Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... " is an adjective clause , connected with the principal statement , " he prayed for those , " by means of the relative " whose . " The clause modifies the pronoun " those . " He came to a garden where rich roses bloomed . ( 21 ) ...
... " is an adjective clause , connected with the principal statement , " he prayed for those , " by means of the relative " whose . " The clause modifies the pronoun " those . " He came to a garden where rich roses bloomed . ( 21 ) ...
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... modifies ; as , " The person who stole my money is in this company . " A non - restrictive clause does not so limit , or restrict , the application of the word it modifies ; thus , " Their dark faces were set off by cloth caps , which ...
... modifies ; as , " The person who stole my money is in this company . " A non - restrictive clause does not so limit , or restrict , the application of the word it modifies ; thus , " Their dark faces were set off by cloth caps , which ...
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... which I jumped . 2. An adverbial clause is a clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the various circumstances of place , 24 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... which I jumped . 2. An adverbial clause is a clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the various circumstances of place , 24 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... modifies , or to which it is grammatically related . 3. An adjective clause must follow the noun it modifies ; an adverbial clause usually follows the word it modifies , but a clause denoting time , place , cause , condition , conces ...
... modifies , or to which it is grammatically related . 3. An adjective clause must follow the noun it modifies ; an adverbial clause usually follows the word it modifies , but a clause denoting time , place , cause , condition , conces ...
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... modifies . Thus : Will you dishonor your mother , her who is your best friend ? Ask the murderer , him who has steeped his hands in the blood of another . I saw Mrs. Brown to - day , her that was Mary Jones . RULE VIII . - Pronouns must ...
... modifies . Thus : Will you dishonor your mother , her who is your best friend ? Ask the murderer , him who has steeped his hands in the blood of another . I saw Mrs. Brown to - day , her that was Mary Jones . RULE VIII . - Pronouns must ...
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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