Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 19
Seite 21
... pronoun in the princi- pal proposition . It is generally joined to the principal statement by a relative pronoun or by a conjunctive adverb , as " where , " " when , " " why " ; thus , He prayed for those whose love had been his shield ...
... pronoun in the princi- pal proposition . It is generally joined to the principal statement by a relative pronoun or by a conjunctive adverb , as " where , " " when , " " why " ; thus , He prayed for those whose love had been his shield ...
Seite 22
... pronoun " those . " Adjective clauses may be classified as restrictive and non- restrictive . A restrictive clause limits the application , or the meaning , of the word it modifies ; as , " The person who stole my money is in this ...
... pronoun " those . " Adjective clauses may be classified as restrictive and non- restrictive . A restrictive clause limits the application , or the meaning , of the word it modifies ; as , " The person who stole my money is in this ...
Seite 23
... pronoun must not be " that . " Notice how disagreeable the repetition of " that " in the sentence , " That cloak ... pronouns , " who " is preferred to " that . " Thus : " There are some , others , several , many who hold , " etc. 5 ...
... pronoun must not be " that . " Notice how disagreeable the repetition of " that " in the sentence , " That cloak ... pronouns , " who " is preferred to " that . " Thus : " There are some , others , several , many who hold , " etc. 5 ...
Seite 27
... pronouns " who " or " what . " Thus : Who had handled the gun , perplexed the good hunter no little . " Who had handled the gun " is a noun clause , subject of " perplexed , " and is introduced by the interrogative pro- noun " who ...
... pronouns " who " or " what . " Thus : Who had handled the gun , perplexed the good hunter no little . " Who had handled the gun " is a noun clause , subject of " perplexed , " and is introduced by the interrogative pro- noun " who ...
Seite 37
... pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to in- troduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms passing into disuse ... pronoun refers one clause to another in the same sentence , but rarely connects two successive sentences . The old ...
... pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to in- troduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms passing into disuse ... pronoun refers one clause to another in the same sentence , but rarely connects two successive sentences . The old ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
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