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Chapter XIV
GWIN HARLEY'S SCHEME. Elma felt nearly driven to distraction. All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school. She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School. Elma's father was a man of bad reputation.
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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 Elma's father was a man of bad reputation.
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From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
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From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
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From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading Elma's father was a man of bad reputation.
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From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
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From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading Elma felt nearly driven to distraction.
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From this reading Elma felt nearly driven to distraction.
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From this reading Elma felt nearly driven to distraction.
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From this reading Elma's father was a man of bad reputation.
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From this reading Elma's father was a man of bad reputation.
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From this reading Elma felt nearly driven to distraction.
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From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
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From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading GWIN HARLEY'S SCHEME.
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From this reading GWIN HARLEY'S SCHEME.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
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From this reading Elma's father was a man of bad reputation.
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From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
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From this reading Elma felt nearly driven to distraction.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
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From this reading Elma's father was a man of bad reputation.
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From this reading GWIN HARLEY'S SCHEME.
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From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Elma felt nearly driven to distraction.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All her future depended on the character which she was able to maintain at school.
which person or people
From this reading She did not, and she knew it, belong to the best class of girls who attended Middleton School.
