Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... clause " when I had read the papers . " This clause contains a subject and a predicate , but , for completeness of meaning , depends on some word in the succeeding clause . Such clauses are subordinate , or dependent , and sentences ...
... clause " when I had read the papers . " This clause contains a subject and a predicate , but , for completeness of meaning , depends on some word in the succeeding clause . Such clauses are subordinate , or dependent , and sentences ...
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... clause " with special reference to those dependent , or subordinate , prop- ositions , introduced by connectives . CLAUSES . There are three kinds of clauses : ( 1 ) The adjective clause ; ( 2 ) The adverbial clause ; ( 3 ) The ...
... clause " with special reference to those dependent , or subordinate , prop- ositions , introduced by connectives . CLAUSES . There are three kinds of clauses : ( 1 ) The adjective clause ; ( 2 ) The adverbial clause ; ( 3 ) The ...
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... 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 application , or ...
... 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 application , or ...
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... clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that ... clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the ...
... clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that ... clause equivalent to an ad- verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the ...
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... clause ex- pressing result , introduced by the subordinate conjunction " lest . " Corruption wins not more than honesty receives . " Than honesty receives " is an adverbial clause of com- parison , introduced by the subordinate ...
... clause ex- pressing result , introduced by the subordinate conjunction " lest . " Corruption wins not more than honesty receives . " Than honesty receives " is an adverbial clause of com- parison , introduced by the subordinate ...
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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