Elements of Rhetoric and English Composition: 1st and 2nd High School CoursesMacmillan, 1900 - Всего страниц: 140 |
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... and the Conference on Uniform Entrance Require- ments in English . What teachers seem to have agreed on in regard to the teaching of rhetoric and composition is largely this : ( 1 ) That the same training should be given.
... and the Conference on Uniform Entrance Require- ments in English . What teachers seem to have agreed on in regard to the teaching of rhetoric and composition is largely this : ( 1 ) That the same training should be given.
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... regard to a piece of writing : do the words mean what the writer intended them to mean ? are they so put together as to express in the best way the ideas the writer had in mind ? CHAPTER II COMPOSITIONS - - 9. THE IMPORTANCE OF ...
... regard to a piece of writing : do the words mean what the writer intended them to mean ? are they so put together as to express in the best way the ideas the writer had in mind ? CHAPTER II COMPOSITIONS - - 9. THE IMPORTANCE OF ...
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... regard to the relative value of their component parts , and to add the plural sign at the end ; as knight - errants , major- generals , court - martials . In several compounds in which the component parts are both nouns and not easily ...
... regard to the relative value of their component parts , and to add the plural sign at the end ; as knight - errants , major- generals , court - martials . In several compounds in which the component parts are both nouns and not easily ...
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... , it is also perfectly consistent with good usage : - ( 1 ) To regard a collective noun as plural when it is desired to emphasize the individuals that compose the group ; e.g. " the committee differ as to CHAP . IV ] 43 Incorrect English.
... , it is also perfectly consistent with good usage : - ( 1 ) To regard a collective noun as plural when it is desired to emphasize the individuals that compose the group ; e.g. " the committee differ as to CHAP . IV ] 43 Incorrect English.
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... regard as plural such a book title as Lives when the singular would be awkward or harsh in sound ; e.g. " Johnson's Lives have long been famous . " ( 3 ) To regard all groups of nouns as plural when they are not obviously singular in ...
... regard as plural such a book title as Lives when the singular would be awkward or harsh in sound ; e.g. " Johnson's Lives have long been famous . " ( 3 ) To regard all groups of nouns as plural when they are not obviously singular in ...
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