Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and Progressive Course of Prose CompositionGinn & Company, 1894 - 331 sider |
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... our thought , and we have no opportunity afterward to explain or correct our blunders . Nor again will it answer to throw out our ideas at random just as they chance to occur to us ; we need to devise some order Introduction.
... our thought , and we have no opportunity afterward to explain or correct our blunders . Nor again will it answer to throw out our ideas at random just as they chance to occur to us ; we need to devise some order Introduction.
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... correctly : a sentence may be perfectly correct , perfectly conform- able to usage , and yet for this particular place and work be a very poor sentence . In correcting it we do not ask what is right and what is wrong ; that question was ...
... correctly : a sentence may be perfectly correct , perfectly conform- able to usage , and yet for this particular place and work be a very poor sentence . In correcting it we do not ask what is right and what is wrong ; that question was ...
Side 10
... correctly , is the main thing ; then the question whether the words shall be long or short , easy or hard , common or unusual , which is a less important question , may be settled afterwards . I. - Rules for fitting Words to Subject ...
... correctly , is the main thing ; then the question whether the words shall be long or short , easy or hard , common or unusual , which is a less important question , may be settled afterwards . I. - Rules for fitting Words to Subject ...
Side 12
... correctly above but often misused , as well as over - used , is the word literally ; as in the sentence , " The books were literally shovelled into the schools " ; whereas if shovelled at all it was only in figure . 66 A great many ...
... correctly above but often misused , as well as over - used , is the word literally ; as in the sentence , " The books were literally shovelled into the schools " ; whereas if shovelled at all it was only in figure . 66 A great many ...
Side 13
... correct- ness in grammatical forms and parts of speech . 99 It is a vulgarism , indicating lack of education , to use words in wrong forms or wrong offices ; and while such errors may not be actually misleading , they are sins against ...
... correct- ness in grammatical forms and parts of speech . 99 It is a vulgarism , indicating lack of education , to use words in wrong forms or wrong offices ; and while such errors may not be actually misleading , they are sins against ...
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adjective adverb alienism ambiguity antecedent archaism argument assertion beginning better called character Christmas clause clear common composition condensed confounded connectives construction coördinate correct definite dependent clauses distinction distinguished effect element emphasis emphatic English essay EXAMPLES Exercises expression fact following sentences give grammatical idea idiom ILLUSTRATIONS important indicated indicative mood kind language liable look means metonymy Michael Johnson mind modifier naturally NOTE noun object observed paragraph participial phrase participle particular periodic sentence person phrase plural poetry predicative matter preposition present pretentious principle pronoun prose provincialism punctuation question reader reference relation relative relative clause repeated repetition Rewrite the following Rhetoric Rule Rule 55 semicolon sense singular Sir Lancelot slang sometimes sound Study style subordinate subordinate clause superfluous syllogism tence tense term theme things thought tion tive topic usage verb vulgarism whole writer