ENGLISH COMPOSITION1891 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 22
Seite
... complete analysis of one another's themes . The complete scheme of criticism is as follows : I. ELEMENTS OF STYLE . 1. Words . 2. Sentences . 3. Paragraphs . 4. Whole Composition . II . QUALITIES OF STYLE . 1. Clearness . 2. Force . 3 ...
... complete analysis of one another's themes . The complete scheme of criticism is as follows : I. ELEMENTS OF STYLE . 1. Words . 2. Sentences . 3. Paragraphs . 4. Whole Composition . II . QUALITIES OF STYLE . 1. Clearness . 2. Force . 3 ...
Seite
... complete sense . In judging whether a given sentence be grammatical , ― authorized by good use , we may best inquire , first , whether it makes good sense , and if not , whether idiom sanctions it ; if neither , we may best avoid it as ...
... complete sense . In judging whether a given sentence be grammatical , ― authorized by good use , we may best inquire , first , whether it makes good sense , and if not , whether idiom sanctions it ; if neither , we may best avoid it as ...
Seite 19
... complete . Nothing but the occa sional discovery of a manuscript or an inscription can add a syllable to them ; nothing but the demonstra- tion of a corruption or a forgery can take a syllable away . Nothing , in all human probability ...
... complete . Nothing but the occa sional discovery of a manuscript or an inscription can add a syllable to them ; nothing but the demonstra- tion of a corruption or a forgery can take a syllable away . Nothing , in all human probability ...
Seite 20
... complete ; dictionaries and grammars can codify them with final authority . English , on the other hand , like every living tongue , must remain in complete so long as it retains life enough to be spoken and written by living men ; and ...
... complete ; dictionaries and grammars can codify them with final authority . English , on the other hand , like every living tongue , must remain in complete so long as it retains life enough to be spoken and written by living men ; and ...
Seite 27
... complete composition ; it is generally made up of a considerable number of visi bly distinct parts to which we give the name " chap- ters ; " these in turn are made up of a number of somewhat less distinct parts which we call " para ...
... complete composition ; it is generally made up of a considerable number of visi bly distinct parts to which we give the name " chap- ters ; " these in turn are made up of a number of somewhat less distinct parts which we call " para ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
apply beginning Ben Jonson better catch the eye chapter chief chiefly clause clear Comedy of Errors commonplace composed composition of paragraphs composition of sentences connectives consider course definite deliberate denotation and connotation discourse distinct effect elements of style English English language example express fact Fisher Ames glance grammar graph Harvard College human impression Jefferson Davis kind language Latin literature matter means Midsummer Night's Dream mind never notable number of words order of words ourselves palpable perhaps periodic periodic sentences phrase piece of style precisely pretty principle of Coherence principle of Mass principle of Unity principles of composition Publius Crassus purpose question reader relation remember Saxon scream Sejanus sense Shakspere short simple Sir Thomas Browne Solecism speech subtile suggest tell tence thing thought and emotion tion trait usage whoever whole compositions wish to produce writing written