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ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION
| 16. | Inversion of the Normal Order: Emphasis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 135
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| 17. | Structure of Sentences ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 141
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| 18. | Purity of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 150
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| 19. | Propriety of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 156
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| 1. Common Errors in the Use of Common Words. 2. Words used in Wrong Senses or Wrong Connections. |
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| 20. | Plurals in Special Senses ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 176
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| 21. | Perspicuity or Clearness of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 178
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| 1. Grammatical Precautions. 2. The Obscure. 3. The Double Meaning. |
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| 21. | Simplicity or Ease of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 189
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| 22. | Breveity of Terseness of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 195
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| 23. | Elegance of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 204
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PART III.-ENLARGEMENT OF VOCABULARY:
FIGURES OF SPEECH.
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| 24. | Enlargment by Compostion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 210
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| 1.Unrelated or Juxta-positional Compounds. 2. Related or Syntactical Compounds. |
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| 25. | Enlargment by Prefixes and Suffixes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 214
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| 1. Teutonic Prefixes. 2. Teutonic Suffixes. 3. Romanic Prefixes. 4. Romanic Suffixes. 5. Greek Prefixes. 6. Greek Suffixes. 7. Some General Results, with Questions. |
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| 26. | Figures of Rhetoric ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 230
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| 27. | Enlargement of Vocabulary by Metaphor and Metonmy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 252
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| PART IV. PROSE AND POETRY.
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| 28. | Main Divisiions of Prose-Composition ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 266
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| 1. Classification according to Matter. 2. Classification according to Form. |
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| 29. | Prosody and Poetic Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 284
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| 1. Prosody. 2. Poetic Diction. |
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| 30. | Main Divisions of Poetry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 296
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| PART V. HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE.
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| 31. | Origin and Growth of English ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 304
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| 1. English and Cognate Languages. 2. Old English. 3. Middle English. 4. Modern English. |
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| 32. | Borrowings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 319
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| 1. Celtic. 2. Danish or Later Scandian. 3. Dutch. 4. Latin. 5. French. 6. Greek. 7. Modern Borrowings : Miscellaneous. |
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| 33. | Notes On Affixes and Accidence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 333
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| 1. Origin of Teutonic Affixes. 2. Noun Forms. 3. Adjective Forms. 4. Pronoun Forms. 5. Verb Forms. |
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| Index of Subjects and Selected Words | 343 |