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Chapter VIII
“Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself. “Three more days, and then peace--and a life-long sense of defeat! And by whom? By two mere infants--in years. I erred in not taking them singly.
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used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.”
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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 “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And by whom?
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Three more days, and then peace--and a life-long sense of defeat!
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading I erred in not taking them singly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I erred in not taking them singly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By two mere infants--in years.
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From this reading By two mere infants--in years.
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From this reading “Three more days, and then peace--and a life-long sense of defeat!
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From this reading By two mere infants--in years.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I erred in not taking them singly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Three more days, and then peace--and a life-long sense of defeat!
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading “Three more days, and then peace--and a life-long sense of defeat!
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From this reading I erred in not taking them singly.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading I erred in not taking them singly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I erred in not taking them singly.
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From this reading “Three more days, and then peace--and a life-long sense of defeat!
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
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From this reading By two mere infants--in years.
at the time that
From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And by whom?
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From this reading By two mere infants--in years.
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From this reading “Only three more days,” soliloquized Mrs. Burton, when the departure of her husband for New York and the disappearance of the boys gave her a quiet moment to herself.
