Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the various circumstances of place , 24 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... verb . It modifies a verb , an adjective , an adverb , or a participle , and denotes the various circumstances of place , 24 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... law is short , in order that it may be more easily understood by the ignorant . 3. A substantive , or noun , clause is a clause equiva- lent to a noun . A noun clause may be : ( 1 ) The subject of a verb ; as 26 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... law is short , in order that it may be more easily understood by the ignorant . 3. A substantive , or noun , clause is a clause equiva- lent to a noun . A noun clause may be : ( 1 ) The subject of a verb ; as 26 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... verb ; as , " That me doth appear in this . " you have wronged ( 2 ) An attribute complement , or predicate clause ; as , " Plato's definition of man is , ' Man is a two - legged animal without feathers . " " ( 3 ) An explanatory ...
... verb ; as , " That me doth appear in this . " you have wronged ( 2 ) An attribute complement , or predicate clause ; as , " Plato's definition of man is , ' Man is a two - legged animal without feathers . " " ( 3 ) An explanatory ...
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... verb . Thus : " The child , who was overcome by fatigue , soon fell asleep , " may be changed to , " The child , overcome by fatigue , " etc. The adverb clauses of a complex sentence may be con- tracted by dropping the subject , verb ...
... verb . Thus : " The child , who was overcome by fatigue , soon fell asleep , " may be changed to , " The child , overcome by fatigue , " etc. The adverb clauses of a complex sentence may be con- tracted by dropping the subject , verb ...
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... verb ; hence concord , in English discourse , has also reference to the principles regu- lating the proper conjunction of words . The following rules and examples illustrate the leading requirements of Concord : RULE I. The subject of a ...
... verb ; hence concord , in English discourse , has also reference to the principles regu- lating the proper conjunction of words . The following rules and examples illustrate the leading requirements of Concord : RULE I. The subject of a ...
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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