Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... possessive or explanatory ; as , " Thy father's virtue is not thine " ; " Mr. Barret , a surgeon , was writing a history of Bristol . ' ( 5 ) Words used independently ; as , " O , sir , hear me ! " DIRECTION . - Write sentences ...
... possessive or explanatory ; as , " Thy father's virtue is not thine " ; " Mr. Barret , a surgeon , was writing a history of Bristol . ' ( 5 ) Words used independently ; as , " O , sir , hear me ! " DIRECTION . - Write sentences ...
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... possessive case , to prepositional phrases . Thus : The sensible man , the man of sense ; He labored cheerfully , he labored with cheer- fulness ; The soldier's duty , the duty of the soldier . 1. The country's food may have been ...
... possessive case , to prepositional phrases . Thus : The sensible man , the man of sense ; He labored cheerfully , he labored with cheer- fulness ; The soldier's duty , the duty of the soldier . 1. The country's food may have been ...
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... possessive case . Thus : Wines of France , French wines ; He spoke with calmness , he spoke calmly ; The word of God , God's word . I. A soul without reflection runs to ruin . 2. Too soon the flowers of spring will fade . 3. Shakespeare ...
... possessive case . Thus : Wines of France , French wines ; He spoke with calmness , he spoke calmly ; The word of God , God's word . I. A soul without reflection runs to ruin . 2. Too soon the flowers of spring will fade . 3. Shakespeare ...
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... possessive case of nouns , and a few forms of the verb ; hence concord , in English discourse , has also reference to the principles regu- Tating the proper conjunction of words . The following rules and examples illustrate the leading ...
... possessive case of nouns , and a few forms of the verb ; hence concord , in English discourse , has also reference to the principles regu- Tating the proper conjunction of words . The following rules and examples illustrate the leading ...
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... possessive . Thus : I am opposed to your going . His having done his duty was a sufficient reward . The king's persisting in such designs was the height of folly . This did not prevent Napoleon's being forced to abdicate the throne ...
... possessive . Thus : I am opposed to your going . His having done his duty was a sufficient reward . The king's persisting in such designs was the height of folly . This did not prevent Napoleon's being forced to abdicate the throne ...
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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