A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... simple sentences illustrating all the points just made . In writing observe these rules also : — THE COMMA . Separate by the comma ( 5 ) connected words and phrases , unless all the conjunctions are ex- pressed ; and ( 6 ) the parts of ...
... simple sentences illustrating all the points just made . In writing observe these rules also : — THE COMMA . Separate by the comma ( 5 ) connected words and phrases , unless all the conjunctions are ex- pressed ; and ( 6 ) the parts of ...
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... simple sentences may be long and difficult , and may express much . But the sim- ple sentence is not the only sentence in constant use . We may put two or more simple sentences together , each with all its essential parts accompanied by ...
... simple sentences may be long and difficult , and may express much . But the sim- ple sentence is not the only sentence in constant use . We may put two or more simple sentences together , each with all its essential parts accompanied by ...
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... simple , of expanding simple sentences to complex and compound , and of substituting one word , phrase , or clause for another - in fine , you have been brought face to face with the sentence , and have learned to construct it in all ...
... simple , of expanding simple sentences to complex and compound , and of substituting one word , phrase , or clause for another - in fine , you have been brought face to face with the sentence , and have learned to construct it in all ...
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