T.PARSIN' PRACTI

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..^U:BRAIN.    P A R S I N '   P R A C T
 I C E..            BY ROGER NORTON..   
 WHEN I WAS BUT A TAD, THE GOOD.SISTERS 
OF ST. THOMAS SCHOOL HAD TWO.CONSUMING P
ASSIONS.  THE SECOND ONE.WAS DIAGRAMMING
 SENTENCES.  EVERYDAY.MY CLASSMATES AND 
I WOULD BE MARCHED.ONE AT A TIME TO THE 
BLACKBOARD WHERE.WE WOULD BE EXPECTED TO
 DIAGRAM.SENTENCES SUCH AS "IS NOT A SIN
, BE IT.PURPOSEFUL OR NOT, AN INSULT TO 
THAT.WHICH, IN TRUTH, IS THE VERY ANTI-.
THESIS OF SAME?"  IT WAS A SIMILAR.EXPER
IENCE TO SERVING IN THE ARMY;.YOU'RE GLA
D THAT YOU DID IT BUT WOULD.KILL TO KEEP
 FROM HAVING TO DO IT.AGAIN...    PARSIN
' PRACTICE, ROGER NORTON'S.LATEST EDUCAT
IONAL GAME/QUIZ, IS.EITHER A TEST OF HOW
 WELL YOU.REMEMBER YOUR GRAMMAR LESSONS 
IN.SCHOOL OR HOW MUCH ATTENTION YOU ARE.
PAYING IN CLASS RIGHT NOW.  I ASSUME.THA
T SCHOOLS STILL TEACH GRAMMAR...    ALL 
YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET A GREAT.SCORE IN P
ARSIN' PRACTICE IS IDENTIFY.THE SUBJECT 
AND VERB OF A SENTENCE --.AND SPELL THEM
 CORRECTLY.  ROGER HAS.ADDED A TOUCH OF 
LUCK TO THE GAME.TOO.  BEFORE YOU BEGIN 
YOUR EXERCISE.YOU'RE ASKED TO PICK A LOT
TERY.NUMBER.  IF YOUR NUMBER MATCHES THE
.NUMBER PICKED BY THE PROGRAM BEFORE.EAC
H SENTENCE, YOU GET A BONUS...    YOU AL
SO GET TO CHOOSE THE NUMBER.OF SENTENCES
 YOU WANT FOR YOUR GAME/.EXERCISE AND WH
ETHER YOU WANT SOUND.OR DIRECTIONS.  WHE
N YOU FINISH WITH.THE SENTENCES YOU ARE 
SHOWN THE.SCOREBOARD WHICH GIVES YOU SOM
E.STATISTICS ON HOW WELL YOU DID...    T
HIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF.EDUCATI
ONAL GAMES BY ROGER NORTON TO.BE PUBLISH
ED ON LOADSTAR.  JUDGING BY.OUR MAIL, TH
E SERIES IS VERY POPULAR..AND JUDGING BY
 THE PROGRAMS THAT.ROGER HAS RECENTLY SE
NT IN TO US, THE.SERIES WILL CONTINUE FO
R QUITE A.WHILE.  BUT THAT'S ENOUGH JUDG
MENT.FOR NOW, LET'S START PRACTICING OUR
.PARSING!..DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES.
.PARSIN' PRACTICE   T.PARSIN' PRACTICE..
        **** END OF TEXT ****.

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