Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... adjective clause must follow the noun it modifies ; an adverbial clause usually follows the word it modifies , but a clause denoting time , place , cause , condition , conces- sion , may precede it . 4. Words , phrases , and clauses ...
... adjective clause must follow the noun it modifies ; an adverbial clause usually follows the word it modifies , but a clause denoting time , place , cause , condition , conces- sion , may precede it . 4. Words , phrases , and clauses ...
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... adjectives , to adverbs , or to nouns in the 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 ...
... adjectives , to adverbs , or to nouns in the 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 ...
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... adjective clauses of a complex sentence may be contracted by dropping the subject and the verb . Thus : " The child , who was overcome by fatigue , soon fell asleep , " may be changed to , " The child , overcome by fatigue , " etc. The ...
... adjective clauses of a complex sentence may be contracted by dropping the subject and the verb . Thus : " The child , who was overcome by fatigue , soon fell asleep , " may be changed to , " The child , overcome by fatigue , " etc. The ...
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... adjective and adverb clauses as you can : 1. The wretched prisoner , who seemed overwhelmed by his mis- fortune , was on the point of putting an end to his existence . 2. The soldiers of the tenth legion , who were exhausted from want ...
... adjective and adverb clauses as you can : 1. The wretched prisoner , who seemed overwhelmed by his mis- fortune , was on the point of putting an end to his existence . 2. The soldiers of the tenth legion , who were exhausted from want ...
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... adjective , adverb , and noun clauses to prepositional phrases with nouns or participles as the principal words : 1. Tell me how old you were when I first met you . 2. The fact that he was there has been clearly shown . 3. He did not ...
... adjective , adverb , and noun clauses to prepositional phrases with nouns or participles as the principal words : 1. Tell me how old you were when I first met you . 2. The fact that he was there has been clearly shown . 3. He did not ...
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accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees Trimeter trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer