A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... connected , must be separated by the comma . THE SEMICOLON . -Co - ordinate clauses , independent or dependent . ( 1 ) when slightly connected or ( 2 ) when them- selves divided by the comma must be separated by the semicolon . THE DASH ...
... connected , must be separated by the comma . THE SEMICOLON . -Co - ordinate clauses , independent or dependent . ( 1 ) when slightly connected or ( 2 ) when them- selves divided by the comma must be separated by the semicolon . THE DASH ...
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... connected adjec tives modifying different nouns ; ( 3 ) an , a , or the before each of two or more connected nouns denoting things that are to be distinguished from each other or em- phasized ; ( 4 ) a before few and little when these ...
... connected adjec tives modifying different nouns ; ( 3 ) an , a , or the before each of two or more connected nouns denoting things that are to be distinguished from each other or em- phasized ; ( 4 ) a before few and little when these ...
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... connected by some other natural law , or relation . Things which men know to be . connected in any of these ways are so associated in their minds that one readily suggests the other . BASIS OF IMAGERY . –Upon the basis of these real or ...
... connected by some other natural law , or relation . Things which men know to be . connected in any of these ways are so associated in their minds that one readily suggests the other . BASIS OF IMAGERY . –Upon the basis of these real or ...
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