Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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... John " and serves only to explain who John is . In this sentence , " The boy , trembling with fear , would not answer , ” “ trembling with fear " is also fundamentally appos- itive , though its purpose is primarily adjectival . 1. Nelly ...
... John " and serves only to explain who John is . In this sentence , " The boy , trembling with fear , would not answer , ” “ trembling with fear " is also fundamentally appos- itive , though its purpose is primarily adjectival . 1. Nelly ...
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... John If John is a man , and if men are mortal , it necessarily follows that John must be mortal ; but if John is a verte- brate , and if fish are also vertebrates , it does not follow necessarily that John is a fish . Or , for those who ...
... John If John is a man , and if men are mortal , it necessarily follows that John must be mortal ; but if John is a verte- brate , and if fish are also vertebrates , it does not follow necessarily that John is a fish . Or , for those who ...
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... John . Brief Lives . Edited by Andrew Clark . 1898 . We know that Strachey read Bacon and Essex by Edwin A. Abbot and that the book was published in 1877 , but that is all we do know . Who was the publisher ? Where was the book ...
... John . Brief Lives . Edited by Andrew Clark . 1898 . We know that Strachey read Bacon and Essex by Edwin A. Abbot and that the book was published in 1877 , but that is all we do know . Who was the publisher ? Where was the book ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
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