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relative clause or, in other words, the adjunctive expression 

 which has the sentential structure. 



In comparing the tantamount forms of sentential increment, 

 I accordingly feel justified in ranking the relative clause as the 

 'highest species ; it presents a thought with the fullest analytic 

 completeness and commonly provides a special symbol for each of 

 its elements; it alone distinctly recognizes the double function 

 inherent in simultaneous factorship. It is also, no doubt, the 

 most effective, especially when the increment is bulky or com- 

 plex. It is, however, more than others, dangerous in the use 

 of the unskilled, being often used on wrong occasions, and also 

 often wrongly constructed, even on right occasions. It is of all, 

 moreover, the least necessary, as appears by its total absence 

 from several languages, its comparative infrequency in many, 

 and its not uncommon neglect in all. 

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