21st Century Grammar Handbook



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21st century grammar
21st century grammar, transformation, transformation, - - - .pdf;filename*= UTF-8''অনুবাদ চর্চা (প্রথম আলো পত্রিকা থেকে-২৯-০৩-২০২০)-1, 21st century grammar
Restrictive phrase. Like restrictive clauses, restrictive phrases have some rules
associated with them. They are not set o by commas, and they need to be clearly associated with the thing or person to which they refer—their antecedent. Seethe entry for nonrestrictive phrases for more information, examples, and rules.
Use the same method to determine if a phrase is restrictive or nonrestrictive as was suggested for restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses consider whether the sentence without the phrase is complete and means the same as with it. If the sentence makes it main point without the phrase, then the phrase is nonrestrictive. If the sentence needs the phrase to convey its message, then the phrase is restrictive.
Restrictive: The hiker saw the mountain goat standing on the hill The sentence intends to identify the mountain goat as speci cally the one on the hill, not any other. Nonrestrictive Standing on the hill, the hiker saw the mountain goat The sentence is about seeing the mountain goat, and the information about where the hiker is standing is less important.
If a comma appeared in the rst example before standing one of the most common grammatical errors would be apparent—a misplaced modi er. That is, the comma would have made it unclear whether the hiker or the mountain goat was standing on the hill. The second example cannot be misconstrued—it is the hiker on the hill. These examples show, in a modest way, that it is important to punctuate sentences with phrases with care so that the relationship between the phrase and the word it refers to is quite clear. Another way to ensure clarity of connection between phrase and antecedent is to position the phrase so that there can be no misunderstanding about what it refers to and whether it is restrictive or nonrestrictive.
Revision. The vital process of reviewing and rewriting to eliminate errors, unclear passages, ine cient communication, and poorly chosen phrases or vocabulary is called revision. The previous long sentence could probably use some revision. See
editing.


Rhetoric. In the most basic sense, rhetoric is the art of persuasion. During the long history of the practice of this art, certain kinds of sentences, phrases, clauses,
paragraphs, and other grammatical elements were identi ed as more e ective persuaders or conveyers of information than other forms, at least in certain circumstances. Rhetoric, then, is the art of making choices among words, sentences,
structures, and soon in order to communicate or express oneself most effectively.
While grammar has rather hard-and-fast rules to follow, rhetoric has accumulated experience to suggest devices, methods, and patterns of writing or speaking to good e ect. Put another way, grammar tells us how to write or speak correctly and clearly, while rhetoric helps us do so forcefully, persuasively, and e ectively. There is not space or reason to recite the points of rhetorical practice here, except to say that rhetoric—the strength and e cacy of communicating—merits careful thought and attention, along with the accuracy and correctness of speech or writing
(grammar). Seethe entries on style, variety, parallelism, repetition, and the like.

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