ist who makes a mark in the world of science makes a mark
for himself everywhere.

5. While the practical man is learning skill in the practical
world, the college man is attaining a development of mentality
that will surpass that of the practical man when the college
man learns the skill of the practical man.

6. The field is dragged and rolled. Dragging and rolling leaves
the ground smooth and ready for planting.

7. A great number and variety of articles appears in every
issue. There is a complete review of each subject. It is
treated in a short, but thorough manner.

8. They gave me a hearty welcome. They stood back and looked at
me. They wanted to see if three months in the city had made any
changes in me. But they said it had not.

9. Engineering is looked upon by many students as an easy and
uninteresting study, but to my knowledge it is not
uninteresting and easy. Engineering is probably one of the
hardest courses in college. To me it is also the most
interesting.

10. A duck hunter should have a place to hunt where ducks are
frequently found in duck season. Ducks often light in the
backwater along a river, and in ponds. They are often found in
small lakes. Corn fields are common feeding places for ducks.
Ducks make regular trips to cornfields within reach of a body
of water such as a river or lake. It is their nature to spend
the night in the water, and in the morning and in the evening
they go out to the fields to feed.

GRAMMAR

=Case=

=50a. The subject of a verb is in the nominative case, even when the verb
is remote, or understood (not expressed).=

Wrong: They are as old as us.

Right: They are as old as we [are].

Wrong: He is taller than her.

Right: He is taller than she [is].

Note.--_Than_ and _as_ are conjunctions, not prepositions. When they are
followed by a pronoun merely, this pronoun is not their object, but part
of a clause the rest of which may be understood. The case of this
pronoun is determined by its relation to the rest of the unexpressed
clause. Sometimes the understood clause calls for the objective: "I like
his brother better than [I like] him." _Than whom_, though
ungrammatical, is sanctioned by usage.

=b. Guard against the improper attraction of _who_ into the objective
case by intervening expressions like