Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... adjectives , or adverbs , or nouns , we shall use the word " clause " with special reference to those dependent , or subordinate , prop- ositions , introduced by connectives . CLAUSES . There are three kinds of clauses : ( 1 ) The adjective ...
... adjectives , or adverbs , or nouns , we shall use the word " clause " with special reference to those dependent , or subordinate , prop- ositions , introduced by connectives . CLAUSES . There are three kinds of clauses : ( 1 ) The adjective ...
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... adjective clause modify- ing the noun " hate . " " Who envy us " is an adjective clause modifying the pronoun " those . " Adjective clauses may be classified as restrictive and non- restrictive . A restrictive clause limits the ...
... adjective clause modify- ing the noun " hate . " " Who envy us " is an adjective clause modifying the pronoun " those . " Adjective clauses may be classified as restrictive and non- restrictive . A restrictive clause limits the ...
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... adjective clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative ... clause is a clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle ...
... adjective clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative ... clause is a clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle ...
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... adjective clause must follow the noun it modifies ; an adverbial clause usually follows the word it modifies , but a clause denoting time , place , cause , condition , conces- sion , may precede it . 4. Words , phrases , and clauses ...
... adjective clause must follow the noun it modifies ; an adverbial clause usually follows the word it modifies , but a clause denoting time , place , cause , condition , conces- sion , may precede it . 4. Words , phrases , and clauses ...
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... adjective clauses of a complex sentence may Thus : be contracted by dropping ... clause may be contracted into a prep- ositional phrase with a noun for the ... Adjective , adverb , and noun clauses may be con- tracted to ...
... adjective clauses of a complex sentence may Thus : be contracted by dropping ... clause may be contracted into a prep- ositional phrase with a noun for the ... Adjective , adverb , and noun clauses may be con- tracted to ...
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acatalectic accented adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful called capital comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction connected Dactylic Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English exclamation EXERCISE expression eyes feet flowers following examples following sentences foot Four lines give reasons hath heart heaven Heptameter hope iambic pentameter iambic trimeter Inchcape Rock interrogation kind king language letter light live look Lord marks meaning meter Metonymy mind Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph PARAPHRASE parenthesis persons phrases poem poetry praise pronoun proposition prose punctuation quatrains quotation rhetorical rhyming alternately RULE sense simple sentences snow sometimes song soul sound speech spondee stanza statement stood style sublime sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee Themistocles things thou thought tion Trimeter trochaic trochee truth unaccented Uncle John verb verse voice wind words writing