Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... relations of words in sentences formed by others , and be but a bungler in giving expression to his own ideas . For a like reason , also , the sub- ject of Concord , which perhaps belongs still more strictly to Grammar , is included ...
... relations of words in sentences formed by others , and be but a bungler in giving expression to his own ideas . For a like reason , also , the sub- ject of Concord , which perhaps belongs still more strictly to Grammar , is included ...
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... relation of the members is cop- ulative , the conjunction may be absorbed in a relative pro- noun or a conjunctive adverb ; as , James called for John , who [ = and he ] responded at once . They shouted at the dog , which [ = and it ] ...
... relation of the members is cop- ulative , the conjunction may be absorbed in a relative pro- noun or a conjunctive adverb ; as , James called for John , who [ = and he ] responded at once . They shouted at the dog , which [ = and it ] ...
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... relation ; therefore , it is of the highest importance that the writer be able to estimate closely , in every instance , the nature and extent of their in- fluence . In the synthesis of compound sentences , much use is made of ...
... relation ; therefore , it is of the highest importance that the writer be able to estimate closely , in every instance , the nature and extent of their in- fluence . In the synthesis of compound sentences , much use is made of ...
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... relations . In all such languages , concord means the adjustment of words to one another chiefly by correspondence of form . The Latin , Greek , French , Italian , German , and other inflectional tongues , possess this correspondence of ...
... relations . In all such languages , concord means the adjustment of words to one another chiefly by correspondence of form . The Latin , Greek , French , Italian , German , and other inflectional tongues , possess this correspondence of ...
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... relations of these things . Thus they are our household words , and are better under- stood by all , even by the educated ; for this reason , it is a good general rule to prefer Saxon terms to Latin . They will not always serve as well ...
... relations of these things . Thus they are our household words , and are better under- stood by all , even by the educated ; for this reason , it is a good general rule to prefer Saxon terms to Latin . They will not always serve as well ...
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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