nnective with gain in clearness
38. Repetition of connective with loss in clearness
39. EXERCISE
A. Parallel structure
B. Shift in subject or voice
C. Shift in number, person, or tense
D. The exact connective
E. Repetition of connectives
EMPHASIS
40. Emphasis by position
41. Emphasis by separation
42. Emphasis by subordination
43. The periodic sentence
44. Order of climax
45. The balanced sentence
46. Weak effect of the passive voice
47. Repetition effective: a Words; b Structure
48. Repetition offensive: a Words; b Structure
49. EXERCISE
A. Lack of emphasis in general
B. Loose structure
C. Repetition
GRAMMAR
50. Case: a Nominative, especially after _than_ or _as_;
b Nominative _who_ and _whoever_; c Predicate nominative;
d Objective; e Objective with infinitive; f Possessive;
g Possessive with gerund; h Possession by inanimate
objects; i Agreement of pronouns
51. Number: a _Each_, _every one_, etc.; b _Those kind_, etc.;
c Collective nouns; d _Don't_
52. Agreement--not to be thwarted by: a Intervening nouns;
b _Together with_ phrases; c _Or_ or _nor_ after subject;
d _And_ in the subject; e A predicate noun;
f An introductory _there_
53. _Shall_ and _will_
54. Principal parts. List
55. Tense, mode, auxiliaries: a Tense in dependent clauses
or infinitives; b The past perfect; c Present tense for a
general statement; d Mode; e Auxiliaries
56. Adjective and adverb: a Adjective misused for adverb;
b Ambiguous cases; c After verbs pertaining to the
senses
57. A word in a double capacity
58. List of the terms of grammar
59. EXERCISE
A. Case of pronouns
B. Agreement
C. _Shall_ and _will_
D. _Lie, lay; sit, set; rise, raise_
E. Principal parts of verbs
F. General
DICTION
60. Wordiness
61. Triteness
62. The exact word
63. Concreteness
64. Sound
65. Subtle violations of good use: a Faulty idiom; b Colloquialism
66. Gross violations of good use: a Barbarisms; b Improprieties;
c Slang
67. Words often confused in meaning. List
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