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Chapter XII
Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University. I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him. Poor Frank! If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship. Yet he was brilliant enough.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor Frank!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet he was brilliant enough.”
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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 I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
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From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
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From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
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From this reading Yet he was brilliant enough.
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From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
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From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
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From this reading Yet he was brilliant enough.
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From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
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From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
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From this reading Poor Frank!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
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From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
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From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
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From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
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From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
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From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
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From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor Frank!
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From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
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From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
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From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
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From this reading Dr. Borderson, it seemed, held the chair in Ethics at the University.
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From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I knew a Borderson once and was very fond of him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If he was alive he would have more likely reached a prison or a hospital than a professorship.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet he was brilliant enough.
