Elements of English Composition: Grammatical, Rhetorical, Logical, and Practical (1868) |
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... father and mother of the child , " because so closely associated in life ; but " the girl and boy , " " the house ... father of Abraham , and the father of Na- chor , " may convey the idea that the father of Abrahamn and the father of ...
... father and mother of the child , " because so closely associated in life ; but " the girl and boy , " " the house ... father of Abraham , and the father of Na- chor , " may convey the idea that the father of Abrahamn and the father of ...
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... father never to abandon his friends . ” Here it is doubtful whether the friends of Lysias , or of the father of Lysias , are intended . Such sentences may be rendered clear by using the dramatio form of narrativo : thus , " Lysias ...
... father never to abandon his friends . ” Here it is doubtful whether the friends of Lysias , or of the father of Lysias , are intended . Such sentences may be rendered clear by using the dramatio form of narrativo : thus , " Lysias ...
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... Father , " says a little child , sitting on his cricket by the firesido , on a winter evening : " Father , I see a light , a strong light , out the window , over across the road . " " Nonsenso , you silly child , there is no house ...
... Father , " says a little child , sitting on his cricket by the firesido , on a winter evening : " Father , I see a light , a strong light , out the window , over across the road . " " Nonsenso , you silly child , there is no house ...
Contents
LESSON | 15 |
Additional examples for the use of capital letters c 12 | 15 |
Nouns Their gender | 23 |
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able action adjective adverb answer applied avoid beautiful become called cause character clause clear common complete composition connected considered consists construction contains Correct denote dependent desire effect employed English example EXERCISES expression father figure former give given hand happy head idea illustrated important John kind language learned less LESSON letter live Lord manner meaning mind nature never noun object observed omitted participle particular past period person phrase pleasure plural possessive preposition present principal pronoun proper properly qualities reason reference relation require rhetorical RULE sense sentence separated singular sometimes sound speak stand style Supply syllable taken thing thou thought tion truth turn verb verse whole words writing