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... BREVITY 351 XVII . FIGURES OF SPEECH 365 XVIII . INVENTIVE ART IN SPEAKING AND WRITING 399 XIX . CONSTRUCTIVE LITERARY WORK 433 XX . LIFE THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT • 457 CHAPTER I THE SIMPLICITY OF ENGLISH Excellence in English is xi.
... BREVITY 351 XVII . FIGURES OF SPEECH 365 XVIII . INVENTIVE ART IN SPEAKING AND WRITING 399 XIX . CONSTRUCTIVE LITERARY WORK 433 XX . LIFE THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT • 457 CHAPTER I THE SIMPLICITY OF ENGLISH Excellence in English is xi.
Page 344
... Brevity must always yield to perspicuity . V. ADVERBS The danger of the adverb is its facility of adapta- tion . It may modify a verb , an adjective , another ad- verb , -yes , or even a noun , though the grammars are very shy of saying ...
... Brevity must always yield to perspicuity . V. ADVERBS The danger of the adverb is its facility of adapta- tion . It may modify a verb , an adjective , another ad- verb , -yes , or even a noun , though the grammars are very shy of saying ...
Page 350
... while not encumbering itself with superfluous words or tedious explanations . A style in which well - chosen words are so built together is sure to be perspicuous . CHAPTER XVI THE ART OF BREVITY There is a brevity 350 EXPRESSIVE ENGLISH.
... while not encumbering itself with superfluous words or tedious explanations . A style in which well - chosen words are so built together is sure to be perspicuous . CHAPTER XVI THE ART OF BREVITY There is a brevity 350 EXPRESSIVE ENGLISH.
Page 351
James Champlin Fernald. CHAPTER XVI THE ART OF BREVITY There is a brevity measurable by the clock or by count of words , which may be called MECHANICAL BREVITY Such brevity is as definite and positive as the figures on the face of a ...
James Champlin Fernald. CHAPTER XVI THE ART OF BREVITY There is a brevity measurable by the clock or by count of words , which may be called MECHANICAL BREVITY Such brevity is as definite and positive as the figures on the face of a ...
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... brevity is not in per- formance , but in demand . A set of managers with no sense of humor desire simply to trot out the lions they have in captivity , that the audience may actually hear them roar . Then they rush them across the arena ...
... brevity is not in per- formance , but in demand . A set of managers with no sense of humor desire simply to trot out the lions they have in captivity , that the audience may actually hear them roar . Then they rush them across the arena ...
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