A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... dependent clauses . Those not so degraded in office we call independent clauses . Hence A clause is a part of a sentence ( complex or compound ) containing a subject and a predicate . A dependent clause is one used as an adjective , an ...
... dependent clauses . Those not so degraded in office we call independent clauses . Hence A clause is a part of a sentence ( complex or compound ) containing a subject and a predicate . A dependent clause is one used as an adjective , an ...
Page 43
... dependent or in- dependent . We shall make use of these facts when we come to speak of certain qualities of style , but Substitution and Contraction . 43.
... dependent or in- dependent . We shall make use of these facts when we come to speak of certain qualities of style , but Substitution and Contraction . 43.
Page 159
... dependent clause in different positions . This clause may begin the sentence or may end it , or the leading clause may be parted , and this at several points , perhaps , and the subordinate lause inserted thus : - “ Charles L , cringed ...
... dependent clause in different positions . This clause may begin the sentence or may end it , or the leading clause may be parted , and this at several points , perhaps , and the subordinate lause inserted thus : - “ Charles L , cringed ...
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