Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... adverbs , and nouns in the 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 ...
... adverbs , and nouns in the 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 ...
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... 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 flowers of ...
... 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 flowers of ...
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... adverb clauses of a complex sentence may be con- tracted by dropping the subject , verb , and connective . Thus : " The Romans took Cincinnatus from the plow , that he might be dictator , " changed to , " The Romans took Cincin- natus ...
... adverb clauses of a complex sentence may be con- tracted by dropping the subject , verb , and connective . Thus : " The Romans took Cincinnatus from the plow , that he might be dictator , " changed to , " The Romans took Cincin- natus ...
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... Adverb clauses may be contracted to absolute phrases . Thus : " When the rain ceased , we resumed our journey , " changed to , " The rain having ceased , we resumed our jour- ney . " EXERCISE XVIII . DIRECTION.- Get rid of as many of ...
... Adverb clauses may be contracted to absolute phrases . Thus : " When the rain ceased , we resumed our journey , " changed to , " The rain having ceased , we resumed our jour- ney . " EXERCISE XVIII . DIRECTION.- Get rid of as many of ...
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... 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 tell me why he ...
... 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 tell me why he ...
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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