Express a thought about Abraham Lincoln by means of a copula and a predicate (logical form). Express a thought about the Civil War by means of a direct predicate.Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.—Abraham Lincoln, “Gettysburg Address”
The proposition and the simple sentence
From A New English Grammar for Schools, by Thomas Harvey:
1. A proposition is a thought expressed in words.
Find the first sentence in the narrative here.
How many propositions does it contain?How many propositions does the third sentence contain?The eighth sentence?The second sentence?What is a sentence?
2. A sentence may consist of one proposition or of several propositions.
Write in order the propositions contained in the first sentence of the narrative found here.
3. A simple sentence consists of a single proposition.
Ex.—“Flowers bloom.” “Who is he?” “Tread lightly.” “How glad I am!”
Composition:
Make an outline and write a composition upon the narrative subject, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Days.”Previous Harvey's A New English Grammar Next
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