—Write twenty complex sentences whose clauses shall be joined by connectives of adverb clauses of real cause, evidence, purpose, condition, and concession, and by connectives of noun clauses.
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LESSON 104.
CONNECTIVES.
Analysis.
+Direction+.—Tell what kinds of clauses follow the connectives below, and what are the usual connectives of such clauses, and then analyze the sentences:—
+As+ may connect a clause expressing +manner+, +time+, +degree+, +cause+, or +evidence+.
1. Mount Marcy is not so high as Mount Washington. 2. As I passed by, I found an altar with this inscription. 3. It must be raining, as men are carrying umbrellas. 4. Ice floats, as water expands in freezing. 5. Half-learned lessons slip from the memory, as an icicle from the hand.