The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words, and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with Propriety |
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And sometimes very improperly introduces a relative clause , no relative having occurred before , thus : “ I have a book , printed at Antwerp , and which was once Adam Smith's . ” If the proper relative , that , had been used , it is ...
And sometimes very improperly introduces a relative clause , no relative having occurred before , thus : “ I have a book , printed at Antwerp , and which was once Adam Smith's . ” If the proper relative , that , had been used , it is ...
Sayfa 23
An attempt to analyze such a sentence brings to light the elliptical clause that the construction always involves , and shows at once the defect . For example : " . The house looks as though it had never been painted .
An attempt to analyze such a sentence brings to light the elliptical clause that the construction always involves , and shows at once the defect . For example : " . The house looks as though it had never been painted .
Sayfa 50
A clause , a sentence , a paragraph , or any literary composition whatsoever , is said to end with a climax when , by an artistic arrangement , the more effective is made to follow the less effective in regular gradation .
A clause , a sentence , a paragraph , or any literary composition whatsoever , is said to end with a climax when , by an artistic arrangement , the more effective is made to follow the less effective in regular gradation .
Sayfa 105
A house to let , ' ' the course to steer by , ' ' a place to lie in , ' ' a thing to be done , ' ' a city to take refuge in , ' the means to do ill deeds , ' are adjective gerunds ; they may be expanded into clauses : ' a house that the ...
A house to let , ' ' the course to steer by , ' ' a place to lie in , ' ' a thing to be done , ' ' a city to take refuge in , ' the means to do ill deeds , ' are adjective gerunds ; they may be expanded into clauses : ' a house that the ...
Sayfa 108
“ The joining together two clauses with a third , ” etc. ; read , “ of two clauses , ” etc. Gown . See DRESS . Graduated . Most writers nowadays say , “ I was , he was , or they were graduated ” ; and ask , “ When were you , or was he ...
“ The joining together two clauses with a third , ” etc. ; read , “ of two clauses , ” etc. Gown . See DRESS . Graduated . Most writers nowadays say , “ I was , he was , or they were graduated ” ; and ask , “ When were you , or was he ...
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| Başlık | The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words, and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with Propriety |
| Yazar | Alfred Ayres |
| Yayıncı | D. Appleton, 1911 |
| Orijinalin kaynağı: | Minnesota Üniversitesi |
| Dijital ortama aktarılmış | 21 Eki 2013 |
| ISBN | 0827436696, 9780827436695 |
| Uzunluk | 337 sayfa |
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