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 , bear ... clause should be placed beside the statement con- THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 31.
... clauses and phrases in the following sentences in at least three ways , without altering the construction or destroying the sense . In making the changes , bear ... clause should be placed beside the statement con- THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 31.
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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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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