Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... avoid those that admit the least doubt as to the meaning . It sometimes happens that several arrangements of a simple sentence present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough ...
... avoid those that admit the least doubt as to the meaning . It sometimes happens that several arrangements of a simple sentence present the meaning with equal clearness ; yet there may be still a choice of structure . It is not enough ...
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... avoid ending a sentence with a preposition , it is often necessary to place the preposition before the relative ; now , since “ that " can not be preceded by a preposition , " whom " or " which " must in such cases be used instead ...
... avoid ending a sentence with a preposition , it is often necessary to place the preposition before the relative ; now , since “ that " can not be preceded by a preposition , " whom " or " which " must in such cases be used instead ...
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... avoid them . Modern writers seldom use relative pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to in- troduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms passing into disuse , it is safer not to employ them . The following lines from Prof ...
... avoid them . Modern writers seldom use relative pronouns or conjunctive adverbs to in- troduce independent propositions ; and where we find forms passing into disuse , it is safer not to employ them . The following lines from Prof ...
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... avoid rhyme . To be independent in the expression of the ideas it is necessary to avoid the language of the poem . When the poem is clearly understood it should be laid aside , and the list of topics used to assist the memory . The ...
... avoid rhyme . To be independent in the expression of the ideas it is necessary to avoid the language of the poem . When the poem is clearly understood it should be laid aside , and the list of topics used to assist the memory . The ...
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... avoid danger . 8. As soon as I landed , I was accosted by some of the principal chiefs . 9. When we had rounded a point of land , we saw immediately before us the great Manitoulin Island . 10. As I did not take notes of this speech , I ...
... avoid danger . 8. As soon as I landed , I was accosted by some of the principal chiefs . 9. When we had rounded a point of land , we saw immediately before us the great Manitoulin Island . 10. As I did not take notes of this speech , I ...
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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