Direction. Transpose these sentences by moving the object complement and the verb, and tell what is gained by the change:

1. The dial-plate exclaimed, "Lazy wire!"

2. The maiden has such charms.

3. The English character has faults and plenty of them. 4. I will make one effort more to save you.

5. The king does possess great power.

6. You have learned much in this short journey.

Direction. Write six transposed sentences with these nouns as object complements, and then restore them to their usual order: Pause, cry, peace, horse, words, gift.

Direction. Restore these sentences to their usual order by moving the attribute complement and the verb to their usual places, and tell what is lost by the change:

1. A dainty plant is the ivy green.

2. Feet was I to the lame.

3. A mighty man is he.

4. As a mark of respect was the present given.

5. A giant towered he among men.

Direction. Transpose these sentences by moving the attribute complement and the verb, and tell what is gained by the change: 1. We are merry brides.

2. Washington is styled the "Father of his Country." 3. He was a stark mosstrooping Scot.

4. The man seemed an incarnate demon.

5. Henry VIII. had become a despot.

Direction. Using these nouns as attribute complements, write three sentences in the usual order, and then transpose them:

Rock, desert, fortress.

Direction. Restore these sentences to their usual order by moving the adjective complement and the verb to their customary places:

Direction. Transpose these sentences by moving the adjective complement and the verb:

1. My regrets were bitter and unavailing.
2. The anger of the righteous is weighty.

3. The air seemed deep and dark.
4. She had grown tall and queenly.
5. The peacemakers are blessed.
6. I came into the world helpless.
7. The untrodden snow lay bloodless.
8. The fall of that house was great.
9. The uproar became intolerable.
10. The secretary stood alone.

Direction. Write five transposed sentences, each with one of these adjectives as attribute complement, and then restore the sentences to the usual order:

Tempestuous, huge, glorious, lively, fierce.

LESSON 54*

ARRANGEMENT

TRANSPOSED ORDER

Direction.

Restore these sentences to the usual order by

moving the adverb and the verb to their customary places, and

note the loss:

1. Then burst his mighty
heart.

2. Here stands the man.
3. Crack went the ropes.
4. Down came the masts.
5. So died the great Colum-

bus of the skies.

6. Tictac! tictac! go the wheels of thought.

7. Away went Gilpin.

8. Off went his bonnet. 9. Well have ye judged. 10. On swept the lines. 11. There dozed the donkeys. 12. Boom! boom! went the

guns.

13. Thus waned the after

noon.

14. There thunders the cataract age after age.

Direction. Transpose these sentences by moving the adverb

5. Catiline shall no longer 11. Thy proud waves shall

plot her ruin.

be stayed here.

Direction. Write ten sentences in the transposed order,

using these adverbs:

*See note on page 9 of preface.

Still, here, now, so, seldom, there, out, yet, thus, never. Direction. Restore these sentences to the usual order by moving the phrase and the verb to their customary places, and note the loss:

5. Upon such a grating hinge 11. On the 17th of June,

Direction. Write ten sentences in the usual order, using these prepositions to introduce phrases, and then transpose the sentences, and compare the two orders:

Beyond, upon, toward, of, by, into, between, in, at, to.

Direction. Write six sentences in the transposed order, beginning them with these words:

There (independent), nor, neither.

ARRANGEMENT

LESSON 55*

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

If the interrogative word is subject or a modifier of it, the order is usual.

Examples. Who came last evening? What star shines brightest?

Direction. Write five interrogative sentences, using the first word below as a subject; the second as a subject and then as a modifier of the subject; the third as a subject and then as a modifier of the subject:

Who, which, what.

If the interrogative word is object complement or attribute complement or a modifier of either, the order is transposed.

Examples. Whom did you see? What are personal consequences? Which course will you choose?

Direction. Write an interrogative sentence with the first

*See note on page 9 of preface.