Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... sometimes happens that several arrangements of a simple sentence present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we ...
... sometimes happens that several arrangements of a simple sentence present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough that we express ourselves so as to be clearly un- derstood ; we ...
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... sometimes unadvisable to use “ that ” as a relative . Example : " There is the horse that I said that I regretted that I had bought . ” 3. To avoid ending a sentence with a preposition , it is often necessary to place the preposition ...
... sometimes unadvisable to use “ that ” as a relative . Example : " There is the horse that I said that I regretted that I had bought . ” 3. To avoid ending a sentence with a preposition , it is often necessary to place the preposition ...
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... sometimes a pecul- iar feeling . The feeling tells of the necessity of our loving the crip- pled souls . May I be allowed to use the expression " crippled souls " ? We should love them with a certain tenderness . This tenderness we need ...
... sometimes a pecul- iar feeling . The feeling tells of the necessity of our loving the crip- pled souls . May I be allowed to use the expression " crippled souls " ? We should love them with a certain tenderness . This tenderness we need ...
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... sometimes made up of two or more members used in pairs ; as , " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil , the better artist ; in the one we most admire the man ; in the other , the work . " The following examples illustrate the ...
... sometimes made up of two or more members used in pairs ; as , " Homer was the greater genius ; Virgil , the better artist ; in the one we most admire the man ; in the other , the work . " The following examples illustrate the ...
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... sometimes with the wind . We must sail sometimes against it . We must do these things to reach the port of heaven . We must not drift . We must not lie at anchor . We must sail . 8. In Naples , even the lowest class enjoy every blessing ...
... sometimes with the wind . We must sail sometimes against it . We must do these things to reach the port of heaven . We must not drift . We must not lie at anchor . We must sail . 8. In Naples , even the lowest class enjoy every blessing ...
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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