Insert the proper conjunction in each blank, if a conjunction is needed. Do not confine your choice to those mentioned above:—
1. Roland was mild and modest, ——
Charles was coarse and boastful. 2. ——
they were without provisions, they thought they should
starve. 3. In Addison’s day innumerable
vices were prevalent, —— chief among
them
was the custom of drinking.
4. Charles was a large, brawny fellow, ——
Orlando was a slender youth. 5. When the barn
was full of people, the doors were suddenly shut and
bolted —— the
barn was set on fire.
6. Hereward’s men wanted booty, ——
Hereward took them to the Golden
Borough.
7. He read a short —— interesting
account of “Theobald’s.” 8.
Longfellow received a good education ——
he was not a poor boy. 9. He was disappointed
in the speed of his yacht, —— he
had expected her
to be very fast.
10. The man said “to sell” was not
needed on the sign —— no one would
expect the hats to be given
away.
11. There is no doubt —— the
earth is spherical. 12. I know very little about
the “Arabian Nights” ——
I have never read
that book.
13. When Gulliver began to pull, the ships would
not move —— their
anchors held them.
14. He had to be cautious in using his Bible
—— at that time reading it
was prohibited; ——
he fastened it with tapes on the underside of
a stool.
15. The Liberal Arts Building at Chicago had
twice as much iron in its
frame ——
the Brooklyn Bridge.
16. The lumbermen must keep open a road to the
railroad, —— all their
provisions must be brought
from the city.
17. Scarcely had I thrown in my line ——
I felt a nibble. 18. The fly seems to have been
created for no other purpose —— to
purify
the air.
19. At first you wonder where the boats are,
—— on entering the grove you
can see only a small cabin.
20. I do not doubt —— he will
succeed. 21. I cannot deny ——
he is honest. 22. He was dismissed, not so much
because he was too young —— because
he
was indolent.
23. The land is equally adapted to farming ——
to pasturage. 24. Proportion is ——
simple —— compound. 25. I wonder
—— he will come. 26. The last
of the horses had scarcely crossed the bridge ——
the head of
the third battalion appeared
on the other side.
27. He looked as —— he could
play football. 28. —— I saw her,
she was young —— beautiful. 29.
Bruce spoke of himself as being neither Scotch ——
English. 30. I could —— buy
—— borrow it. 31. He has no
love —— veneration for his superiors.
32. There was no place so hidden ——
so remote —— the plague did
not find it.
33. We need not, —— do not,
complain of our lot. 34. He could not deny ——
he had borrowed money. 35. There is no question
—— the universe has bounds. 36.
A corrupt government is nothing else ——
a reigning sin. 37. She thinks, I regret to say,