English composition, by W. Davidson and J.C. Alcock. [With] Key
Title | English composition, by W. Davidson and J.C. Alcock. [With] Key PDF eBook |
Author | William Davidson (B.A.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1884 |
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English Composition, by W. Davidson and J. C. Alcock. [with] Key
Title | English Composition, by W. Davidson and J. C. Alcock. [with] Key PDF eBook |
Author | William Davidson |
Publisher | Theclassics.Us |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 2013-09 |
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ISBN | 9781230367491 |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ... ENGLISH COMPOSITION. PART I. TEE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES. CHAPTER I. DEFINITIONS. 1. Composition is the art of expressing our thoughts correctly. 2. The expression of a thought in words is a sentence. Obs.--A sentence, as to its form, may bo Assertive, Interrogative, Imperative, Optative, Exclamatory, or Conditional. 1. Assertive or Declarative: --(a) Affirmative: as, I am "writing. (6) Negative: as, I am not writing. 2. Interrogative: as, Whither goest thou 1 3. Imperative: as, Call my men. 4. Optative: as, May you have health and long life I 5. Exclamatory: as, How are the mighty fallen! 6. Conditional: as, If he should grieve, ... 3. A succession of thoughts is expressed by a series of sentences. 4. Composition, therefore, shows how to construct sentences, and how to arrange sentences into a series. 5. Sentences are of three kinds, Simple, Complex, and Compound. 6. A Simple Sentence contains one subject and one finite verb: as, The wind moans. Every sentence consists of two parts: --1. Subject, which expresses the thing about which we are speaking. 2. Predicate, which expresses that which is said about the subject. Subject. Predicate. Ravens croak. 7. A Complex Sentence not only contains a principal subject and its verb, but has other dependent or subordinate sentences, which have subjects or verbs of their own: as, I dreamed that, as I wandered by the way, Bare winter suddenly was changed to spring. 8. A Compound Sentence consists of two or more principal or independent sentences connected by a coordinative conjunction: as, A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew. 9. A Clause or Subordinate Sentence is a group of words which contains a subject and predicate, but which does not express a complete...
English grammar and analysis, by W. Davidson and J.C. Alcock. [With] Key
Title | English grammar and analysis, by W. Davidson and J.C. Alcock. [With] Key PDF eBook |
Author | William Davidson (B.A.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1876 |
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ISBN |
Style in Composition
Title | Style in Composition PDF eBook |
Author | William Judson Addis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
English Grammar and Analysis
Title | English Grammar and Analysis PDF eBook |
Author | William Davidson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1894 |
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ISBN |
Key to English Composition
Title | Key to English Composition PDF eBook |
Author | William DAVIDSON (B.A., and ALCOCK (Joseph Crosby)) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 1884 |
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ISBN |
Key to English Composition
Title | Key to English Composition PDF eBook |
Author | William Davidson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 1885* |
Genre | English language |
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