+Caution+.--Phrase modifiers should be placed as near as may be to the
words they modify.
+To the Teacher+.--For composition exercises with particular reference
to arrangement, see Notes, pp. 172-176.
ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.
A fellow was arrested with short hair.
I saw a man digging a well with a Roman nose.
He died and went to his rest in New York.
Wanted--A room by two gentlemen thirty feet long and twenty feet wide.
Some garments were made for the family of thick material.
The vessel was beautifully painted with a tall mast.
I perceived that it had been scoured with half an eye.
A house was built by a mason of brown stone.
A pearl was found by a sailor in a shell.
Punctuate these sentences when corrected.
+Caution+.--Care must be taken to select the right preposition.
+To the Teacher+.--For the preposition to be used, consult the Unabridged
Dictionaries.
ERRORS TO BE CORRECTED.
They halted with the river on their backs.
The cat jumped on the chair.
He fell onto the floor.
He went in the house.
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