A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... phrases , unless all the conjunctions are ex- pressed ; and ( 6 ) the parts of a compound predicate , and other phrases , when long and differently modified . Several nouns with their prepositions , forming phrases , may be used as ...
... phrases , unless all the conjunctions are ex- pressed ; and ( 6 ) the parts of a compound predicate , and other phrases , when long and differently modified . Several nouns with their prepositions , forming phrases , may be used as ...
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... phrases in these sentences to adjectives , to adverbs , or to nouns in the possessive case : - 1. A thing of beauty is a joy forever . 2. German is homoge- neous to a remarkable degree . 3. At Naseby , the rout of the forces of the King ...
... phrases in these sentences to adjectives , to adverbs , or to nouns in the possessive case : - 1. A thing of beauty is a joy forever . 2. German is homoge- neous to a remarkable degree . 3. At Naseby , the rout of the forces of the King ...
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... phrase which it modifies ; precedes or follows the simple verb with its complement , and follows one or more words of the verb if this is compound . Phrases , with or without prepositions to introduce them , follow the words they modify ...
... phrase which it modifies ; precedes or follows the simple verb with its complement , and follows one or more words of the verb if this is compound . Phrases , with or without prepositions to introduce them , follow the words they modify ...
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