lily.

11. He is still worried over the ill fulfillment of John's promise.

12. In his letters there is something fine in every line.

13. They ordered the members of the order to pay their dues.

EXERCISE 71. A GENERAL EXERCISE ON SENTENCES

_Revise the following sentences. In parentheses after each sentence
is the number of the paragraph in which the error involved is set
forth:_

1. Not only should we go to church, but also prayer-meeting. (92-4.)

2. In the East, just above the horizon, Mars may be readily seen
in the evenings. (93-1.)

3. There is nothing distinctive about the style of the book, and
it tells the story of a young Russian couple. (91-1.)

4. The nasal noise in his enunciation was displeasing. (94-2.)

5. Books, papers, records, money, checks, and receipts, were burned.
(92-6.)

6. I tried to learn to write plainly, and have failed. (92-7.)

7. He has not and never will succeed in doing that. (92-5.)

8. He is sick as a result of the picnic, it may be. (91-2.)

9. Finally they stepped from the boat into the water, and tried
to move it by all of them pushing. (92-2.)

10. One is sure to become dull in mind, and ill in health, if you
fail to exercise. (93-1.)

11. The trip was comparatively quickly and easily made. (94-1.)

12. She was of ordinary family, but he didn't think of criticizing
that, since his own parents were of the German peasantry. (91-4.)

13. The man was sentenced to either be hanged or life-imprisonment.
(92-7.)

14. People of wealth (and it is by no means an exception to the
rule) fail to notice the misery about them. (91-1-b.)

15. There one can see miles and miles. For there are no mountains.
(91-3-a.)

16. She told her that she thought that she had come too soon. (92-2.)

17. By the judge's mistake, he was made a free man, and started
on a career of crime again. (93-1.)

18. Flora Macdonald was a genuine heroine. (94-3.)

19. No criticism was made of the object, but of the means. (92-5.)

20. If you observe the relation of spelling to pronunciation, you
will have little trouble in pronunciation. (94-1.)

21. He threw the stone at the window. And then he ran. (91-3.)

22. The reading of Poe's stories at least is entertaining, if not
elevating. (92-3-b.)

23. John the lion killed. (92-3-b.)

24. He arose suddenly upsetting the table. (92-3-b.)

25. Bridget was a faithful servant, she never f