Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... containing such clauses are com- plex . I read the papers , and I returned them . In the third sentence we use neither the phrase nor the dependent clause , but express the ideas by means of in- dependent propositions . Such a sentence ...
... containing such clauses are com- plex . I read the papers , and I returned them . In the third sentence we use neither the phrase nor the dependent clause , but express the ideas by means of in- dependent propositions . Such a sentence ...
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... contain a number of phrases , they should not be grouped together at the be- * TO THE TEACHER . - The pupil should here be taught the punctuation of simple sentences . The rules for such punctuation , together with examples illus ...
... contain a number of phrases , they should not be grouped together at the be- * TO THE TEACHER . - The pupil should here be taught the punctuation of simple sentences . The rules for such punctuation , together with examples illus ...
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... contain great mineral wealth , to some extent developed . 4. Indigo is a blue dye obtained from the leaves of several species of plants largely cultivated throughout the warm regions of Asia . 5. In 1520 , Magellan entered the Pacific ...
... contain great mineral wealth , to some extent developed . 4. Indigo is a blue dye obtained from the leaves of several species of plants largely cultivated throughout the warm regions of Asia . 5. In 1520 , Magellan entered the Pacific ...
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... containing participles . Thus : " This is the only course which is left to us , " changed to , " This is the only course left to us " ; " As he came for- ward , he took his brother's hand , " changed to , " Coming forward , he took his ...
... containing participles . Thus : " This is the only course which is left to us , " changed to , " This is the only course left to us " ; " As he came for- ward , he took his brother's hand , " changed to , " Coming forward , he took his ...
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... containing a participle : 1. This is the only witchcraft he has used . 2. As he rushed forward , he shouted to his companions . 3. The big fifth - form boys , who were a sporting and drinking set , soon began to usurp power . 4. His own ...
... containing a participle : 1. This is the only witchcraft he has used . 2. As he rushed forward , he shouted to his companions . 3. The big fifth - form boys , who were a sporting and drinking set , soon began to usurp power . 4. His own ...
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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