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I. In the following sentences, tell which of the connectives are coordinate, and which are subordinate.
- The pen and ink are poor.
- The horse and the rider were plunged into the water.
- If you come, I shall have the work in readiness.
- When the million applaud, seriously ask yourself what harm you have done.
- He knew that he had disobeyed instructions.
- That which cannot be cured must be endured.
- Take heed lest ye fall.
II. Parse the conjunctions, the adjectives, and the verbs, in the following examples. As you work through these exercises, use the informatiion on the Parsing Model for Conjunctions page.
- It is to the Union that we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad.
Lincoln - Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proof of its utility and its blessings; and, although our territory has stretched out wider and wider and our population spread further and further, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits.
Daniel Webster - In a word, point us to the loveliest and happiest neighborhood in the world on which we dwell,—and we tell you that our object is to render this whole earth, with all its nations and kindreds and tongues and people, as happy as—nay, happier than—such a neighborhood.
Wayland - Thy Hector, wrapped in everlasting sleep,
Shall neither hear thee cry, nor see thee weep.
Pope - Twas but a kindred sound to move;
For pity melts the heart to love.
Dryden
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