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Author : Wayne A. Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521555135

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Author : Norman Foerster
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 14,87 MB
Release : 2017-11-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780331892116

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Excerpt from Sentences and Thinking: A Practice Book in Sentence Making I. What the sentence is. The sentence, as the thought unit, is the starting-point for the study of composition. It should be regarded, at the outset, not as the result of a mechanical manipulation of grammatical elements, but as an organism, an organic whole, reproducing in words a thought in the mind, as a-photograph reproduces a scene. It is always our first concern to see the thought clearlyfto get it clearly focused in our minds; to this everything else is secondary, - the grammar, the parts of speech, the syntax that are so often the bugbear of the student because they are approached wrongly. In the discussion that follows, we shall look first to the thought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Norman Foerster
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,41 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
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ISBN : 9781517117078

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"Sentences and Thinking," originally published in 1919, is a practice book in correct sentence making, designed for American college students and for everyone interested in advanced studies of English. It is quite suitable for vigorous language review work and for raising awareness and improving English conversational and written skills. The authors have sought absolute essentials. Moreover, their exceedingly sensible approach asks readers to think out the reasons that lie behind grammatical and rhetorical rules. The heart of the book is a study of the principles of subordination, parallelism, emphasis, economy-all of which demand the prerequisite of clear thinking. "Sentences and Thinking" is an indispensable tool for English for academic purposes. Part of the project "Immortal Grammar Series" of classic literature, this is a new edition of the classic work published in 1919-not a facsimile reprint. Obvious typographical errors have been carefully corrected and the entire text has been reset and redesigned by Pen House Editions to enhance readability, while respecting the original edition. About the Authors: "Norman Foerster" was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1887. Before "Sentences and Thinking," he wrote "Writing and thinking: A Handbook of Composition and Revision," and "A Handbook of Revision: Part II of Writing and Thinking," both with John Marcellus Steadman, Jr. Foerster was an educator and critic whose main interest was American higher education. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin, followed by doctoral degrees from the University of the South, in Tennessee; Grinnell College, in Iowa; and the University of North Carolina. He taught English at the University of Wisconsin, the University of North Carolina, the University of Iowa, and at Duke University. One of his most influential books is "Nature in American History" (1923). Foerster was also known as an advocate and a spokesman for the New Humanism movement, of literary and social criticism, that had its first expressions in the late nineteenth century; He was central in the publication of "Humanism and America": the intellectual manifesto of the New Humanists. He died in Palo Alto, California. "John Marcellus Steadman, Jr." was born in Greenwood, South Carolina, in 1889. He graduated from Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC, where he also obtained a master's degree, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1916. Dr. Steadman served as instructor in Latin, and later headmaster at Wofford Fitting School, in Spartanburg, SC, and was a teaching fellow and instructor of English at the University of North Carolina. He was associate professor of English from 1919 to 1920, before becoming professor emeritus of English, at Emory University, GA. He wrote "Writing and thinking: A Handbook of Composition and Revision," and "A Handbook of Revision: Part II of Writing and Thinking," both with Norman Foerster, as well as several papers published by "American Speech," a quarterly academic journal of the "American Dialect Society," which was established in 1925 and is published by Duke University Press. He died in Tennessee in 1945, at the age of fifty-six years.

Author : Norman Foerster
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 2015-08-11
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ISBN : 9781297733048

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Author : Norman Foerster
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2015-11-17
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ISBN : 9781519346117

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"Sentences and Thinking," originally published in 1919, is a practice book in correct sentence making, designed for American college students and for everyone interested in advanced studies of English. It is quite suitable for vigorous language review work and for raising awareness and improving English conversational and written skills. The authors have sought absolute essentials. Moreover, their exceedingly sensible approach asks readers to think out the reasons that lie behind grammatical and rhetorical rules. The heart of the book is a study of the principles of subordination, parallelism, emphasis, economy-all of which demand the prerequisite of clear thinking. "Sentences and Thinking" is an indispensable tool for English for academic purposes. Part of the project "Immortal Grammar Series" of classic literature, this is a new edition of the classic work published in 1919-not a facsimile reprint. Obvious typographical errors have been carefully corrected and the entire text has been reset and redesigned by Pen House Editions to enhance readability, while respecting the original edition. About the Authors: "Norman Foerster" was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1887. Before "Sentences and Thinking," he wrote "Writing and thinking: A Handbook of Composition and Revision," and "A Handbook of Revision: Part II of Writing and Thinking," both with John Marcellus Steadman, Jr. Foerster was an educator and critic whose main interest was American higher education. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin, followed by doctoral degrees from the University of the South, in Tennessee; Grinnell College, in Iowa; and the University of North Carolina. He taught English at the University of Wisconsin, the University of North Carolina, the University of Iowa, and at Duke University. One of his most influential books is "Nature in American History" (1923). Foerster was also known as an advocate and a spokesman for the New Humanism movement, of literary and social criticism, that had its first expressions in the late nineteenth century; He was central in the publication of "Humanism and America": the intellectual manifesto of the New Humanists. He died in Palo Alto, California. "John Marcellus Steadman, Jr." was born in Greenwood, South Carolina, in 1889. He graduated from Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC, where he also obtained a master's degree, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1916. Dr. Steadman served as instructor in Latin, and later headmaster at Wofford Fitting School, in Spartanburg, SC, and was a teaching fellow and instructor of English at the University of North Carolina. He was associate professor of English from 1919 to 1920, before becoming professor emeritus of English, at Emory University, GA. He wrote "Writing and thinking: A Handbook of Composition and Revision," and "A Handbook of Revision: Part II of Writing and Thinking," both with Norman Foerster, as well as several papers published by "American Speech," a quarterly academic journal of the "American Dialect Society," which was established in 1925 and is published by Duke University Press. He died in Tennessee in 1945, at the age of fifty-six years.

Author : Verlyn Klinkenborg
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0307279413

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An indispensable and distinctive book that will help anyone who wants to write, write better, or have a clearer understanding of what it means for them to be writing, from widely admired writer and teacher Verlyn Klinkenborg. Klinkenborg believes that most of our received wisdom about how writing works is not only wrong but an obstacle to our ability to write. In Several Short Sentences About Writing, he sets out to help us unlearn that “wisdom”—about genius, about creativity, about writer’s block, topic sentences, and outline—and understand that writing is just as much about thinking, noticing, and learning what it means to be involved in the act of writing. There is no gospel, no orthodoxy, no dogma in this book. Instead it is a gathering of starting points in a journey toward lively, lucid, satisfying self-expression.

Author : Norman Foerster
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 38,56 MB
Release : 2014-01-03
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ISBN : 9781293449103

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