"In an equative clause, the noun has a place in the fashioning of metaphor..."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte
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"In an equative clause, the noun has a place in the fashioning of metaphor..."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte  "Because there are more nouns than any other part of speech in the English vocabulary, noun phrases offer a tremendous stock of meaning. Important for their content and variety, they also perform a great array of functions."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte  "Short sentences, in their many varieties, can help to bring clarity, impact, texture, to any kind of writing. But they must be well constructed, of course, and ambicably situated with longer companions."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte  "...it is syntax that gives words the power to relate to each other in a sequence, to create rhythms and emphasis, to carry meaning -- of whatever kind -- as well as glow individually in just the right place."
From Artful Sentences: Syntax as Style, Virginia Tufte  Zig-zag, decoratively, a jagged line like a representation of lightning, as in chevron mouldings, etc.
The Antique Collectors' illustrated dictionary, Compiled by David Mountfield, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974 |
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