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onscious state. She _awoke_ her daughter, who, after she had regained her senses, related what had _transpired_. 20. Elizabeth _allowed_ that he had given a very rational account of it. 21. He _calculates_ to go to-morrow morning. 22. The Abbe was beheaded, not _hung_. 23. I am looking for a fault which I cannot exactly _locate_. 24. James W. Reed, who mysteriously disappeared several weeks ago, has been _located_ in England. 25. I _expect_ you feel tired after your long walk. 26. The strike of the tailors, which it was _claimed_ would _transpire_ yesterday, failed to _materialize_. 27. Do you _allow_ to go to town to-day? 28. She tried to _locate_ the places whence the sounds came. 29. Floods in all directions. Middle and New England States _enjoy_ their annual freshets.[107] 30. I had hard work to _restrain_[108] from taking some. [107] Heading in a newspaper. [108] Consult a dictionary. EXERCISE LXII.[109] _Illustrate by original sentences the proper use of each of these verbs_:-- Allow, learn, leave, let, loan, locate, accede, accredit, credit, arise, rise, captivate, depreciate, deprecate, impugn, impute, like, love, antagonize, champion, calculate, bring, carry, fetch, claim, assert, allege, maintain, admit, confess, demand, hire, let, lease, materialize, plead, argue, state, stop, transpire, accept, except, advertise, advise, affect, effect, alleviate, relieve, augur, compare to, compare with, contrast, construe, construct, convince, convict, detect, discriminate, disclose, discover, dominate, domineer, drive, ride, eliminate, elicit, insure, secure, esteem, estimate, expose, expound, investigate, persuade, convince, predicate, predict, prescribe, proscribe, purpose, propose, repulse, start, suspect, expect, anticipate. [109] See Note to Teacher, p. 41. CHAPTER VI. OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS AN ADJECTIVE is a word joined by way of description or limitation to a noun or a pronoun. An ADVERB is a word joined by way of limitation or emphasis to a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. VULGARISMS.[110]--Every educated person is expected to know the correct use of the following words:-- GOOD, WELL.--_Good_ is an adjective: the adverb corresponding to it is _well_. We say, "He had a _good_ sleep;" "He slept _well_." _Well_ is sometimes an adjective, as in "You look _well_." LIKELY, PROBABLY, LIKE.--_Likely_ is now used as an adjective only, except in the phrase "A
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