Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... dependent , and sentences 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 ...
... dependent , and sentences 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 ...
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... 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 substantive , or noun , clause . 1. An adjective ...
... 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 substantive , or noun , clause . 1. An adjective ...
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... dependent upon it . The dependent statements may be embodied in the sentence by means of modifying words , phrases , or clauses . Thus : Separate Statements . Egypt has recently annexed large territory on THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 29.
... dependent upon it . The dependent statements may be embodied in the sentence by means of modifying words , phrases , or clauses . Thus : Separate Statements . Egypt has recently annexed large territory on THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 29.
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... dependent clauses . The members of a compound sentence may be : ( 1 ) Simple ; as , " Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds . " ( 2 ) Simple and Complex ; as , " My uncle is a tall ...
... dependent clauses . The members of a compound sentence may be : ( 1 ) Simple ; as , " Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds . " ( 2 ) Simple and Complex ; as , " My uncle is a tall ...
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... dependent clause of comparison . Statement 5 becomes a participial phrase . Statements 6 and 9 are expressed as co - ordinate phrases . Statement 7 is given in the words not only . " Statement 8 is expressed by the word " excellent ...
... dependent clause of comparison . Statement 5 becomes a participial phrase . Statements 6 and 9 are expressed as co - ordinate phrases . Statement 7 is given in the words not only . " Statement 8 is expressed by the word " excellent ...
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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