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How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition
| Author: | Abbott, Edwin A.
Shared by: vmriddle |
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| Language: | English | |
| Number of downloads: | 68 | |
| Number of readers who love this book: | 1 | |
| Source: | http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22600 | |
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From the Preface: "Almost every English boy can be taught to write clearly, so far at least as clearness depends upon the arrangement of words. Force, elegance, and variety of style are more difficult to teach, and far more difficult to learn; but clear writing can be reduced to rules. To teach the art of writing clearly is the main object of these Rules and Exercises." Includes writing rules... Show all...
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... The progress of _the_ (_b_) (5) _first_ has been already traced." (_a_) Begin the sentence with "Such was." (_b_) By "the first" is meant "military glory." 59. "The detachment not only failed to take the fort, (30) spite of their numbers and the weakness of the garrison, but also to capture the small force that was encamped outside the town, and was, after some sharp fighting, driven back with inconsiderable loss." Point out the ambiguity. Remedy it by inserting either "which," or "the assailants....