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Chapter XXIII
How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad? People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not? Must they whoop inarticulately? For myself, I do not know one tune from another. I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “For myself, I do not know one tune from another.”
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading “How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For myself, I do not know one tune from another.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Must they whoop inarticulately?”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “For myself, I do not know one tune from another.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “For myself, I do not know one tune from another.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?”
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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 People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
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From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
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From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
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From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
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From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
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From this reading Must they whoop inarticulately?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Must they whoop inarticulately?
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
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From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
except for; apart from
From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
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From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
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From this reading For myself, I do not know one tune from another.
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
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From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
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From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
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From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am like the man who said that he knew two tunes, one was "God save the Queen," and the other was not.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
at the time that
From this reading How are unmusical people to express themselves when they are glad?
which person or people
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
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From this reading Must they whoop inarticulately?
in the company of; together with
From this reading People with an ear and a voice can sing, but what is to become of those who have not?
