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... -Names of common things ,. Names of things palpable and conceivable , .... The Individual and Concrete , as opposed to the General and Abstract , .. 82 78 79 88 79 80 80 70. The Abstract Noun ,. 71. A series of Abstract 1 *
... -Names of common things ,. Names of things palpable and conceivable , .... The Individual and Concrete , as opposed to the General and Abstract , .. 82 78 79 88 79 80 80 70. The Abstract Noun ,. 71. A series of Abstract 1 *
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A Manual Alexander Bain. 70. The Abstract Noun ,. 71. A series of Abstract Terms difficult ,. 72. Exceptions ,. 73. Simplicity of Structure ,. 74. The avoiding of a complication of Negatives ,. CLEARNESS . 75 Opposed to Obscurity and ...
A Manual Alexander Bain. 70. The Abstract Noun ,. 71. A series of Abstract Terms difficult ,. 72. Exceptions ,. 73. Simplicity of Structure ,. 74. The avoiding of a complication of Negatives ,. CLEARNESS . 75 Opposed to Obscurity and ...
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... noun ( See SIMPLICITY ) ; the use of adjectives for adjective clauses , * of nouns for adjectives ( “ knowledge qualifi- cation , ” “ stump orator " ) , of the phrase made up of preposition and noun , with or without an adjective ...
... noun ( See SIMPLICITY ) ; the use of adjectives for adjective clauses , * of nouns for adjectives ( “ knowledge qualifi- cation , ” “ stump orator " ) , of the phrase made up of preposition and noun , with or without an adjective ...
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... noun is thus justified on principle . So with the adverb and the verb . As the predicate of a proposition modifies the subject , like an adjective immediately qualifying it , there is a ground for making the predicate precede the ...
... noun is thus justified on principle . So with the adverb and the verb . As the predicate of a proposition modifies the subject , like an adjective immediately qualifying it , there is a ground for making the predicate precede the ...
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... Noun is the form that carries ab- stract naming farthest ; as , motion , whiteness , color , virtue , comprehension . Nouns denoting whole classes of objects , Adjectives , Verbs , and Adverbs , tend rather to suggest the concrete . A ...
... Noun is the form that carries ab- stract naming farthest ; as , motion , whiteness , color , virtue , comprehension . Nouns denoting whole classes of objects , Adjectives , Verbs , and Adverbs , tend rather to suggest the concrete . A ...
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abstract alliterations Antithesis arrangement balanced bay color beauty brevity called character circumstances clause comparison composition concrete concrete Extract connection consonants contrast degradation degree Demosthenes described effect emotion English epigram example excitement exposition expression facts figure genius give given harmony Hence History human humor hyperbole Iliad illustration implies impression instances iteration kind language ludicrous meaning melody ment metaphor method metonymy mind mode moral mountains narrative nation nature noun nuendo objects obverse orator pain paragraph pathos Pearl Coast person personification phatic Plato pleasure Pleonasm poet poetic poetry political politics of Poland predicate principle proposition reference rivers sense sentence sentiment simile sions Socrates sometimes sound statement strength style sublime subordinate suggest syllables Synecdoche tautologies tence tender feeling things thou thought tion Transferred Epithet truth variety verb vowels writer