Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... begin his magnum opus , may possibly have a slight ac- quaintance with the foreign languages with which he has attempted to vary his discourse , but it is evident that his stock of good English words is small . The late poet and ...
... begin his magnum opus , may possibly have a slight ac- quaintance with the foreign languages with which he has attempted to vary his discourse , but it is evident that his stock of good English words is small . The late poet and ...
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... begin or set up . To inaugurate is to induct into office with solemn ceremonies ; thus we speak of the President's being inaugurated . But we can not in- augurate a thing . 57. Name , for mention ; as , " I never named the matter to any ...
... begin or set up . To inaugurate is to induct into office with solemn ceremonies ; thus we speak of the President's being inaugurated . But we can not in- augurate a thing . 57. Name , for mention ; as , " I never named the matter to any ...
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... begin his examination in such arti- cles as he could raise the greatest bustle in . " This is both weak and inelegant . An improvement would be : " in those articles in which he could raise the greatest bustle . " A sentence should not ...
... begin his examination in such arti- cles as he could raise the greatest bustle in . " This is both weak and inelegant . An improvement would be : " in those articles in which he could raise the greatest bustle . " A sentence should not ...
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... begin or end sentences too often in the same manner is objectionable . Writers differ greatly as to the length of sentences ; some prefer long , others short . Short sen- tences are generally more lively and familiar , and better ...
... begin or end sentences too often in the same manner is objectionable . Writers differ greatly as to the length of sentences ; some prefer long , others short . Short sen- tences are generally more lively and familiar , and better ...
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... begin several successive words with the same letter - and this because it is agreeable to the ear . Smoothness is an essential quality . Elegance requires that the sentence be smooth and flowing . This is somewhat incompatible with ...
... begin several successive words with the same letter - and this because it is agreeable to the ear . Smoothness is an essential quality . Elegance requires that the sentence be smooth and flowing . This is somewhat incompatible with ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected Dactylic dependent clause Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock interrogation kind king language letter light live look Lord meaning meter Metonymy mind modifies Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme RULE sail Saxon sense simple sentences snow sometimes soul sound speak stanza statement style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer