Absolute construction, 182. Abstract noun, 27; formation of, 27. Acceptance, 178; form of, 178. Active forms of verbs, 126. Active voice, 91, 126.
* Address, nominative of, 182. Adjectives, 9, 20; classes of, 75, 76; descriptive, 75; limiting, 75; com- pound, 76; interrogative, 65; par- ticipial, 98; comparison of, 78, 103; construction of, 188, 190; attributive, 188; appositive, 189; predicative, 189; review of, 83, 84; parsing of, 84. Adjective clause, 220. Adjective phrase, 207. Adjective pronoun, 57. Adjuncts, 205.
Adverbs, 12, 20; classes of, 142, 143; of time, 142; of place, 142; of man- ner, 142; of degree, 142; modal, 142; simple, 143; conjunctive, 143; interrogative, 143; expletive, 142; yes and no, 143; phrases, 143; identical in form with adjec- tives, 146; comparison of, 143; use of, 146; parsing of, 143, 144; review of, 147.
Adverbial clause, 220, 221; denoting
time, 220; place, 220; manner, 221; degree, 221; cause or reason, 221; purpose, 221; condition, 221; concession, 221. Adverbial conjunction, 143. Adverbial object, 183. Adverbial phrase, 207. Adversative conjunctions, 154. Advertisements, 172-175; for arti- cles lost, 172; for articles found, 173; for help, 173; for situations, 174; forms of, 172–174. Alphabetical list of irregular verbs, 106, 109.
Alternative conjunctions, 155. Analysis of sentences, 214-248; sim- ple, 214-218; complex, 223-228; compound, 229–232. Antecedent of pronoun, 60. Apposition, 182. Appositive, 182.
Appositive phrase, 207.
Articles, 76; definite, 76; indefinite, 76; use of, 76.
Auxiliary verbs, 102, 111–125; have, 113, 114; do, 115; shall, 116–118; will, 116-118; be, 118-121; can,
122; may, 123; must, 123; should and would, 123, 124.
Bare subject, 205.
Bare predicate, 205.
Be, 118-120; forms of, 118-120; as auxiliary, 119, 120; use in the pas- sive voice, 119; use in the pro- gressive form, 120; as an inde- pendent verb, 120; to express existence, 120; as a copula, 120. Bills, 168-170; forms of, 168, 169.
Can, forms of, 122; use of, 122. Capital letters, rules for, 25, 26, 165, 260, 261.
the superlative, 79; irregular, 80; of adverbs, 143. Complement, 206. Complete subject, 205. Complete predicate, 206.
Complex sentences, 208, 219-228; structure of, 219–223; analysis of, 223-228.
Composition, 51, 64, 74, 87, 179, 180. Compound adjectives, 76. Compound conjunctions, 155. Compound modifiers, 212. Compound personal pronouns, 55-57 ; formation of, 56; use as reflexives, 56; use to express emphasis, 56; declension of, 56.
Case, 38; nominative, 39; possessive, Compound possessives, 42.
39; objective, 39.
Causal conjunctions, 155.
Choice, of adjectives, 82; of preposi-
Clause, 59, 207; independent or prin- cipal, 59, 207; dependent or sub- ordinate, 50, 207; adjective, 220, 222; adverbial, 220, 221, 222; sub- stantive, 219, 220, 221. Collective noun, 26. Comma, use of, 159, 160, 161, 162, 165, 262.
Common gender, 35. Common noun, 26.
Comparison, 79, 83; of adjectives,
78-83; positive degree, 79; com- parative degree, 79, 80; use of comparative degree, 79; formation of the comparative, 79; superla- tive degree, 79, 80; use of super- lative degree, 79; formation of
Compound prepositions, 148. Compound relative pronouns, 61; for- mation of, 61.
Compound sentences, 229–232; struct- ure of, 229; analysis of, 229–231. Conjugation of the verb, 126-129; active voice, 126–128; passive voice, 128; progressive forms, 129. Conjunctions, 16, 20; classes of, 154,
155; co-ordinating, 154; copula- tive, 154; adversative, 154; alter- native, 155; causal, 155; correla- tives, 155; subordinating, 155; compound, 155; parsing of, 154, 155; review of, 157. Conjunctive adverbs, 143. Constructions, 181; of nouns, 181- 185; of pronouns, 185-188; of adjectives, 188-190; of verbs, 190- 192; of infinitives, 193-195; of participles, 196, 197.
Declarative sentence, I. Declension, 39; of nouns, 39; of per- sonal pronouns, 52, 53; of com- pound personal pronouns, 56; of the relative who, 61. Defective verb, 106. Definite article, 76.
Degrees of comparison, 79; positive, 79; comparative, 79; superlative, 79.
Dependent clause, 59, 207. Descriptive adjective, 75. Different uses of the same word, 199- 201; all, 199; as, 199; before, 199; both, 199; but, 199; else, 200; enough, 200; except, 200; for, 200; however, 200; like, 200; since, 201; so, 201; that, 201; the,
Direct quotations, 164. Do, used as an auxiliary verb, 115; to express emphasis, 115; to ex- press negation, 115; to ask a ques- tion, 115; as an independent verb, 115.
Elements of a sentence, 206-208; words, 206; phrases, 206, 207; clauses, 206, 207; principal, 208; subordinate, 208. Exclamatory sentence, I. Expletive, 142.
Feminine gender, of nouns, 35; of pronouns, 54.
Foreign words, plural of, 34. Forms of verbs, 105–110; of be, 118– 121; can, 122; have, 113-114; shall, 116-118; will, 116–118; may, 123; active, 126–128; passive, 128, 129; progressive, 129. Future perfect tense, 102. Future tense, 101.
Gender, 34; masculine, 35; feminine, 35; common, 35; neuter, 35; of nouns, 34-37; of pronouns, 53, 54. Gerund, 96.
Grammatical predicate, 205 Grammatical subject, 205.
Have, 113, 114; forms of, 113; use as an auxiliary verb, 114; as an independent verb, 114.
Imperative mode, 94. Imperative sentence, 1. Imperfect participle, 98. Impersonal subject and object of verb, 186.
Indefinite article, 76.
Indefinite use of pronouns, 186. Independent clause, 59, 207. Indicative mode, 93. Indirect object, 183.
Indirect quotations, 164, 165. Infinitives, 95-97; simple, 95, 96; in ing or participial, 95, 96; con- structions of, 193-195; as subject
of verb, 193; as predicate nomina- tive, 193; as object of verb, 193; as object of preposition, 193; after the verbs may, can, etc., 193; as modifiers, 193; used to express purpose, 194; elliptically or abso- lutely, 194; with noun or pronoun as object of verb, 194; with pos- sessive modifier, 194; parsing of, 136-138.
Infinitive in ing, 95, 96; constructions of, 193, 194.
Infinitive phrase, 206.
Inflection, 39.
Interjections, 17, 20, 158; parsing of, 158.
Interrogative adjectives, 65. Interrogative adverbs, 143. Interrogative pronouns, 65-69; use of, 65.
Interrogative sentence, I.
Intransitive verbs, 88; made transi-
Invitations, 177, 178; forms of invi- tation, 177; of acceptance, 178; of regret, 178.
Lay and lie, use of, 130, 131. Letters ordering books, 166; mer- chandise, 166; making applica- tions, 167; miscellaneous, 179, 180; forms of, 166, 167. Limiting adjectives, 75. Logical subject, 205. Logical predicate, 206.
Masculine gender, 35; of nouns, 35; of pronouns, 53, 54.
May, 123; forms of, 123; use of, 123, 133.
Modal adverbs, 142.
Mode, 93; indicative, 93; impera- tive, 94; subjunctive, 94. Modifiers, 205, 212; of subject, 210; of predicate, 211; simple, 212; complex, 212; compound, 212.
Neuter gender, 35; of nouns, 35; of pronouns, 35, 51.
Nominative absolute, 182. Nominative of address, 182.
Nominative case, 39; subject nomi- native, 181; predicate nominative, 181; nominative absolute, 182; nominative of address, 182. Notices of public meetings, 175; forms of, 175.
Nouns, 6, 20; classes of, 25-28;
proper, 25; common, 26; collec- tive, 27; abstract, 27; verbal, 27, 98; number of, 28-34; gender of, 34-37; case of, 38-45; construc- tions of, 181-185; as subject nomi- native, 181; as predicate nomina- tive, 181; as objective predicate, 182; as appositive, 182; nomina- tive absolute, 182; nominative of address, 182; as possessive, 183; as object of vert 183; as object of preposition, 183; as indirect object, 183; as adverbial object, 183; parsing of, 45, 46; review of, 47, 48.
Number of nouns, 28-34; of pro- nouns, 53; of the adjectives this and that, 80; of verbs, 104.
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