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Chapter IV
MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday. You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard. The instruction is quite as good. It is not the college that makes the man, but the reverse. Or you might go to Columbia this fall.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The instruction is quite as good.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Or you might go to Columbia this fall.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The instruction is quite as good.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
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From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is not the college that makes the man, but the reverse.
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From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
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From this reading Or you might go to Columbia this fall.
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From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
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From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
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From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading Or you might go to Columbia this fall.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading Or you might go to Columbia this fall.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The instruction is quite as good.
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From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading The instruction is quite as good.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The instruction is quite as good.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not the college that makes the man, but the reverse.
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From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading It is not the college that makes the man, but the reverse.
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From this reading It is not the college that makes the man, but the reverse.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Or you might go to Columbia this fall.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not the college that makes the man, but the reverse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The instruction is quite as good.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is not the college that makes the man, but the reverse.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Or you might go to Columbia this fall.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
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From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You would doubtless do as well or better at one of the small colleges as you would at Harvard.
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From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY DEAR JULIAN, I enclose a circular from Amherst College that came to you yesterday.
