Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... person's dinner . 6. Often in the narrations of history and fiction , an agent of the most dreadful designs compels a sentiment of deep respect for the un- conquerable mind displayed in their execution . 7. Accordingly , they got a ...
... person's dinner . 6. Often in the narrations of history and fiction , an agent of the most dreadful designs compels a sentiment of deep respect for the un- conquerable mind displayed in their execution . 7. Accordingly , they got a ...
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... person , and number . The following directions must be carefully observed : I. Two or more singular antecedents connected by " and " require a pronoun in the plural number ; as , " James and I study our lessons " ; " He sought wealth ...
... person , and number . The following directions must be carefully observed : I. Two or more singular antecedents connected by " and " require a pronoun in the plural number ; as , " James and I study our lessons " ; " He sought wealth ...
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... person and number . In the agreement of verbs with their subjects , primary regard must be paid to the meaning . We may have a singular meaning in a plural form , and a plural meaning in a singular form . If the meaning is singular ...
... person and number . In the agreement of verbs with their subjects , primary regard must be paid to the meaning . We may have a singular meaning in a plural form , and a plural meaning in a singular form . If the meaning is singular ...
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... person is the sign of resolution or determination ; " shall " in the second and third persons denotes obligation . " Should , " the past tense of shall , and " would , " the past tense of will , are used , especially in dependent ...
... person is the sign of resolution or determination ; " shall " in the second and third persons denotes obligation . " Should , " the past tense of shall , and " would , " the past tense of will , are used , especially in dependent ...
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... person I hoped you were . 13. Time passes the slowest when we are unemployed . 14. I meant , when first I came , to have bought all Paris . 15. If you had have written , I would have been glad to have an- swered it . 16. I did not ...
... person I hoped you were . 13. Time passes the slowest when we are unemployed . 14. I meant , when first I came , to have bought all Paris . 15. If you had have written , I would have been glad to have an- swered it . 16. I did not ...
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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