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TWO  \nhttps://archive.org/details/practicalenglish0000unse_l2  \n# A NEw SELF-TEACHING CoURSE IN\n\nPRACTICAL ENGLISHand Effective Speech  \nCOMPRISING  \nVOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT,GRAMMAR,PRONUNCIATION,ENUNCIATION,  \nAND THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES  \nOF EFFECTIVE ORAL  \nEXPRESSION  \nBY  \nEsTELLE B.HU NTER,PH.B.  \nLESSON TW O  \nTHE BETTER-SPEECH INSTITUTE  \nOF AMERICA  \n307 North Michigan Avenue,Chicago,U.S.A.  \nCONTENTS  \nPage  \nGRAMMAR .···    ··  \nPersonNumberAgreement of Subject and Verb  \nELIMINATION OF SPEECH FAULTS....·..·····.l1  \nSpeech FaultsSezIt don'tWas you?Blame it onTake a holdKind of aSort ofThese kindDark-complectedMost all  \n·.·..14  \nENUNCIATION .  \nLip ExerciseJaw Exercise  \nEnunciation Exercise 2-AEnunciation Exercise 2-B  \n.  ·  ··17  \nPRONUNCIATION .  .  \nPronunciation Exercise 2-AWords of French DerivationFrench Pronunciation KeyPronunciation Exercise 2-B  \nVoCABULARY DEVELOPMENT..The Omnibus Word “Funny”Synonyms and Antonyms  \n....20  \nEFFECTIVE ExPRESSION ..  \n.  .  .  .  .24  \nThe Use of Color in Description  \nExERCISES FOR LESSON Two ....·  ·.  .28ANSWERS TO EXERCISES .  ·  ·  ..31  \n# PRACTICAL ENGLISHAND EFFECTIVE SPEECH\n\nLESSON TWO  \nGRAMMAR  \nHY is it correct to say,\"The men have finished theirwork,\"and wrong to say,“The mans has finished theirwork”?Simply because nouns,pronouns,and verbsare inflected—that is,changed in form according to their con-struction or meaning.The old rule that a verb must agree withits subject in person and number means simply that when a nounor pronoun is changed to show person or number,the verb alsomust be changed.For the sake of simplicity,let us divide the ruleunder consideration into two parts:(1)A verb must agree withits subject in person;(2)A verb must agree with its subject innumber.Before we attempt to apply this rule,however,let usreview person and number in some detail.  \nPERSON  \nPerson has reference to the person speaking,the one spoken to,or the one spoken of.The first person denotes the person speak-ing;the second person,the person spoken to;the third person,theperson or thing spoken of.  \nNouns are not inflected (changed in form)to show person,butpronouns and verbs are,as you will see by studying the followingillustrative sentences:  \n1.I sing in the choir.(first person,speaking)  \n2.We sing with the orchestra.(first person,speaking)  \n3.You are a good boy.(second person,spolcen to)  \n4.John plays the piano well.(third person,spol:en of)  \n5.She is an author of note.(third person,spoken of)  \n6.These flowers match my dress.(third person,spoken of)  \n7.Knowledge is power.(third person,spoken of)  \n8.Your praise embarrasses me.(third person,spoken of)  \n9.They plan to go to Paris next.(third person,spoken of)  \n10.Eleanor,please sing for us.(second person,spoken to)  \nNUMBER  \nNumber,as the term suggests,has to do with the number ofpersons or things under consideration.The singular number in-dicates one person or thing;the plural number indicates more thanone.  \nNouns  \nNumber as applied to nouns is either singular or plural.Ingeneral,we form the plural of a given noun by adding s to itssingular form,as in star(singular),stars(plural).  \nWhen the singular form of a noun ends in a letter whose sounddoes not unite easily with the s,it is necessary to add es.Suchnouns fall into four groups:  \n1.Nouns ending in soft ch,s,sh,x,and z form their pluralsby adding es to the singular form,as:church,churches;kiss,kisses;dish,dishes;fox,foxes;topaz,topazes.  \n2.Most nouns ending in f or fe change f or fe to ves in theplural,as:self,selves;loaf,loaves;sheaf,sheaves;thief,thieves;wolf,wolves;wife,wives;knife,knives;leaf,leaves;life,lives;shelf,shelves.Scarf has two plurals(scarfs and scarves),as haswharf(wharfs and wharves).The plurals of a few nouns endingin f or fe are formed regularly by the addition of s,as:brief,briefs;chief,chiefs;gulf,gulfs;fife,fifes.  \n3.Nouns ending in 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