Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 81
Page 43
... course , a cretin isn't brainless , but some of them come mighty near being . I attended an autopsy on a cretin once , and the brain wasn't any larger than a big walnut . Yet every state in the Union spends hundreds of thousands of ...
... course , a cretin isn't brainless , but some of them come mighty near being . I attended an autopsy on a cretin once , and the brain wasn't any larger than a big walnut . Yet every state in the Union spends hundreds of thousands of ...
Page 105
... course , the error is obvious . It is not so obvious , however , in the following sentence : Ethel waited glumly by ... course of things is a coward . The italicized phrase may refer either back or forward . The sentence may mean : A man ...
... course , the error is obvious . It is not so obvious , however , in the following sentence : Ethel waited glumly by ... course of things is a coward . The italicized phrase may refer either back or forward . The sentence may mean : A man ...
Page 206
... course . PROF . E .: What are you sitting in ? SHAW ( in obvious and patent disgust ) : A chair . PROF . E .: You're in a building , aren't you ? SHAW : Of course . PROF . E .: Did you have breakfast ? SHAW : I got up too late . PROF ...
... course . PROF . E .: What are you sitting in ? SHAW ( in obvious and patent disgust ) : A chair . PROF . E .: You're in a building , aren't you ? SHAW : Of course . PROF . E .: Did you have breakfast ? SHAW : I got up too late . PROF ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
17 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acceptable adjective argument asked avoid beautiful become begin called certainly clause clear Colloquial comma completely Conclusion confused consider correct course danced definite dependent describe detail effective emphasis entirely exactly example EXERCISES experience expression faults feel final girl give given hand idea important indicate interest John kind letter living look Major premise marks material means method Minor modify natural necessary never Note noun object offer once outline paragraph person phrase play possible problem PROF punctuation reader reason reference result Right rules seems sentence short simple single sometimes sound speech stand statement story student sure tell theme thing thought tion true usually verb words write written Wrong