Plain English

Updated: 2024-4-18

Status: Completed

Plain English Novel Chapters

List of most recent chapters published for the Plain English novel. A total of 116 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024

Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Plain English.by Marian Wharton.FOREWORD Every generation has added a little to the stor
Plain English.by Marian Wharton.FOREWORD Every generation has added a little to the store of truth of which the human race has possessed itself throughout the long sweep of the centuries. Every truth expressed and preserved by those who lived in the past,

16 The corn grows.The farmer grows corn.In the sentence, _Corn grows_, _grows_ is a complete verb. You could not say _The corn grows--what?_ for it does not grow anything. It merely grows, and the verb _grows_ in this sense is a complete verb. But in the sen 2024-4-23
15 The following table gives the digraphs most commonly used: ng--as in _ring_, _tongue_ ch--as in _church_ and _much_ ch--k as in _chasm_ ch--sh as in _chagrin_ th--as in _then_, _those_ th--as in _thin_ and _worth_ ce--sh as in _ocean_ ci--sh as in _specia 2024-4-23
14 The possessive form of nouns is made by adding an apostrophe and _s_, ('s); thus, _day's_, _lady's_, _girl's_, _clerk's_.To plural nouns ending in _s_ add only an apostrophe; thus, _days'_, _ladies'_, _girls'_, _clerks'_.When plural nouns do not 2024-4-23
13 man men goose geese ox oxen woman women foot feet mouse mice brother brethren tooth teeth child children louse lice +77.+ Proper nouns, when made plural, generally follow the same rule as common nouns. Thus we write: All the Smiths, the Joneses, both the 2024-4-23
12 1. learn learning 2. invent invention 3. choose choice 4. defend defense 5. try trial 6. judge judgment 7. read reading 8. please pleasure 9. elect election 10. move motion +66.+ An abstract noun is also the name of a condition. These nouns are derived fr 2024-4-23
11 Yours for Education, THE PEOPLE'S COLLEGE.CLa.s.sES OF NOUNS +59.+ We have learned that the words in a sentence are cla.s.sified according to the work which each word does. The words which a.s.sert are called verbs; the words which are the names of thing 2024-4-23
10 Exercise 6 Mark the interjections in the following sentences. Notice those which express emotion and those which imitate sound.1. Oh! Is it possible.2. Hurrah! We have good news at last.3. Whirr! Whirr! goes the giant machine.4. Come! Keep up your courage 2024-4-23
9 Can you find a word in this sentence which is a connective word besides the preposition _for_? Did you notice that little word _and_? The noun _men_ and the noun _women_ are both subjects of the verb _struggle_, and they are joined by this little connecti 2024-4-23
8 +43.+ +A p.r.o.noun is a word that is used in place of a noun.+ These p.r.o.nouns are very useful little words. They save us a great deal of tiresome repet.i.tion. Notice the awkwardness of the following: The workers will succeed in gaining the workers' 2024-4-23
7 Yours for Education, THE PEOPLE'S COLLEGE.WORDS ADDED TO NOUNS +33.+ When man began to invent words to express his ideas of the world in which he lived, we have found that probably the first need was that of names for the things about him. So we have nou 2024-4-23
6 2. The _man_ has a boat.3. The women _pa.s.s_ this way.4. They held the _pa.s.s_ for hours.5. Little children _work_ in the mines.6. The _work_ of the world is done by machinery today.7. The armies will _cross_ the bridge.8. He built a _cross_ of rude sto 2024-4-23
5 WORDS THAT a.s.sERT +27.+ After the primitive man had invented names for the things about him, probably his next step was to invent words of action. He very naturally wanted to tell what all of these various things _did_. So the words that tell what thing 2024-4-23
4 This is an a.s.sertion expressed as an exclamation.Oh! Why should war continue?Here we have a question in the form of an exclamation.Come! Keep your courage up.In this, we have a command, an imperative sentence, expressed in the form of an exclamation.+An 2024-4-23
3 SPELLING LESSON 1 +Spelling is the process of naming or writing in proper order the letters of a word.+ There is nothing that marks us so quickly as lacking in the qualities that go to make up a good education as our inability to spell the words most comm 2024-4-23
2 Two cla.s.ses have always existed.To which cla.s.s do you belong?Join your cla.s.s in the struggle.In every one of these six groups of words we have a complete thought expressed. Each of these groups of words we call a sentence.+15.+ +A sentence is a grou 2024-4-23
1 Plain English.by Marian Wharton.FOREWORD Every generation has added a little to the store of truth of which the human race has possessed itself throughout the long sweep of the centuries. Every truth expressed and preserved by those who lived in the past, 2024-4-23