Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... requires a verb either expressed or understood . 9. Less , for fewer ; as , " Not less than fifty persons . ' Less relates to quantity ; fewer , to number . " " 10. I doubt , for I doubt whether ; as , " I doubt such is the true meaning ...
... requires a verb either expressed or understood . 9. Less , for fewer ; as , " Not less than fifty persons . ' Less relates to quantity ; fewer , to number . " " 10. I doubt , for I doubt whether ; as , " I doubt such is the true meaning ...
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... requires the use of such words as cut off all that we do not mean to express . If , for example , we wish to say , " He has sufficient money , but say instead , " He has enough money , " we express more than we intend . Sufficient means ...
... requires the use of such words as cut off all that we do not mean to express . If , for example , we wish to say , " He has sufficient money , but say instead , " He has enough money , " we express more than we intend . Sufficient means ...
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... require to be distinguished . Thus " hasten " and " hurry " both imply a quick movement , but " hurry " always adds the idea of excitement or irregularity , while " hasten " con- veys only the notion of rapid movement . The English ...
... require to be distinguished . Thus " hasten " and " hurry " both imply a quick movement , but " hurry " always adds the idea of excitement or irregularity , while " hasten " con- veys only the notion of rapid movement . The English ...
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... to admit . Argumentative honesty requires that I should allow . Ad- mit denotes what is due to the case ; Allow , what is due to him who argues , as a claim . ALLOW - PERMIT [ Lat . ] .- To Permit 154 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... to admit . Argumentative honesty requires that I should allow . Ad- mit denotes what is due to the case ; Allow , what is due to him who argues , as a claim . ALLOW - PERMIT [ Lat . ] .- To Permit 154 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... require the least attention , and are corre- spondingly strong . Hence the strength of the Anglo- Saxon element , which , as we have seen , comprises the vocabulary of common life , -the language of the emo - 1 tions , of the fireside ...
... require the least attention , and are corre- spondingly strong . Hence the strength of the Anglo- Saxon element , which , as we have seen , comprises the vocabulary of common life , -the language of the emo - 1 tions , of the fireside ...
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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