Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... containing infinitives : 1. Men seeing clearly how they should act in difficult cases , are invaluable helpers . 2. We set out early in the morning that we might reach the sum- mit of the mountain by sunset . 3. Be ye not terrified when ...
... containing infinitives : 1. Men seeing clearly how they should act in difficult cases , are invaluable helpers . 2. We set out early in the morning that we might reach the sum- mit of the mountain by sunset . 3. Be ye not terrified when ...
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... contain- ing a finite verb ; as , " There was convincing proof of his being the thief " changed to , " There was convincing proof that he was the thief . " The phrase , however , is briefer , and is often needed to express a thought by ...
... contain- ing a finite verb ; as , " There was convincing proof of his being the thief " changed to , " There was convincing proof that he was the thief . " The phrase , however , is briefer , and is often needed to express a thought by ...
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... containing good English equivalents for the italicized expressions : 1. In the following year the tables were turned , and the party of the Queen - mother came into power . 2. He curried favor with the leader of his party . 3. A house ...
... containing good English equivalents for the italicized expressions : 1. In the following year the tables were turned , and the party of the Queen - mother came into power . 2. He curried favor with the leader of his party . 3. A house ...
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... containing shorter or more familiar expres- sions for the following : Aggravate , individual , residence , circumspect , simultaneously , tort- uous , termination , occult , extinguish , transform , accomplish , instruct , preclude ...
... containing shorter or more familiar expres- sions for the following : Aggravate , individual , residence , circumspect , simultaneously , tort- uous , termination , occult , extinguish , transform , accomplish , instruct , preclude ...
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... contain many , principal propositions , and , hence , the liability to crowding . If the propositions be closely connected in thought , they should be united into one compound sentence ; but if there be no logical connection , the ...
... contain many , principal propositions , and , hence , the liability to crowding . If the propositions be closely connected in thought , they should be united into one compound sentence ; but if there be no logical connection , the ...
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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