Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... noun clause , subject of " perplexed , " and is introduced by the interrogative pro- noun " who . " Some said that she had not been seen for six days . " That she had not been , " etc. , is a noun clause , object of " said , " and is ...
... noun clause , subject of " perplexed , " and is introduced by the interrogative pro- noun " who . " Some said that she had not been seen for six days . " That she had not been , " etc. , is a noun clause , object of " said , " and is ...
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... noun clauses in the following sentences , and tell what functions they perform : 1. The whole force of conversation depends on how much you can take for granted . 2. That fortune favors the brave is a cheering maxim . 3. I heard that a ...
... noun clauses in the following sentences , and tell what functions they perform : 1. The whole force of conversation depends on how much you can take for granted . 2. That fortune favors the brave is a cheering maxim . 3. I heard that a ...
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... noun clauses : I. requires no demonstration . 2. His excuse for not being present was 3. The King could not understand . 4. We believe . · 5 . • is right . 6 . is a traitor . 7. When the trial is concluded , we shall know 8. His courage ...
... noun clauses : I. requires no demonstration . 2. His excuse for not being present was 3. The King could not understand . 4. We believe . · 5 . • is right . 6 . is a traitor . 7. When the trial is concluded , we shall know 8. His courage ...
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... 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 placed as near as possible ...
... 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 placed as near as possible ...
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... noun or a conjunctive adverb ; as , James called for John , who [ = and he ] responded at once . They shouted at the dog , which [ = and it ] fled in affright . We shall discuss this next week , when [ = and then ] we may pos sibly come ...
... noun or a conjunctive adverb ; as , James called for John , who [ = and he ] responded at once . They shouted at the dog , which [ = and it ] fled in affright . We shall discuss this next week , when [ = and then ] we may pos sibly come ...
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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