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... cannot see at a glance how its presence affects the words about it . Sometimes coherence is a ques- tion of the actual order of words ; sometimes , as in 66 the clause I am at this moment writing , 34 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... cannot see at a glance how its presence affects the words about it . Sometimes coherence is a ques- tion of the actual order of words ; sometimes , as in 66 the clause I am at this moment writing , 34 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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... clause I write now , it demands a pretty careful use of those convenient parts of speech to which we give the name connec- tives . " In that last clause , for example , the pronoun it , referring to the word coherence , which was the ...
... clause I write now , it demands a pretty careful use of those convenient parts of speech to which we give the name connec- tives . " In that last clause , for example , the pronoun it , referring to the word coherence , which was the ...
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... clause I am now writing , incontestably periodic . This classification is obviously exact . Every sen- tence that was ever composed , every sentence that ever will be , must be either periodic or loose . And in almost any writer whose ...
... clause I am now writing , incontestably periodic . This classification is obviously exact . Every sen- tence that was ever composed , every sentence that ever will be , must be either periodic or loose . And in almost any writer whose ...
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... clause involves not only the addition of some new features to an idea that one is tempted to con . sider complete without them , but often also the un- making of an idea into which the logically incomplete if grammatically complete ...
... clause involves not only the addition of some new features to an idea that one is tempted to con . sider complete without them , but often also the un- making of an idea into which the logically incomplete if grammatically complete ...
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... clauses is very obvious and sim- ple , as obvious as that of the Psalms . In the passage from Sir Thomas Browne is a clause whose balance is to me the most exquisite I have found in the lan- guage to see just what is meant by balance ...
... clauses is very obvious and sim- ple , as obvious as that of the Psalms . In the passage from Sir Thomas Browne is a clause whose balance is to me the most exquisite I have found in the lan- guage to see just what is meant by balance ...
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English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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