CONTENTS

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[INTRODUCTION]
TEXTEXERCISES
Language and Grammar[xi]
Grammar and Usage[xv]
Summary of General Principles[xvii]
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
PART ONE—THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN THE SENTENCE
The Sentence—Subject and Predicate[1][227]
Kinds of Sentences[2][227]
The Eight Parts of Speech Defined[3][228]
The Same Word as Different Parts of Speech[9][229]
Infinitives and Participles[11][229]
Comparative Importance of the Parts of Speech[13]
Simple and Complete Subject and Predicate[14][230]
Compound Subject and Predicate[15][230]
Substitutes for the Parts of Speech[16][231]
Phrases—Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverbial[16][231]
Clauses—Independent and Subordinate[16][232]
Compound and Complex Sentences[17][232]
Compound Complex Sentences[18][232]
Clauses as Parts of Speech[19][232]
Summary of Definitions[21]
PART TWO—INFLECTION AND SYNTAX
[CHAPTER I—INFLECTION]
Inflection in General[25]
Summary of Inflections[26]
[CHAPTER II—NOUNS]
Classification—Common Nouns and Proper Nouns[27][233]
Special Classes—Abstract, Collective, Compound[29][234]
Inflection of Nouns[30][235]
Gender[31][235]
Number[34][235]
Person[39][236]
Case[40][237]
Nominative Case[41][237]
Possessive Case[43][238]
Objective Case[47][239]
Parsing of Nouns[54][240]
[CHAPTER III—PRONOUNS]
Personal Pronouns[55][241]
Gender and Number of Personal Pronouns[56][241]
Case of Personal Pronouns[57][241]
The Self-Pronouns (Compound Personal Pronouns)[60][241]
Adjective Pronouns—Demonstratives[62][243]
Adjective Pronouns—Indefinites[64][243]
Relative Pronouns[66][244]
The Relative Pronoun What[71][246]
Compound Relative Pronouns[72][246]
Interrogative Pronouns[73][246]
Parsing of Pronouns[74][247]
[CHAPTER IV—ADJECTIVES]
Classification of Adjectives[75][248]
Adjectives—the Articles[77][248]
Comparison of Adjectives[79][249]
Irregular Comparison[81][249]
[CHAPTER V—ADVERBS]
Classification of Adverbs[83][250]
Relative and Interrogative Adverbs[86][251]
Comparison of Adverbs[87][252]
Use of the Comparative and Superlative[88][252]
Numerals—Adjectives, Nouns, Adverbs[89][252]
[CHAPTER VI—VERBS]
Classification of Verbs[91][253]
Auxiliary Verbs—Verb-Phrases[91][253]
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs[92][253]
Copulative Verbs[93][253]
Inflection of Verbs[94][254]
Tense of Verbs[94][254]
Present and Past Tenses[94][254]
Weak (Regular) and Strong (Irregular) Verbs[95][254]
Person and Number[97][254]
The Personal Endings[97][254]
Conjugation of the Present and the Past[98][254]
Special Rules of Number and Person[100][254]
The Future Tense—Shall and Will[102][256]
Complete or Compound Tenses[106][258]
Voice—Active and Passive[107][258]
Conjugation of the Six Tenses[108][258]
Use of the Passive Voice[110][258]
Progressive Verb-Phrases[113][260]
Emphatic Verb-Phrases[114][260]
Mood of Verbs[115][261]
Indicative Mood[115][261]
Imperative Mood[116][261]
Subjunctive Mood—Forms[118][261]
Uses of the Subjunctive[119][261]
Potential Verb-Phrases (Modal Auxiliaries)[124][262]
Special Rules for Should and Would[127][264]
The Infinitive[132][266]
The Infinitive as a Noun[134][266]
The Infinitive as a Modifier[136][266]
The Infinitive Clause[137][267]
Participles—Forms and Constructions[140][268]
Nominative Absolute[144][269]
Verbal Nouns in -ing (Participial Nouns)[145][269]
[CHAPTER VII—PREPOSITIONS]
List of Prepositions[148][270]
Special Uses of Prepositions[149][270]
[CHAPTER VIII—CONJUNCTIONS]
Coördinate (or Coördinating) Conjunctions[151][270]
Subordinate (or Subordinating) Conjunctions[153][270]
Correlative Conjunctions[153][270]
[CHAPTER IX—INTERJECTIONS]
Interjections[155][272]
Exclamatory Expressions[155][272]
[CHAPTER X—CLAUSES AS PARTS OF SPEECH]
Clauses as Parts of Speech[157][272]
Adjective Clauses[157][272]
Adverbial Clauses[158][272]
Noun (or Substantive) Clauses[159][272]
[CHAPTER XI—THE MEANINGS OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES]
Clauses of Place and Time[163][272]
Causal Clauses[164][272]
Concessive Clauses[164][272]
Clauses of Purpose and Result[166][274]
Conditional Sentences[167][274]
Forms of Conditions[169][274]
Present and Past Conditions[170][274]
Future Conditions[171][274]
Clauses of Comparison[173][275]
Indirect Discourse[173][277]
Shall and Will, Should and Would in Indirect Discourse[177][278]
Indirect Questions[179][280]
Shall and Will, Should and Would in Indirect Questions[182][281]
PART THREE—ANALYSIS
[CHAPTER I—THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES]
Analysis—the Elements[183][282]
Simple Sentences[184][282]
Compound Sentences[185][282]
Complex Sentences[186][282]
Compound and Complex Clauses[186][287]
Compound Complex Sentences[187][283]
[CHAPTER II—ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES]
Simple Sentences[188][283]
Compound Sentences[188][283]
Complex Sentences[189][283]
Compound Complex Sentences[190][283]
[CHAPTER III—MODIFIERS]
Modifiers in General[191][283]
Modifiers of the Subject[192][283]
Modifiers of the Predicate[196][284]
[CHAPTER IV—COMPLEMENTS]
Use of Complements[200][285]
The Direct Object[201][285]
The Predicate Objective[202][285]
The Predicate Nominative[202][285]
The Predicate Adjective[203][285]
[CHAPTER V—MODIFIERS OF COMPLEMENTS AND OF MODIFIERS]
Modifiers of Complements[205][286]
Modifiers of Other Modifiers[207][286]
[CHAPTER VI—INDEPENDENT ELEMENTS]
Four Kinds of Independent Elements[209][286]
Parenthetical Expressions[209][286]
[CHAPTER VII—COMBINATIONS OF CLAUSES]
General Principles[210][287]
Coördination and Subordination[210][287]
Clauses—Simple, Compound, Complex[211][287]
Complex Sentences[186][282]
Simple Sentences with Compound Subject or Predicate[212][287]
Compound and Complex Sentences[213][287]
Compound Complex Sentences[215][287]
Varieties of the Complex Sentence[216][287]
Special Complications in Complex Sentences[220][288]
Special Complications in Compound Complex Sentences[222][288]
[CHAPTER VIII—ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES]
Ellipsis in Clauses and Sentences[224][288]
Varieties of Ellipsis[225][288]
Examples of Elliptical Constructions[226][288]
[EXERCISES]
Exercises on Part One [227]
Exercises on Part Two [233]
Exercises on Part Three [282]
[APPENDIX]
Lists of Verbs [291]
Conjugation of the Verb to be [300]
Conjugation of the Verb to strike [301]
Use of Capital Letters [305]
Rules of Punctuation [306]
Rules of Syntax [311]
The English Language [316]
[Index] [321]