e place where the tannery is
situated, and it is a laboring man's town.

4. She wore a dress and it was silk, and cost her father a lot
of money.

5. Every race horse has a care taker or groom, and this man
spends all his time and makes the horse comfortable.

=Faulty Subordination of the Main Thought=

=15. Do not put the principal statement of a sentence in a subordinate
clause or phrase.= This violation of unity is sometimes called
"upside-down subordination".

Faulty: I was going down the street, when I heard an explosion.
[If _hearing the explosion_ is the main thought, it should be
placed in the main clause.]

Right: When I was going down the street, I heard an explosion.

Faulty: Longstreet received orders to attack the Federal right
wing, which he did immediately.

Right: As soon as Longstreet received orders, he attacked the
Federal right wing.

Faulty: I suspected that it would rain, although I did not take
an umbrella.

Right: Although I suspected that it would rain, I did not take
an umbrella.

Exercise:

1. An old man used to work for us, who died yesterday.

2. He became angry, saying he positively refused to go.

3. He is a bright boy, although I should not want to trust him
with my pocketbook.

4. He had an ambition which was to become the best lawyer in
the state by the time he was forty years old.

5. The cable breaks and the elevator starts to drop, when the
safety device always operates at once to prevent an accident.

=Subordination Thwarted by _and_=

=16. Do not attach to a main clause by means of _and_, a word, phrase, or
clause which you intend shall be subordinate. The presence of _and_
thwarts subordination.=

Wrong: Major went to bed, and leaving the work unfinished.

Right: Major went to bed, leaving the work unfinished.

Wrong: He ran home and with coat tails flying.

Right: He ran home with coat tails flying.

Exercise:

1. They denied my request, and giving no reason for the
refusal.

2. He gave me his answer and in few words.

3. The girl stood on the edge of the cliff, and thus showing
that she was not afraid.

4. A telegraph line is leased by the Associated Press, and thus
giving the newspapers quick service.

5. When the summer passed, the fisherman re