English CompositionMacmillan,and Company, 1879 - 128 psl. |
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... employed to mark abbreviations , as in Christian names or titles - T . B. Potter ; Lord Beaconsfield , K.G. 2. The Colon ( :) generally indicates that the sentence might grammatically be regarded as finished , but that something follows ...
... employed to mark abbreviations , as in Christian names or titles - T . B. Potter ; Lord Beaconsfield , K.G. 2. The Colon ( :) generally indicates that the sentence might grammatically be regarded as finished , but that something follows ...
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... of the comma are worthy of note . It is employed- ( a ) To separate adjectives in opposition but closely connected : - : - " Though deep , yet clear . " ( b ) After adjectives , nouns and verbs , ΙΟ [ PT . I. ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... of the comma are worthy of note . It is employed- ( a ) To separate adjectives in opposition but closely connected : - : - " Though deep , yet clear . " ( b ) After adjectives , nouns and verbs , ΙΟ [ PT . I. ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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... single compound , as " Dry - as - dust history " ; " That never - to - be - forgotten day " ; " That man - monkey . " Such compounds should be used sparingly . 9. The marks ( " " ) should be employed CH . II . ] 13 PUNCTUATION .
... single compound , as " Dry - as - dust history " ; " That never - to - be - forgotten day " ; " That man - monkey . " Such compounds should be used sparingly . 9. The marks ( " " ) should be employed CH . II . ] 13 PUNCTUATION .
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... employed to mark- The first word of a sentence , or of a line of verse . The first word of a direct quotation . The first personal pronoun , I , and the interjection , O. Proper names , high titles , and names of the Deity . Very ...
... employed to mark- The first word of a sentence , or of a line of verse . The first word of a direct quotation . The first personal pronoun , I , and the interjection , O. Proper names , high titles , and names of the Deity . Very ...
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... the lady . " " A copy of his idea who made it " is at least a questionable expression . Better read " a copy of the idea of the original contriver " or " thinker . " A more glaring error is employing CH . I. ] CORRECT GRAMMAR . 19.
... the lady . " " A copy of his idea who made it " is at least a questionable expression . Better read " a copy of the idea of the original contriver " or " thinker . " A more glaring error is employing CH . I. ] CORRECT GRAMMAR . 19.
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551 BROADWAY abuse accent adjectives adverbs ambiguity Amphibrach annum full price antithesis antithetic style Aposiopesis apostrophe APPLETON applied arrangement assertion Asyndeton auxiliary Avoid breath brevity brother Catachresis clause clearness Cloth common convey death Decasyllabic Demosthenes emphasis emphatic employed English especially Euphuism expression fall figure foreign hands thy forgave His enemies forgiveness frequently grammar Greek Heaven honour idea illustrate instance Julius Cæsar king language Latin live Lord meaning Measure for Measure Metalepsis metaphor natural never NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW Note noun obscurity omitted Onomatopeia ordinary particles passage passion pause perfect charity Perspicuity phrases Pleonasm plural poetry PRIMERS pronoun prose quantity reader reductio ad absurdum refer repetition rhyme rule sense sentence Shakespeare Similarly sometimes speak speech spondees syllable Synecdoche Tautology tense term terse Text-Book things thou thought tion Trochees verb verbosity verse volume vowels wind passing words writers York
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