Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... predicate ; but an indefinite number of words and phrases may be brought into the sentence , and grouped about the subject and the predicate as modifiers of these elements . ΙΟ OSITION COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC . The subject and the ( 9 ) ...
... predicate ; but an indefinite number of words and phrases may be brought into the sentence , and grouped about the subject and the predicate as modifiers of these elements . ΙΟ OSITION COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC . The subject and the ( 9 ) ...
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... predicate can be enlarged only by the addition of words and phrases ; for , if another proposi- tion , either subordinate or independent , be introduced , the sentence is no longer simple , but complex or compound , according to the ...
... predicate can be enlarged only by the addition of words and phrases ; for , if another proposi- tion , either subordinate or independent , be introduced , the sentence is no longer simple , but complex or compound , according to the ...
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... predicates , so as to make complete simple sentences . Thus : King John of France . triumph through the streets of London . A child eighteen months old . The President of the United States Two honest tradesmen . • In the flower of youth ...
... predicates , so as to make complete simple sentences . Thus : King John of France . triumph through the streets of London . A child eighteen months old . The President of the United States Two honest tradesmen . • In the flower of youth ...
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... predicate , and every proposition contains a subject and a predicate , hence , inde- pendent propositions are likewise clauses ; but , as subordi- nate propositions perform merely the functions of adjectives , or adverbs , or nouns , we ...
... predicate , and every proposition contains a subject and a predicate , hence , inde- pendent propositions are likewise clauses ; but , as subordi- nate propositions perform merely the functions of adjectives , or adverbs , or nouns , we ...
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... predicate " shall leave home in a week . " Expect nothing , lest you be disappointed . " Lest you be disappointed " is an adverbial clause ex- pressing result , introduced by the subordinate conjunction " lest . " Corruption wins not ...
... predicate " shall leave home in a week . " Expect nothing , lest you be disappointed . " Lest you be disappointed " is an adverbial clause ex- pressing result , introduced by the subordinate conjunction " lest . " Corruption wins not ...
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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