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Show PLEASANT GROVE HIGH SCHOOL NOTES I1KTTER ENGLISH ' ' Lesson VII. ' 'A verb 1b a word that shows action, or existence. Jump, sing, langh, raa nrc .verbs that show action; he, Is, Mfrin, fhow exlstcncv Some verbs stow an action that passes from ono person or thing to another. Thus in "Mnry hit the ball," We can easily sec that an act passed from Mary to tho ball. In "I saw him," the nctlon Is net so obvious, nnd yot it Is clonr that If tbo subject, performed the act of seeing;, nnd It Is equally clear that Bomeono, hlm, wns, the object that I saw. After nny of these verbs that show an action passing from the doer to the object, Jthe forms ne, hlm, her, uk and tkest nro used. To" experience no difficulty1 when wo hnvo only ono of these. wordB fol- lowing such n verb, but when we have more than ono, we sometimes make mistakes. For Instance, w0 never say "She told I," but we do sny "Sho told he and l".or more commonly, "8he told John nnd I." This is wrong of course, nnd the error is nppnrcnt when ono of the two words Is left out. When In doubt concerning n form, try th0 simple , test of using only one word nftcr the verb, nnd the correct form will be seen at once. Drill on the following examples, thoy may help to establish useful habits. He told her and mo. Father took Jane and mo to tho dance. Ho taught us boys how to play ball. Ho Invited us girls too. We asked him nnd hor to dinner. Tho orntorlcnl contest thnt was held by the four high schools nronscd a grcnl deal of Intorcst. Discussion waxed rather warm, but nt lost oil nrc satisfied. Lincoln was the win. nliu; Bcliop' piling up the most points In Its favor. Tho scores wro Lin. coin. 312; I'leaBant Orovo. 310; Lchl.i 3M; American For.k, 284. - i |