Excerpt from Ross's Business English: A Treatise on English as It Is Used in Modern Business; For Use in Commercial Departments of Private and Public Schools By Constant review the student's mind is kept refreshed upon the details of language organization and their logical relations to one another. 'this prevents the confusion so liable to result from the usual manner of treatment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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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. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... 89. He wouldn't go without we did. 90. I believe our rooms are more pleasant than their's. 91. He was seated at the table with a glass of ale on both sides of him. 92. He must have wanted to see them very much. 93. If I was to remove this weight what would happen. 94. I don't think he acted quite fair to his brother-inlaws. 95. For sale, a dictionary and atlas, both nearly new. 96. I am afraid that the poor boy don't know no better. 97. With this machine you can make two hundred copies of anything that can be written on a page of note paper in five minutes. 98. But for you and I he would have drownded. 99. Much depends on the teacher correcting the papers. 100. Much depends on the teacher's correcting the papers. ANALYSIS AND CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES The sentence is the smallest unit of composition. Good writing, therefore, presupposes an intimate knowledge of the various types of sentences and the ability to analyze and construct them. A sentence is the expression of a thought in words. FORMS OF SENTENCES As to form, there are three kinds of sentences: Declarative, the most common form, which makes a statement or an assertion. Each of the sentences above is declarative. Interrogative, which puts a thought in the form of a question; as, How are sentences classified as to form? Imperative, which puts a thought in the form of an entreaty, command, or request; as, Will you kindly give this shipment your immediate attention. Any one of these kinds of sentences may be put in the form of an exclamation, in which case it should be followed by an exclamation point. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF STATEMENTS This is the more important classification of sentences, as it is the one necessary to analysis. As to number of statements there are...

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