INDEX
Reading edition
Section No.
Abbreviations, 486-489
Absolute Construction, 399
Adjectives
Defined, 36
Classification of, 242-245
Qualifying, 246
Limiting, 246
Descriptive, 248
Numeral, 249-250
Demonstrative, 251
How to discover, 247
Interrogative, 255
Indefinite, 256-257
Used as pronouns, 258-259
Used as nouns, 261
Comparison of, 264-271
Participles used as, 272-274
Participle phrases used as, 275
Adverbs
Defined, 41, 282
Use of, 279-281
How to tell, 283
Classes of, 284
Interrogative, 285
Of mode, 286, 397
Phrase Adverbs, 287
To Distinguish from Adj, 288-289
Derivation of, 290
Nouns used as, 291
Comparison of, 292-294
Position of, 295
With Infinitive, 296
Common errors in use of, 297-298
Articles
A and An, use of, 252-253
The, use of, 254
Capital Letters
Need of, 464
Uses of, 22, 60, 465
Rules for, 466-484
Clauses
Defined, 406
Noun, 361-366, 371, 445
Adjective, 367-372, 446
With Conjunctions, 376
Introduced by as, 378
Adverb, 447
Dependent, kinds of, 444-447
Conjunctions
Defined, 52, 331
Uses of, 328
Classes of, 329-330
Co-ordinate, 332-334
Uses of, 336-345
Correlatives, 346
Subordinate, defined, 349
Use of, 347
Classes of, 350-359
Phrase Conjunctions, 360
Connective Words
Classes of, 379
Uses of, 380-385
Contractions, 485
Dictionary, Use of, 4
Exclamatory Words, 390-391
Explanatory Words, 398
Good English, defined, 2
Grammar, English, defined, 10
Independent Expressions, 393
Infinitives
Use of, 151-167
To, omitted, 153-155
Forms of, 156
Passive, 156-157
Interjections
Defined, 57, 388
Classes of, 389
Introductory Words, 394-396
Language
Defined, 8
Natural, 5
Spoken, 6
Written, 7
Nouns
Defined, 26
Classification of, 59
Proper, defined, 60
Common, defined, 60
Collective, defined, 61
Abstract, 62-66
Concrete, 63
Number, defined, 68
Number, Singular, 68
Number, Plural, 68
Formation of Plural, 69-84
Formation of Possessive, 89-90, 92
Compound, 91
Gender, defined, 85
Formation of Feminine, 86
Neuter, 87
Common, 88
Object
Direct, 100, 408-410, 427-430
Indirect, 408-410
Participle
Defined, 116
Active form, 114
Present form, 114, 148
Passive form, 115, 148
Past form, 115
Past irregular forms, 124
Used as nouns, 148
Used as adjective, 272-274
Phrase, 149-150
Phrase used as adjective, 275
Parts of Speech, 24
Phrases
Verb, 29, 413
Adverbs, 287
Prepositional, 300-305, 317-321
Prepositions, 308
Conjunctions, 360
Predicate
Defined, 17
Complete, 406, 425
Simple, 406
Simple Enlarged, 463
Complement, 411-412
Modifiers of, 461
Prepositions
Defined, 47, 305
Use of, 309-312
Object of, 304, 313
List of, 306
How to Distinguish from Adverbs, 307
Phrase prepositions, 308
Place of, 314-316
Common errors in use of, 322
With verbs, 327
Choice of, 323-326
Prepositional Phrases, 300-305
Use of, 317-321
Pronouns
Defined, 43, 202
Antecedent of, 203
Personal, 204
Compound personal, 205-208
Number forms of, 209
Object forms of, 214-215
Possessive forms of, 211-213
Gender forms of, 216
With verb "be", 217-218
Agreement of, 219-225
Personification, 226
Interrogative, 228-231
Relative, 232-236
What, 234, 236-240
Who, 234, 235, 240
Which, 234-236, 240
That, 234-236
Omitted, 239
Punctuation
Need of, 490-493
Marks of, 494
The Comma, 495-496
Rules for use of, 497-506
The Semi-colon, 407-511
The Colon, 512-515
The Period, 22, 516-521
The Interrogation Point, 22, 523-524
The Exclamation Point, 22, 525-526
The Dash, 527-536
The Parenthesis, 537-543
The Bracket, 544-547
The Quotation Marks, 548-555
The Apostrophe, 556-559
The Hyphen, 560-567
The Caret, 568
Marks of Ellipsis, 570
Marks of Reference, 571
Responsives, 392
Sentence
Defined, 15
Essentials of, 18
Use of, 19
Assertive, 20
Interrogative, 20
Imperative, 20
Exclamatory, 21
Elements, order of, 436-438
Analysis of, 456-457
Simple, defined, 404-406
Modifiers of, 434-435
Essentials of, 459
Analysis of, 402-405
Complex, 406, 443, 451
Analysis of, 448
Compound, defined, 406, 452
Kinds of, 453-455
Building of, 400
Classification of, 401
Summary of, 458
Subject of, 416-420
Subject
Defined, 16
Complete, 406
Simple, 406
Simple, enlarged, 462
Place of, 421-424
Thought, Complete, 12-14
Verb
Defined, 29
Complete, 95, 103, 131, 158
Incomplete, 95, 103, 131, 426
Classified, 99, 103
Complement of, 95, 102
Transitive, defined, 100, 103
Object of, 100, 141
Copulative, 102-103, 431-433
Time forms
Present, 104, 108, 111
Past, 104, 109, 111
Future, 118-120
Pres. Perf., 121-123, 145
Past Perf., 126
Future Perf., 128
Regular, 110
Irregular, 110
Progressive Form, 133
Present, 134, 146
Past, 135, 146
Future, 136, 146
Pres. Perf., 138, 146
Past Perf., 139, 146
Fut. Perf., 140, 146
Active, 142
Passive, 141-146
Helping, 168-184
Be, 186
Lay, lie, set, sit, raise, rise, 191-193
S-form, 106, 194-196
Phrase, 29, 413-414
Words
Defined, 8
Mastery of, 10
Use of, 23
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