Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... clause of place , introduced by the conjunctive adverb " where . " EXERCISE VI . DIRECTION . - Classify the ... clause is a clause equiva- lent to a noun . A noun clause may be : ( 1 ) The subject of a verb ; as 26 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... clause of place , introduced by the conjunctive adverb " where . " EXERCISE VI . DIRECTION . - Classify the ... clause is a clause equiva- lent to a noun . A noun clause may be : ( 1 ) The subject of a verb ; as 26 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... clause ; as , " Plato's definition of man is , ' Man is a two - legged animal without feathers . " " ( 3 ) An explanatory modifier - in apposition ; as , “ Dr. Watts ' statement , that ' Birds in their little nests agree , ' is very far ...
... clause ; as , " Plato's definition of man is , ' Man is a two - legged animal without feathers . " " ( 3 ) An explanatory modifier - in apposition ; as , “ Dr. Watts ' statement , that ' Birds in their little nests agree , ' is very far ...
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... clauses and phrases in the following sentences in at least three ways , without altering the construction or destroying the sense . In making the changes ... clause should be placed beside the statement con- THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 31 9.
... clauses and phrases in the following sentences in at least three ways , without altering the construction or destroying the sense . In making the changes ... clause should be placed beside the statement con- THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 31 9.
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... 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 should be ...
... 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 should be ...
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... clause to another in the same sentence , but rarely connects two successive sentences . The old En- glish usage of commencing a sentence with who for and he is now obsolete ; the reason being that the relative expresses a close ...
... clause to another in the same sentence , but rarely connects two successive sentences . The old En- glish usage of commencing a sentence with who for and he is now obsolete ; the reason being that the relative expresses a close ...
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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