Module3SlaveryandtheAmericanCivilWarPeriod2GrammarandusageStep1:GeneralintroductiontoGrammar1and2——languageinuse(1)and(2)The“little”wordsinEnglishmakeupalargepercentageofthelanguage
Theydonotalwayshaveclearmeaninginthewayothervocabularydoes
However,wordslike“at;all;too;put;used;being”areoftenpartofeverydayexpressionswhichareveryusefultotryandlearn
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Readthefollowingsentencesandpaymuchattentionto“at”ineachsentence
Thethreemenstayedatahotel
Lincolnwaskilledatabout10o’clockintheevening
SolomonNorthrupwasgoodat(playing)theviolin
Lookatthepictureofthecottonplantation
Atthebeginning,itwasacollectionof13differentstates
Solomonoftenstayedathomeplayingtheviolin
Theywereallveryexcitedatthenewsthattheywerefreeeversincethen
From1861to1865thewholenationwereatwar