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Author of “Wolfville,” etc. Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless. Therefore this volume of sketches is named Sandburrs. Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book. There's scant propriety of it.
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for that reason; as a result
From this reading “Therefore this volume of sketches is named Sandburrs.”
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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 Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading Author of “Wolfville,” etc.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Author of “Wolfville,” etc.
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From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There's scant propriety of it.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Therefore this volume of sketches is named Sandburrs.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of “Wolfville,” etc.
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From this reading There's scant propriety of it.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Therefore this volume of sketches is named Sandburrs.
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From this reading There's scant propriety of it.
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From this reading Therefore this volume of sketches is named Sandburrs.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading There's scant propriety of it.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore this volume of sketches is named Sandburrs.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Therefore this volume of sketches is named Sandburrs.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
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From this reading Therefore this volume of sketches is named Sandburrs.
which person or people
From this reading Some folk there be who apologize for the birth of a book.
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From this reading Author of “Wolfville,” etc.
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From this reading Illustrated by Horace Taylor and George B. Luks New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company A SANDBURR is a foolish, small vegetable, irritating and grievously useless.
