Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... clause " when I had read the papers . " This clause contains a subject and a predicate , but , for completeness of meaning , depends on some word in the succeeding clause . Such clauses are subordinate , or dependent , and sentences ...
... clause " when I had read the papers . " This clause contains a subject and a predicate , but , for completeness of meaning , depends on some word in the succeeding clause . Such clauses are subordinate , or dependent , and sentences ...
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... clause " with special reference to those dependent , or subordinate , prop- ositions , introduced by connectives . CLAUSES . There are three kinds of clauses : ( 1 ) The adjective clause ; ( 2 ) The adverbial clause ; ( 3 ) The ...
... clause " with special reference to those dependent , or subordinate , prop- ositions , introduced by connectives . CLAUSES . There are three kinds of clauses : ( 1 ) The adjective clause ; ( 2 ) The adverbial clause ; ( 3 ) The ...
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... clause modify- ing the noun “ hate . ” " Who envy us " is an adjective clause modifying the pronoun " those . " Adjective clauses may be classified as restrictive and non- restrictive . A restrictive clause limits the application , or ...
... clause modify- ing the noun “ hate . ” " Who envy us " is an adjective clause modifying the pronoun " those . " Adjective clauses may be classified as restrictive and non- restrictive . A restrictive clause limits the application , or ...
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... clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that ... clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the ...
... clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that ... clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the ...
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... clause ex- pressing result , introduced by the subordinate conjunction " lest . " Corruption wins not more than honesty receives . " Than honesty receives " is an adverbial clause of com- parison , introduced by the subordinate ...
... clause ex- pressing result , introduced by the subordinate conjunction " lest . " Corruption wins not more than honesty receives . " Than honesty receives " is an adverbial clause of com- parison , introduced by the subordinate ...
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accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees Trimeter trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer