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It may consist of the name of a person or thing spoken of in exclamatory phrases ; as , “ O their dreadful end ! ” or of a noun with a limiting adjective or participle ; as , “ The storm having ceased , we departed ” ; or of the name of ...
It may consist of the name of a person or thing spoken of in exclamatory phrases ; as , “ O their dreadful end ! ” or of a noun with a limiting adjective or participle ; as , “ The storm having ceased , we departed ” ; or of the name of ...
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A restrictive clause limits the application , or the meaning , of the word it 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 ...
A restrictive clause limits the application , or the meaning , of the word it 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 ...
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Abbott illustrates this objectionable use of “ that ” by the sentence , “ There are many persons that , though unscrupulous , are commonly good - tempered , and that , if not strongly incited by selfinterest , are ready for the most ...
Abbott illustrates this objectionable use of “ that ” by the sentence , “ There are many persons that , though unscrupulous , are commonly good - tempered , and that , if not strongly incited by selfinterest , are ready for the most ...
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Now " who " instead of “ that ” would decide at once for persons ; “ which " for things . EXERCISE V. DIRECTION.- Point out and classify the adjective clauses in the following sentences , and tell what they modify .
Now " who " instead of “ that ” would decide at once for persons ; “ which " for things . EXERCISE V. DIRECTION.- Point out and classify the adjective clauses in the following sentences , and tell what they modify .
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Some persons seem to be preparing themselves for eternity . They seem to be preparing even in this life . They prepare for a smileless eternity . They look hopefully forward to this eternity . They prepare for it by banishing all gayety ...
Some persons seem to be preparing themselves for eternity . They seem to be preparing even in this life . They prepare for a smileless eternity . They look hopefully forward to this eternity . They prepare for it by banishing all gayety ...
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| Titel | Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Harvey's language course, Thomas Wadleigh Harvey |
| Autor/in | Virginia Waddy |
| Verlag | American Book Company, 1889 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 16. Apr. 2008 |
| Länge | 416 Seiten |
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