Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... present tense . Thus : " He maintained that only the virtuous are happy , " not , " were happy . " It has been declared that the earth does not move about the sun , " not , " did not move . " " The ancients believed that ' the earth is ...
... present tense . Thus : " He maintained that only the virtuous are happy , " not , " were happy . " It has been declared that the earth does not move about the sun , " not , " did not move . " " The ancients believed that ' the earth is ...
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... present subjunctive is used : To express a future contingency ; as , " If he be there , I will speak to him " ; " If he continue to study , he will im- prove " ; " I am to second Ion if he fail . " . The past subjunctive is used : ( 1 ) ...
... present subjunctive is used : To express a future contingency ; as , " If he be there , I will speak to him " ; " If he continue to study , he will im- prove " ; " I am to second Ion if he fail . " . The past subjunctive is used : ( 1 ) ...
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... present tense is changed to its corresponding past . ( 3 ) The near demonstrative this is changed to the more remote that . - EXERCISE XXXIV . DIRECTION . In the following passages , vary the structure by substituting the direct form ...
... present tense is changed to its corresponding past . ( 3 ) The near demonstrative this is changed to the more remote that . - EXERCISE XXXIV . DIRECTION . In the following passages , vary the structure by substituting the direct form ...
Seite 122
... present seems grievous . 8. I shall ever remember the waking next morning . 9. The evil that men do lives after them . 10. He favors our project . II . This seems probable . * TO THE TEACHER . - The object of the foregoing exercise is ...
... present seems grievous . 8. I shall ever remember the waking next morning . 9. The evil that men do lives after them . 10. He favors our project . II . This seems probable . * TO THE TEACHER . - The object of the foregoing exercise is ...
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... present time is to hinder . " " Resent " means etymologically to reciprocate or re- spond to any kind of feeling , good or bad . It once had this meaning . Three centuries ago a man could speak of resenting a benefit , as well as ...
... present time is to hinder . " " Resent " means etymologically to reciprocate or re- spond to any kind of feeling , good or bad . It once had this meaning . Three centuries ago a man could speak of resenting a benefit , as well as ...
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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