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AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC. RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY. SCENE--_A Suburban Hall. The Performance has not yet begun. The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The Performance has not yet begun.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “The Performance has not yet begun.”
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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 SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
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From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
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From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
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From this reading SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
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From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
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From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
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From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
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From this reading The Audience is limited and low-spirited, and may perhaps number--including the Attendants--eighteen.
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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From this reading SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
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From this reading SCENE--_A Suburban Hall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC.
but in spite of that
From this reading The Performance has not yet begun.
