+Model+.—Rising early is healthful; To rise early is healthful; It is healthful to rise early; For one to rise early is healthful.
(Notice that the explanatory phrase after it is not set off by the comma.)
1. Reading good books is profitable. 2. Equivocating is disgraceful. 3. Slandering is base. 4. Indorsing another's paper is dangerous. 5. Swearing is sinful.
+Direction.+—Write nine sentences, in three of which the infinitive phrase shall be used as an adjective, in three as an adverb, and in three as a noun.
+Direction.+—Write eight sentences in which these verbs shall be followed by an infinitive without the to:—
+Model.+—We saw the sun sink behind the mountain.
Bid, dare, feel, hear, let, make, need, and see.
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