A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... adjective or adverb modifiers ; that adjectives denoting qualities assumed or asserted ; that adverbs ; that verbs as predicates and verbs in infinitive phrases used independently or as adjective , explanatory , or adverb modifiers ...
... adjective or adverb modifiers ; that adjectives denoting qualities assumed or asserted ; that adverbs ; that verbs as predicates and verbs in infinitive phrases used independently or as adjective , explanatory , or adverb modifiers ...
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... adjective , that is , an adjective clause . The adjective clause may modify any noun in the independent clause , and the word which connects it to the leading clause need not necessarily be the subject . Adjective clauses may be ...
... adjective , that is , an adjective clause . The adjective clause may modify any noun in the independent clause , and the word which connects it to the leading clause need not necessarily be the subject . Adjective clauses may be ...
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... adjective clauses introduced by the several connectives used above , and illustrating all the points there made . In writing observe these rules also : - THE COMMA . - Set off by the comma ( 8 ) the adjective clause when not restrictive ...
... adjective clauses introduced by the several connectives used above , and illustrating all the points there made . In writing observe these rules also : - THE COMMA . - Set off by the comma ( 8 ) the adjective clause when not restrictive ...
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