Handbook of Composition: A Compendium of Rules Regarding Good English, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Paragraphing, Manuscript Arrangement, Punctuation, Spelling, Essay Writing, and Letter WritingD.C. Heath & Company, 1907 - 239 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة iv
... expression of thoughts in English and the representation of them on paper , there are many widely prevalent deficien- cies , some natural enough , some very odd , but all shared by many people . The purpose of this manual is simply to ...
... expression of thoughts in English and the representation of them on paper , there are many widely prevalent deficien- cies , some natural enough , some very odd , but all shared by many people . The purpose of this manual is simply to ...
الصفحة ix
... EXPRESSIONS · APPENDIX A. - Exercises for breaking certain bad habits in writing and speaking Exercises chiefly in grammar Exercises chiefly in sentence - structure Exercises chiefly in spelling Exercises chiefly in punctuation - 143 ...
... EXPRESSIONS · APPENDIX A. - Exercises for breaking certain bad habits in writing and speaking Exercises chiefly in grammar Exercises chiefly in sentence - structure Exercises chiefly in spelling Exercises chiefly in punctuation - 143 ...
الصفحة xi
... Expressions analogous to It looks beautiful ( 42 ) Expressions analogous to Hold it steady ( 43 ) Matters of voice Awkward use of the passive voice ( 44 ) Vague use of the passive voice ( 45 ) Matters of tense 19 20 Shall and will ...
... Expressions analogous to It looks beautiful ( 42 ) Expressions analogous to Hold it steady ( 43 ) Matters of voice Awkward use of the passive voice ( 44 ) Vague use of the passive voice ( 45 ) Matters of tense 19 20 Shall and will ...
الصفحة xvi
... expression having the effect of an afterthought ( 236 e ) Before a sentence - member set apart on the page ( 236 f ) Parenthesis marks Indiscriminate use in place of commas , periods , etc. ( 237 ) Relative position of other marks ( 238 ) ...
... expression having the effect of an afterthought ( 236 e ) Before a sentence - member set apart on the page ( 236 f ) Parenthesis marks Indiscriminate use in place of commas , periods , etc. ( 237 ) Relative position of other marks ( 238 ) ...
الصفحة xvii
... expression " .00 " not to be used ( 271 b ) A sum in dollars and cents - the sign and figures ( 271 c ) A sum in even dollars or a sum in cents Such sums occurring frequently Isolated mention of such a sum figures for all ( 271 d ) A ...
... expression " .00 " not to be used ( 271 b ) A sum in dollars and cents - the sign and figures ( 271 c ) A sum in even dollars or a sum in cents Such sums occurring frequently Isolated mention of such a sum figures for all ( 271 d ) A ...
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Abbreviations Absolute phrases adjective adverb appositive Awkward beginning called capitalized comma complimentary close composition compound sentence conjunction coördinate crease Crude dear dependent clause discourse Elliptical clauses enclose envelope examples under Rules Exercise expression following sentences foregoing rule Fostoria gerund Glossary grammatical humor Illogical Incorrect Inelegant infinitive inflectional inflectional form italicized Lake Wingra letter logically Means ment Method of correction Misuse mode modifier never NOTE noun object omitted paragraph parallel parentheses parenthesis marks participle passive voice past tense perfect tense person or thing Pleonasm plural preceding predicate substantive preposition principal clause pronouns punctuation quotation marks relative clause repetition Right Robert Graves semicolon sentence-elements singular speech spelled Split infinitives statement Street Study Rule subordinate syllable taken tences tense forms text of Rules thou tion tive unity usage verb e.g. vulgarism Weak reference words Wr Rig Write the following written Wrong
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الصفحة 36 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
الصفحة 192 - Shalum, just finished for the next day's Spectator, in his hand. Such a mark of national respect was due to the unsullied statesman, to the accomplished scholar, to the master of pure English eloquence, to the consummate painter of life and manners. It was due, above all, to the great satirist, who alone knew how to use ridicule without abusing it, who, without inflicting a wound, effected a great social reform, and who reconciled wit and virtue, after a long and disastrous separation, during which...
الصفحة 86 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
الصفحة 103 - And an eye shall vex thee, looking ancient kindness on thy pain. Turn thee, turn thee on thy pillow; get thee to thy rest again. Nay, but nature brings thee solace; for a tender voice will cry; 'Tis a purer life than thine, a lip to drain thy trouble dry.
الصفحة 86 - I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
الصفحة 204 - I wrote a letter," Whom do you wish ? " A substantive that designates the person or thing directly affected by the action of a verb (as the objects in the foregoing examples do) is called a direct object ; one that designates the person or thing indirectly affected is called an indirect object — eg, the italicized words in the sentences following : "I built my wife a house,"
الصفحة 138 - When four-page sheets are used, all four pages may be written on. The letter should be so written that a person reading the first page has at his left the fold, and at his right the coinciding edges opposite the fold. If the substance of the letter occupies less than two pages of the sheet the first and third pages may be written on and the second be left blank. If the substance of the letter occupies more than two pages, it is best, both on the ground of good usage and on that of the reader's convenience,...
الصفحة 63 - As in warfare a band of men though strong and brave individually is collectively weak if it is not well organized so a speech a report an editorial an essay any composition though its parts may be forcible or clever is weak as a whole if it is not well organized.
الصفحة iii - Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
الصفحة 9 - Showy language, like showy dress, is in bad taste. The essence of artistic language, as of everything artistic, is not abundant ornament but appropriateness. Straining for high-sounding expressions to replace plain English makes a style weak and crude. Call a leg a leg, not a limb...