Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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Page 46
... sometimes one merely shakes hands ; sometimes one expresses his pleasure lightly , sometimes seriously ; and sometimes one simply says good - by . Everyone knows that the occasion determines the conduct , and everyone ought to know that ...
... sometimes one merely shakes hands ; sometimes one expresses his pleasure lightly , sometimes seriously ; and sometimes one simply says good - by . Everyone knows that the occasion determines the conduct , and everyone ought to know that ...
Page 47
... sometimes the end of an argument is reached with a Q.E.D. implied ; sometimes the theme sinks quietly to a close like a song settling on a tonic chord ; sometimes it breaks off sharply with a rhetorical question , leaving the answer to ...
... sometimes the end of an argument is reached with a Q.E.D. implied ; sometimes the theme sinks quietly to a close like a song settling on a tonic chord ; sometimes it breaks off sharply with a rhetorical question , leaving the answer to ...
Page 138
... sometimes place a semicolon before so when it is used . as a conjunction and sometimes a comma . If I should at- tempt any such explanation , I should also have to explain the reasons for varying the punctuation . The variation is not ...
... sometimes place a semicolon before so when it is used . as a conjunction and sometimes a comma . If I should at- tempt any such explanation , I should also have to explain the reasons for varying the punctuation . The variation is not ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
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