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S UBJE CT.

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he collected an army, he determined to try peaceable
means. Accordingly he sent heralds to all the principal
cities in Greece, and bade them demand from each city
"earth and water." What made him ask for that?
Why, you must know this was the Persian way of
demanding obedience and subjection; for, among them,
giving earth was the sign of surrendering their land to
the Great King, and giving water meant that they surrendered their sea and navy to him. The heralds
therefore, with this message from Xerxes, went forth on
their several journeys.
"Who lived " " A mighty king," Subject.
" Does every boy know?" " Does who know?" "Every
boy," Subject.
"If who do not know? " "You," Subject.
"Look it out." A command: Subject " you," implied.
"Though who reigned?" "He," Subject. (Note that
reigned is joined by the Conjunction "and " to the Verb
was, and both these Verbs follow the Conjunction
"though." We therefore repeat "though," in asking
the question to find the Subject. Note, also, that the
answer is " le," not "Xerxes." The answer must always
be a word in the sentence.)
"Who or what could satisfy him? " "Nothing but the
whole world," Subject.
"Who or what had (not yet) submitted?" "A little
nation," Subject. These words are also the Subject of
lived, which is joined to submitted by " and."
"Who or what was called? " " This nation," Subject.
"Who or what did (not) amount?" "All the Greeks,"
Subject.
"Who was obeyed? " "Xerxes," Subject.
"Who were often divided?" " The Greeks," Subject.
" Who seemed?" " They," Subject.