Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... meaning to speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be forcibly presented . Aristotle , the oldest writer on the subject , defines rhetoric as " the faculty of perceiving all the possible means of persuasion ...
... meaning to speak , is the science that discusses the means whereby thoughts may be forcibly presented . Aristotle , the oldest writer on the subject , defines rhetoric as " the faculty of perceiving all the possible means of persuasion ...
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... meaning , depends on some word in the succeeding clause . Such clauses are subordinate , or dependent , and sentences containing such clauses are com- plex . I read the papers , and I returned them . In the third sentence we use neither ...
... meaning , depends on some word in the succeeding clause . Such clauses are subordinate , or dependent , and sentences containing such clauses are com- plex . I read the papers , and I returned them . In the third sentence we use neither ...
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... meaning is of the utmost importance , and often depends upon the arrangement of phrases . Hence it is well in constructing sentences to try several arrange- ments and carefully avoid those that admit the least doubt as to the meaning ...
... meaning is of the utmost importance , and often depends upon the arrangement of phrases . Hence it is well in constructing sentences to try several arrange- ments and carefully avoid those that admit the least doubt as to the meaning ...
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... meaning , of the word it modifies ; as , " The person who stole my money is in this company . " A non - restrictive clause does not so limit , or restrict , the application of the word it modifies ; thus , " Their dark faces were set ...
... meaning , of the word it modifies ; as , " The person who stole my money is in this company . " A non - restrictive clause does not so limit , or restrict , the application of the word it modifies ; thus , " Their dark faces were set ...
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... meaning . We may have a singular meaning in a plural form , and a plural meaning in a singular form . If the meaning is singular , the verb agrees with it in the singular ; if the meaning is plural , the verb must be plural in form ...
... meaning . We may have a singular meaning in a plural form , and a plural meaning in a singular form . If the meaning is singular , the verb agrees with it in the singular ; if the meaning is plural , the verb must be plural in form ...
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