Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... express the ideas by means of in- dependent propositions . Such a sentence is compound . In its simplest form , the simple sentence consists of sub- ject and predicate , without adjuncts . The first of the fol- lowing sentences is in ...
... express the ideas by means of in- dependent propositions . Such a sentence is compound . In its simplest form , the simple sentence consists of sub- ject and predicate , without adjuncts . The first of the fol- lowing sentences is in ...
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... express much . Words introduced as modifiers are : ( 1 ) Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . " ( 3 ) Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good ...
... express much . Words introduced as modifiers are : ( 1 ) Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak for them- selves . " ( 2 ) Adverbs ; as , " The house fell suddenly . " ( 3 ) Nouns used as complements ; as , " He is considered a good ...
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... express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we should endeavor to arrange our sentences neatly , elegantly , and harmoniously . Hence , when the several varieties of structure have been made , ask yourself the following ...
... express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we should endeavor to arrange our sentences neatly , elegantly , and harmoniously . Hence , when the several varieties of structure have been made , ask yourself the following ...
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... part to think of the interest of their neighbors . 6. Since " that " applies to both persons and things , its use may be somewhat ambiguous when the antecedent does not express which is meant . This is the case THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 23.
... part to think of the interest of their neighbors . 6. Since " that " applies to both persons and things , its use may be somewhat ambiguous when the antecedent does not express which is meant . This is the case THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 23.
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With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Virginia Waddy. not express which is meant . This is the case with such antecedents as " one " and " all . " Now " who " instead of " that " would decide at once for persons ...
With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Virginia Waddy. not express which is meant . This is the case with such antecedents as " one " and " all . " Now " who " instead of " that " would decide at once for persons ...
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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