Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction |
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The subject and the predicate can be enlarged only by the addition of words and phrases ; for , if another proposition , either subordinate or independent , be introduced , the sentence is no longer simple , but complex or compound ...
The subject and the predicate can be enlarged only by the addition of words and phrases ; for , if another proposition , either subordinate or independent , be introduced , the sentence is no longer simple , but complex or compound ...
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We see , therefore , that , by a skillful introduction of words and phrases , even the simple sentence may be long and difficult , and may express much . Words introduced as modifiers are : ( 1 ) Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak ...
We see , therefore , that , by a skillful introduction of words and phrases , even the simple sentence may be long and difficult , and may express much . Words introduced as modifiers are : ( 1 ) Adjectives ; as , " Honest men can speak ...
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( 3 ) A complement ; as , " Hope appeared smiling " ; “ I saw a man laughing , ' ( 4 ) The principal word of a prepositional phrase ; as , " By taking pains , you will succeed . " ( 5 ) The principal word in a phrase used as a ...
( 3 ) A complement ; as , " Hope appeared smiling " ; “ I saw a man laughing , ' ( 4 ) The principal word of a prepositional phrase ; as , " By taking pains , you will succeed . " ( 5 ) The principal word in a phrase used as a ...
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The absolute phrase is without grammatical dependence on any other word . ... we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed , modified by words or phrases ; as , “ O , pardon me , thou bleeding piece of earth .
The absolute phrase is without grammatical dependence on any other word . ... we departed " ; or of the name of the person or thing addressed , modified by words or phrases ; as , “ O , pardon me , thou bleeding piece of earth .
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The landlady's Statement 2 contributes the single word " successively . " Statement 3 furnishes the adjective phrase " in the ... Statement 5 adds the words " little republic . " Statements 6 and 7 , combined , appear in the form of an ...
The landlady's Statement 2 contributes the single word " successively . " Statement 3 furnishes the adjective phrase " in the ... Statement 5 adds the words " little republic . " Statements 6 and 7 , combined , appear in the form of an ...
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