English grammar
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CONTENTS4. I. DECLARATIVE SENTENCES. SUBJECT AND PREDICATE5. II. SIMPLE SUBJECT. NOUNS6. III. CLASSIFICATION OF NOUNS7. IV. VERBS8. V. PRONOUNS9. VI. COMPOUND SUBJECT AND COMPOUND PREDICATE10. VII. TRANSPOSED SUBJECT AND PREDICATE11. VIII. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES12. IX. ADJECTIVES13. X. ADVERBS14. XI. PHRASES. ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES15. XII. PREPOSITIONS16. XIII. TERM OF ADDRESS. EXCLAMATORY NOUN17. XIV. IMPERATIVE SENTENCES18. XV. INTERJECTIONS19. XVI. EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES20. XVII. CONJUNCTIONS21. XVIII. CLAUSES. SIMPLE SENTENCES22. XIX. COMPOUND SENTENCES23. XX. DEPENDENT CLAUSES. COMPLEX SENTENCES24. XXI. REVIEW: CLASSIFICATION OF SENTENCES25. XXII. REVIEW: PARTS OF SPEECH26. XXIII. TRANSITIVE VERBS. OBJECT OF VERB27. XXIV. INTRANSITIVE VERBS ASSERTING ACTION28. XXV. INTRANSITIVE VERBS ASSERTING BEING. NOUNS AS SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENTS29. XXVI. ADJECTIVES AS SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENTS30. XXVII. REVIEW OF VERBS31. XXVIII. NOUNS: NUMBER32. XXIX. NOUNS: GENDER33. XXX. POSSESSIVE NOUNS34. XXXI. NOUNS: CASE35. XXXII. NOUNS: THE APPOSITIVE36. XXXIII. APPOSITIVE ADJECTIVES37. XXXIV. INDIRECT OBJECT38. XXXV. ADVERBIAL NOUN PHRASES39. XXXVI. ADVERBIAL NOUN PHRASES40. XXXVII. OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT41. XXXVIII. PARSING OF NOUNS42. XXXIX. PERSONAL PRONOUNS43. XL. USES OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS44. XLI. USES OF POSSESSIVE PERSONAL PRONOUNS45. XLII. COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS46. XLIII. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS47. XLIV. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES48. XLV. LIMITING ADJECTIVES49. XLVI. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES50. XLVII. REVIEW OF ADJECTIVES51. XLVIII. ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS52. XLIX. VERBS: TENSE53. L. THE INDICATIVE MODE54. LI. THE INTERROGATIVE FORM OF THE INDICATIVE MODE55. LII. THE SUBJUNCTIVE MODE56. LIII. THE IMPERATIVE MODE57. LIV. PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS. REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS58. LV. VOICE59. LVI. THE PASSIVE VOICE60. LVII. THE PROGRESSIVE CONJUGATION61. LVIII. THE EMPHATIC CONJUGATION62. LIX. PARSING OF VERBS63. LX. THE AUXILIARY VERBS SHALL AND WILL64. LXI. DEFECTIVE VERBS. VERB PHRASES65. LXII. DIRECT AND INDIRECT DISCOURSE66. LXIII. AGREEMENT OF VERB AND SUBJECT. COLLECTIVE NOUNS67. LXIV. REVIEW OF VERBS: PARSING68. LXV. CLASSIFICATION OF ADVERBS. SIMPLE ADVERBS69. LXVI. CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS70. LXVII. SUMMARY OF ADVERBS71. LXVIII. COÖRDINATE CONJUNCTIONS72. LXIX. SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS73. LXX. ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER74. LXXI. ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF CAUSE, PURPOSE, AND RESULT75. LXXII. ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF CONDITION AND CONCESSION76. LXXIII. ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF COMPARISON77. LXXIV. ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES78. LXXV. ADJECTIVE CLAUSES79. LXXVI. RELATIVE PRONOUNS80. LXXVII. NOUN CLAUSES81. LXXVIII. INTRODUCTORY WORDS OF NOUN CLAUSES82. LXXIX. REVIEW OF CLAUSES83. LXXX. REVIEW OF PRONOUNS84. LXXXI. INFINITIVES85. LXXXII. INFINITIVES AS SUBJECTS OR COMPLEMENTS86. LXXXIII. INFINITIVES AS MODIFIERS OF NOUNS87. LXXXIV. INFINITIVES AS PARTS OF “DOUBLE OBJECTS.” AS MODIFIERS OF VERBS88. LXXXV. OTHER USES OF INFINITIVES89. LXXXVI. SUMMARY OF INFINITIVES90. LXXXVII. ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES CONTAINING INFINITIVE PHRASES91. LXXXVIII. PARTICIPLES92. LXXXIX. PARTICIPLES MODIFYING NOUNS93. XC. PARTICIPIAL PHRASES IN THE PREDICATE94. XCI. ABSOLUTE PARTICIPIAL PHRASES95. XCII. AGREEMENT OF PARTICIPLES. OTHER WORDS IN -ING96. XCIII. SUMMARY OF PARTICIPLES97. XCIV. ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES98. XCV. ANTICIPATIVE SUBJECT99. XCVI. ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES100. XCVII. REVIEW OF ANALYSIS101. GENERAL REVIEW102. INDEX