The Essentials of English Composition and Rhetoric - Couverture souple

Espenshade, Abraham Howry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1150020296 ISBN 13 : 9781150020292

Editeur : General Books LLC, 2012

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1913. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI UNITY OF THE SENTENCE According to the principle of Unity a sentence should contain but one thought. Just as the whole composition is made up of a number of related paragraphs, which are not only parts of the same general subject, but also distinct units in themselves, so the paragraph is usually composed of a number of sentences, each of which not only contributes to the development of the paragraph-topic, but also gives expression to a single distinct thought. Both the grammarian and the rhetorician recognize the sentence as a unit. A sentence is the verbal expression of a single thought. It may contain but a single word, or a hundred words or more. It may consist of one simple statement; or of a single statement qualified by phrases and clauses; or of several coordinate statements so intimately related as to form but a single unit. In other words, a sentence may be either long or short; it may be simple, complex, or compound. Neither its length nor its complexity necessarily destroys its unity. For both the reader and the writer the sentence is the most natural and convenient unit of expression. The faithful application of the principle of Unity to the construction of sentences is therefore likely to be helpful to the writer himself as well as to the reader. The practical value of this principle has been well explained by Mr. Henry G. Pearson. "From the reader's point of view," he says, "the principle that every sentence should be a unit is one of the greatest importance. For him, generally speaking, the length of one sentence measures the amount that he comprehends at one time. He takes in a sentence at a glance, and takes it in as a whole. If, now, what it brings to him is not a whole, if it forms an incomplete statement, or two statemen...

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: General Books LLC
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1150020296
• ISBN 13: 9781150020292
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 124
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible