Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction |
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... many bad traits in the character of Queen Elizabeth . " " The adjective phrase is one introduced by a word used regularly as an adjective . Thus : " He was a man generous in all things " ; " His garden , 12 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... many bad traits in the character of Queen Elizabeth . " " The adjective phrase is one introduced by a word used regularly as an adjective . Thus : " He was a man generous in all things " ; " His garden , 12 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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generous in all things " ; " His garden , gay with flowers , was open to us . " The absolute phrase is without grammatical dependence on any other word . It may consist of the name of a person or thing spoken of in exclamatory phrases ...
generous in all things " ; " His garden , gay with flowers , was open to us . " The absolute phrase is without grammatical dependence on any other word . It may consist of the name of a person or thing spoken of in exclamatory phrases ...
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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.
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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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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The portrait of Parris is one of the best things in Mr. Upham's book . Parris was the minister of Salem village . In the household of Parris three children began their tricks . These children became accusers and witnesses .
The portrait of Parris is one of the best things in Mr. Upham's book . Parris was the minister of Salem village . In the household of Parris three children began their tricks . These children became accusers and witnesses .
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