Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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... dancing with impatience . 24. John laughed and danced and shouted and yelled , and he seemed happy . ~ 25. Although he came from a long line of dog trainers , he was always afraid of them . 26. The one I had on the hook seemed very ...
... dancing with impatience . 24. John laughed and danced and shouted and yelled , and he seemed happy . ~ 25. Although he came from a long line of dog trainers , he was always afraid of them . 26. The one I had on the hook seemed very ...
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... danced and leaped , behaving altogether like a wild man , and Harry , no less excited , howled like a coyote . As the sentence stands , the separation between the clauses is vague and confusing . Corrected punctuation . Fred danced and ...
... danced and leaped , behaving altogether like a wild man , and Harry , no less excited , howled like a coyote . As the sentence stands , the separation between the clauses is vague and confusing . Corrected punctuation . Fred danced and ...
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... danced very beautifully . girl danced The beautifully very pretty very Phrase Object . When a phrase is the object , the diagram is as follows : I desired to finish my dinner . ' to finish I desired dinner Note , however , that the ...
... danced very beautifully . girl danced The beautifully very pretty very Phrase Object . When a phrase is the object , the diagram is as follows : I desired to finish my dinner . ' to finish I desired dinner Note , however , that the ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND 3370 ΙΟ | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
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