Assignment. You may argue the case of "The Farmer vs. the Motorist." Your teacher will assist you to select a jury and one pupil to act as presiding officer. Make a careful outline of what you want to say, listing your facts in the order you wish to present them. Read your outlines in class and decide who has the best outlines for the affirmative side and who the best for the negative. The pupil who has written the best outline for the affirmative side may be the first speaker. After the jurors have given their decision the class may discuss the debate. They will tell 1. Whether they could hear what was said. 2. Whether the reasons given were based on facts. 3. Whether the speakers used correct English. 164. ANOTHER WORD REVIEW Have you noticed, in studying the review sentences, that the majority of common errors are made by using the wrong forms of the irregular verbs and of the personal pronouns? The wrong use of irregular verbs is responsible for probably fifty to sixty per cent of all grammatical errors. Watch your own use of these words. Learn the principal parts of the irregular verbs. Learn to use the past tense and the past participle correctly. Learn the nominative, possessive, and objective forms of the personal pronouns and learn the rules governing their uses. Practice using the correct forms. 1. The teacher told John and (me, myself) to study the lesson. 2. He speaks with (whomever, whoever) he meets. 3. Everyone must do as (they, he) (think, thinks) best. 4. Each one did as (they, he) pleased. 5. I do not like (those, that) kind of pear. 6. I like those (kind, kinds) of apples. 7. He never cared for (that, those) sort of people. 8. (These, This) sort of pencil is the best. 9. The (farther, further) he ran, the deeper grew the mystery. 10. A tall, well-built, athletic man (was, were) standing by the door. 11. A tall, a well-built, and an athletic man (was, were) sitting in the room. 12. Mary, as well as her sisters (was, were) here. 13. The teacher, with all the boys and girls, (was, were) in the room. 14. He said that the committee (was, were) ready to report. 15. Athletics (is, are) a necessary part of one's education. 16. When he came (in, into) the room, he sat (in, into) the chair and put his pencil (in, into) his pocket. 17. He sat (beside, besides) his friend. 18. (Beside, Besides) reading a story, I also wrote a theme. 19. He (eat, ate) a big dinner today. 20. Things (aint, aren't) what they (use, used) to be. 21. He (run, ran) across the diamond and (caught, ketched) the ball. 22. He (climbed, clumb) up the ladder and (dragged, drug) the child to safety. 23. I (surely, sure) was glad when the whistle (blowed, blew). 24. Do (like, as) I do. 25. He is (some, something, somewhat) better today. 26. Helen (she, her), and (I, me) were invited. 27. It was (me, I) who broke your pencil. I went into the house. I sat in the chair. I put my hand into my pocket. 23. Common Errors Corrected 165. EXPLAINING THE MEANING OF A TERM Here is a dictionary definition of one of the most common organizations for saving money: building and loan association a society organized in any of various ways for the purpose of enabling its members to invest money, as by making regular monthly payments, and of aiding its members with loans, usually for buying or improving real estate. An example of the way in which one can save money by investing in building and loan association stock makes the idea much clearer. Here is one way to save money by investing in building and loan association stock. You pay one dollar a month for a share of stock. At the end of a certain time, usually about eleven years, or 132 months, your stock matures. That means that the building and loan association pays you back the money you have paid in plus its share of the earnings of the association. As an investor your return would be: Original investment $1.00 per month, 132 months...$132.00 Earnings on this investment..... Total.... 68.00 . $200.00 Here are some definitions that can be explained by giving an illustration. Write out an illustration for as many of them as your teacher assigns. Christ-mas fund a savings-bank account, at in terest, built up by uniform weekly deposits during the year, and intended to be withdrawn for use during the Christmas shopping season. in-ter-est Fin., a sum paid for the use of money, being a certain per cent of the sum loaned per unit of time, as per year: simple interest, interest paid on the principal only, or on the amount loaned: compound interest, interest paid on the sum of the principal and any interest due but not paid, such unpaid interest, as it falls due, being added to the principal. in-come tax a tax levied upon yearly receipts or profits. re-fer-en-dum 1, a method of ascertaining the people's attitude toward proposed legislation by submitting it to popular vote: often associated with the initiative and recall; also, the submission of proposed legislation to popular vote; 2, a note from a diplomatic agent to his government asking for instructions. the cost of sending letters by mail: post-age postage stamp, an official stamp sold by the government to be affixed to mail matter as a sign that the postage has been paid. = pledge (môr'gaj), n. [O.F. dead mort-gage mort, dead+gauge, pledge], Law, a legal document or instrument given by one person (the mortgagor), usually a borrower, to another (the mortgagee), usually a lender, which conveys to the latter the title to property of the former, with the proviso that the instrument become void under specifled conditions, as upon the repayment of a loan; also, the title or claim created by such an instrument:-v.t. [p.t. and p.p. -gaged (-gâjd), p.pr. -gaging (-gå-jing)], Law, to convey an interest in (property), by a conveyance which serves as security for the performance of an act or the payment of money, and which becomes void upon such performance or payment. (môr"ga-je'), n. Law, the person in mort-ga-gee whose favor a mortgage is created; the person who holds the mortgage. (môr"ga-jôr'; môr'ga-jer), 'n. Law, mort-ga-gor the person who borrows money by means of creating a mortgage. Also, mort"ga-geor'mort'ga-ger (môr'gâ-jer). check Com., a written order to a bank or the like to pay a specified sum of money on demand: also, cheque: check book, a book containing blank forms on which to write orders for the payment of a specified sum of money. 1, one who is associated with another or part-ner others in some cooperative connection for mutual benefit or concerted action, as in a business; an associate; 2, in games, one who plays with another against opponents; 3, one who dances with another; 4, a husband or a wife. (The law definition is under partnership: the relation between two or more persons who have contracted to do business together and share the profits; also, the contract establishing this relationship.) will there are many definitions of both verb and noun. One meaning is: a legal document disposing of one's property after death. lease 1, a written contract whereby one party grants the use of land, buildings, or personal property for a definite consideration known as rent, for a specified term, to another; also, the document in which the contract is written; 2, the land, buildings, or personal property thus acquired and held. deed Law, a written paper, properly made out under seal, conveying or transferring title to land or other real property. in-sur-ance tection against the risk of individual (In-shoor'åns), n. 1, a system of proloss, by distributing according to the law of averages the burden of losses over a large number of individuals; 166. BIRDS vs. CATS A great French scientist said that if all the birds in the world were destroyed, man could not long exist, because the insects would devour the fruits and other crops. If that is true, and it doubtless is true, are we doing as much as we should to protect the birds of America? Robert Ridgway, Curator of Birds of the United States National Museum, says: "In the wholesale destruction of wild life which has taken place, only the insects have escaped; and of all enemies with which man has to contend none can compare with the members of the insect world, at once the most numerous and voracious of all creatures. Now among the enemies of insects the birds are first, because the food of most birds consists chiefly or to a greater or less extent of insects. The digestive processes of birds are extremely rapid, and so it comes to pass that every insect-eating bird each day devours more than its own weight of these arch-enemies of the farmer and horticulturist. It is safe to say that but for the help thus rendered by the birds it would hardly be possible to grow crops of grain, forage, or fruits. The sooner more people realize this fact the better it will be for all." What birds are common to your neighborhood? What food do they eat? In what ways are your birds useful? Is there anything done for their protection? Puss is without doubt the greatest enemy of birds in America. In the daytime she seems harmless enough, but at night she is a killer, and little helpless birds are |