AN ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR
WITH EXERCISES

BY
GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE
GURNEY PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
AND
FRANK EDGAR FARLEY
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

GINN AND COMPANY
BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · LONDON ATLANTA · DALLAS · COLUMBUS · SAN FRANCISCO

The Athenæum Press
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PREFACE

This grammar is intended for students who have already received instruction in the rudiments. Still, every such textbook must begin at the beginning. Part One, therefore, which occupies [pp. 1–24], gives a succinct treatment of the Parts of Speech in the Sentence and of their substitutes, the Phrase and the Clause, concluding with a Summary of Definitions. Thus it clears the way for what follows, and may be utilized as a review, if the student needs to refresh his memory.

Part Two deals specifically and fully with Inflections and Syntax ([pp. 25–182]). It includes also a chapter on the use of subordinate clauses as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs ([pp. 157–162]), as well as a chapter in which such clauses are logically classified in accordance with their particular offices in the expression of thought ([pp. 163–182]).

Part Three ([pp. 183–226]) develops the subject of Analysis in its natural order, first explaining how sentences are put together, and then illustrating the process by which they may be resolved into their constituent parts. Modifiers and Complements are classified, and the so-called Independent Elements are discussed. There is added a special chapter on Combinations of Clauses, in which the grammatical and logical relations of coördination and subordination are set forth, and their functions in the effective use of language are considered. This portion of the book, it is hoped, will be especially useful to students of English composition.

AN ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMARWITH EXERCISES

PREFACE

AN ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR
WITH EXERCISES