PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR I. The Nature of Language

PART ONE THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN THE SENTENCE

PART TWO INFLECTION AND SYNTAX CHAPTER I INFLECTION

PART THREE ANALYSIS CHAPTER I THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES

EXERCISES EXERCISE 1 ( 1 (5) , pp. 1 (3) )

APPENDIX LISTS OF VERBS

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

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

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