Grammar and Language Workbook

2. Instead, Laina searched into attics and basements for treasures to recycle.
3. Her motto is, “If it looks good, use it, regardless of where it came from.”
4. On the windows, she hanged old wooden shutters she found in her
grandmother’s garage.
5. In front of these, she hung plants donated by a high school botany class.
6. At flea markets she collected dozens of secondhand chairs and, irregardless of
style, painted them all the same dark green.
7. The tables, no two the same size and shape, look well together thanks to
matching tablecloths.
8. On the walls Laina has hanged old calendar pictures in inexpensive frames.
9. Customers who walk in the dining room will never guess the origins of its
furnishings.
10. The place simply wouldn’t have the same charm if people had of thrown all
these old things away.
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Lesson 70
Usage: this kind to reason is because
this kind
,
these kinds 
This and that are singular. These and those are plural.
This kind of dog is well behaved around children.
Purchasing these kinds of products is less harmful to the rainforest.
lay
,
lie
Lay means “to put” or “to place” something. Lay always takes a direct object. Lie
means “to recline” or “to be positioned.” Lie never takes a direct object.
Please lay the towels on the dresser.
Carol decided to lie down for a while.