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Chapter XVI
A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR. HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell! You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath. But first, have I ever told you that we have a house? Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.”
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
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From this reading You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
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From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
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From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
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From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?
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From this reading You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.
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From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.
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From this reading You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
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From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.
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From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
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From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A LETTER FROM CAROLINA "’THE BATH,’ ENTERPRISE, S.C., "January 27, 19-- "MY DEAR MR.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But first, have I ever told you that we have a house?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
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From this reading Well, Guildford is so far from even Whitehall, which is the nearest place we visited, that I lost too much time in coming and going.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You would laugh if you knew why we call our house The Bath.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading HOWARD:--If only I could drop in on you this evening and make my report in person, what couldn’t I tell!
