Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence : After reading the papers , I returned them . Since this sentence contains but one subject and one predicate , it is restricted to a single ...
... examples will severally illustrate the simple , the complex , and the compound sentence : After reading the papers , I returned them . Since this sentence contains but one subject and one predicate , it is restricted to a single ...
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... such punctuation , together with examples illus- trating the rules , will be found in Chapter XVI . ginning , at the end , or in the middle 14 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC . Elements of the Simple Sentence Position of Phrases.
... such punctuation , together with examples illus- trating the rules , will be found in Chapter XVI . ginning , at the end , or in the middle 14 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC . Elements of the Simple Sentence Position of Phrases.
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... example , in the sentence , " They were imprisoned for three months in the town of Clinch in an old stone house , dark and damp , and altogether bar- ren of human comforts , " the phrases are all placed together after the verb , and the ...
... example , in the sentence , " They were imprisoned for three months in the town of Clinch in an old stone house , dark and damp , and altogether bar- ren of human comforts , " the phrases are all placed together after the verb , and the ...
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... Example : " I heard this from the commander , who ( and he ) heard it from the aid that carried the message . " The relative introducing a restrictive clause should be " that , " if euphony allows . Abbott says , " Who , ' ' which ...
... Example : " I heard this from the commander , who ( and he ) heard it from the aid that carried the message . " The relative introducing a restrictive clause should be " that , " if euphony allows . Abbott says , " Who , ' ' which ...
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... Example : " There is the horse that I said that I regretted that I had bought . " 3. To avoid ending a sentence with a preposition , it is often necessary to place the preposition before the relative ; now , since " that " can not be ...
... Example : " There is the horse that I said that I regretted that I had bought . " 3. To avoid ending a sentence with a preposition , it is often necessary to place the preposition before the relative ; now , since " that " can not be ...
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