Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... , dependent upon it . The dependent statements may be embodied in the sentence by means of modifying words , phrases , or clauses . Thus : Separate Statements . Egypt has recently annexed large territory on THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 29.
... , dependent upon it . The dependent statements may be embodied in the sentence by means of modifying words , phrases , or clauses . Thus : Separate Statements . Egypt has recently annexed large territory on THE COMPLEX SENTENCE . 29.
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... phrases , so in the complex sentence variety is effected by changing the position of phrases and clauses . Thus the sen- tence , " Into the lock of the wicket which opened into the castle garden , at the dead hour of midnight , the page ...
... phrases , so in the complex sentence variety is effected by changing the position of phrases and clauses . Thus the sen- tence , " Into the lock of the wicket which opened into the castle garden , at the dead hour of midnight , the page ...
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... phrases in the following sentences in at least three ways , without altering the construction or destroying the sense . In making the changes , bear in mind the directions given for the proper placing of the clauses : 1. Last night , as ...
... phrases in the following sentences in at least three ways , without altering the construction or destroying the sense . In making the changes , bear in mind the directions given for the proper placing of the clauses : 1. Last night , as ...
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... phrases , and clauses should be placed as near as possible to the words with which they are grammatically connected . 5. In a long conditional sentence , where the condition is introduced by " if " or " though , " place the antecedent ...
... phrases , and clauses should be placed as near as possible to the words with which they are grammatically connected . 5. In a long conditional sentence , where the condition is introduced by " if " or " though , " place the antecedent ...
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... phrase is very useful , and it is often advantageous to express certain ideas by means of dependent clauses . The members of a compound sentence may be : ( 1 ) Simple ; as , " Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all ...
... phrase is very useful , and it is often advantageous to express certain ideas by means of dependent clauses . The members of a compound sentence may be : ( 1 ) Simple ; as , " Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , And all ...
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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