Who are you going to meet?

Who are you going to make captain?
Who can this letter be from?

Who are you going to apply to next?

79. The Relative Pronoun what is never used with an anteSuch a sentence as

cedent.

That is the book what I want

is therefore wrong.

Exercise 54.

Correct the mistakes.

The boy drove away the birds what were eating the corn.

The man what came last night left this morning.

This is the rat what eat the malt.

The machine what was broken has been mended.

The dog fetched the birds what its master had shot.

Is this a dagger what I see before me?

The gardener what we employ is honest.

He loved the bird what loved the man, what shot him with his bow.

PRONOUNS AFTER THAN' AND 'As.'

80. The greater part of the clause after than or as is generally understood,' as

I am younger than he is young].

She loves him as well as I [love him].

She loves him as well as [she loves] me.

81. Mistakes sometimes arise from forgetfulness of this rule. No one would say

She is stronger than me am,

I am as old as her am;

You will lose much more than me by the failure of the bank.
I suffer more than her.

They know how to write as well as him.

They are better scholars than us.

She is not so learned as them.

Who betrayed the secret? Not me.

Who is to be promoted? Neither him nor her.

Who did you meet? He.

Who did you meet in the park? He and his sister.

We shall soon be as poor as them.

'LIE' AND 'LAY.'

82. Be careful that you do not confound the Intransitivo Verb lic with the Transitive Verb lay. The chief parts of the

83. The Verbs are correctly used in the following sentences:

The cat lies on the rug.

The baby is lying in the cradle.

I was tired, so I lay down to rest.
He has lain in the grave two years.
I am laying the books on the table.
Tom laid the boards on the ground.
I have laid the case before my father.

Correct the mistakes.

Exercise 56.

I am tired, so I shall lay down.

I am going to lay on the bed.

I was tired, so I laid down.

The slain are laying on the field of battle.
They have laid there for six hours now.
Let us lay under this tree.

The baby has laid there for a long time.
The rock has laid here for many years.
There let him lay.

The leopard shall lay down with the kid.

PARTICIPLES.

84. Be careful that you do not use the Past Tense for the Perfect Participle, or the Perfect Participle for the Past Tense.

Correct the mistakes.

Exercise 57.

I done all my lessons.
Who done that?

He done all his exercises correctly.
The labourer done his work early.
I come to school early last week.
My sister give me a present yesterday.
Who give that book to you?

The children have forgot their books.
The window was broke by a stone.

The horse has drank a great deal of water.

I have began to learn French.

I see you in the park last night.

He see me as I was crossing the street.

The boy has wrote his copy.

I would have wrote a letter.

The coachman had mistook the road.

English is spoke in many parts of the world.

The trees were shook by the wind.

The pony was stole from the field.
The river is now froze over.
Mary has chose the better part.

The price of corn has rose lately.

He would have went with us had he been invited.

The hare run across the field.

I have bore the baby in my arms.

John has beat his brother.

The dog has ate its dinner.

She has sang a pretty song.

Who has rang the bell?

The poor girl was drove to despair.

I had fell and hurt my leg.

Two NEGATIVES.

85. When two negatives occur in the same sentence, one destroys the force of the other; thus,

means

I will not send you no help

I will send you some help.

86. If, therefore, a sentence is intended to be negative, it must contain only one negative word or phrase.

Exercise 58.

Correct the mistakes.

I cannot by no means allow it.

I cannot drink no more.

He cannot do nothing.

The house is without no furniture.

Haven't none of you fellows seen nothing of no hat of mine?
Nothing never affected her so much.

The baker has not no bread left.

I will not do that, neither now nor at any future time.

There can be no rules laid down, nor no manner recommended,

He will not by no means do what you ask.

No change of fortune never disturbed him.

MISCELLANEOUS.

87. There is no such word as aint. Two timed 88. Do not say this here or that there. word

89. Do not say them for those.

90. Do not say don't for doesn't or does not.

91. Do not say did not ought for ought not.

92. Do not say between you and I for between you and me.

Correct the mistakes.

Exercise 59.

I aint heard from home for a long time.
Aint you tired after your hard work?

The boy aint the best in the school.

Those aint the books which I wanted to see.

Tom aint begun to do his home lessons.
This here book is very interesting.
That there house belongs to my uncle.
Them trees are loaded with fruit.

I fancy that them men are waiting for me.

The knife aint no good now because it is broke.

He don't care what you say.

Don't she mean to come?

Boys did not ought to tease their sisters.

You did not ought to be late.

Between you and I he is a dunce.

That matter rests between you and I.

Exercise 60.

[On pars. 66-92.]

Mr. Brown has took his children to church.

The Thames has overflown its banks.

Who is that knocking? Me.

We have found the sheep what we lost.
That is him.

I am not so strong as him.

Who are you thinking about?

The horse is laying down in the stable.

It is not me you mean.

nate

The dog laid down and went to sleep on the mat.

There is enough here for you and I.

I see Jack last week; he give me a kite.

Each of these houses are too small for us.

The baby is laying asleep in the cradle.

Who should I meet the other day but my old friend.

I cannot tell who to compare them to.

You was angry with me for nothing.
Thou wert in the wrong.