| INTRODUCTION |
| TEXT | EXERCISES |
| Language and Grammar | xi | |
| Grammar and Usage | xv | |
| Summary of General Principles | xvii | |
| ENGLISH GRAMMAR |
| PART ONE—THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN THE SENTENCE |
| The Sentence—Subject and Predicate | 1 | 227 |
| Kinds of Sentences | 2 | 227 |
| The Eight Parts of Speech Defined | 3 | 228 |
| The Same Word as Different Parts of Speech | 9 | 229 |
| Infinitives and Participles | 11 | 229 |
| Comparative Importance of the Parts of Speech | 13 |
| Simple and Complete Subject and Predicate | 14 | 230 |
| Compound Subject and Predicate | 15 | 230 |
| Substitutes for the Parts of Speech | 16 | 231 |
| Phrases—Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverbial | 16 | 231 |
| Clauses—Independent and Subordinate | 16 | 232 |
| Compound and Complex Sentences | 17 | 232 |
| Compound Complex Sentences | 18 | 232 |
| Clauses as Parts of Speech | 19 | 232 |
| Summary of Definitions | 21 | |
| PART TWO—INFLECTION AND SYNTAX |
| CHAPTER I—INFLECTION |
| Inflection in General | 25 | |
| Summary of Inflections | 26 | |
| CHAPTER II—NOUNS |
| Classification—Common Nouns and Proper Nouns | 27 | 233 |
| Special Classes—Abstract, Collective, Compound | 29 | 234 |
| Inflection of Nouns | 30 | 235 |
| Gender | 31 | 235 |
| Number | 34 | 235 |
| Person | 39 | 236 |
| Case | 40 | 237 |
| Nominative Case | 41 | 237 |
| Possessive Case | 43 | 238 |
| Objective Case | 47 | 239 |
| Parsing of Nouns | 54 | 240 |
| CHAPTER III—PRONOUNS |
| Personal Pronouns | 55 | 241 |
| Gender and Number of Personal Pronouns | 56 | 241 |
| Case of Personal Pronouns | 57 | 241 |
| The Self-Pronouns (Compound Personal Pronouns) | 60 | 241 |
| Adjective Pronouns—Demonstratives | 62 | 243 |
| Adjective Pronouns—Indefinites | 64 | 243 |
| Relative Pronouns | 66 | 244 |
| The Relative Pronoun What | 71 | 246 |
| Compound Relative Pronouns | 72 | 246 |
| Interrogative Pronouns | 73 | 246 |
| Parsing of Pronouns | 74 | 247 |
| CHAPTER IV—ADJECTIVES |
| Classification of Adjectives | 75 | 248 |
| Adjectives—the Articles | 77 | 248 |
| Comparison of Adjectives | 79 | 249 |
| Irregular Comparison | 81 | 249 |
| CHAPTER V—ADVERBS |
| Classification of Adverbs | 83 | 250 |
| Relative and Interrogative Adverbs | 86 | 251 |
| Comparison of Adverbs | 87 | 252 |
| Use of the Comparative and Superlative | 88 | 252 |
| Numerals—Adjectives, Nouns, Adverbs | 89 | 252 |
| CHAPTER VI—VERBS |
| Classification of Verbs | 91 | 253 |
| Auxiliary Verbs—Verb-Phrases | 91 | 253 |
| Transitive and Intransitive Verbs | 92 | 253 |
| Copulative Verbs | 93 | 253 |
| Inflection of Verbs | 94 | 254 |
| Tense of Verbs | 94 | 254 |
| Present and Past Tenses | 94 | 254 |
| Weak (Regular) and Strong (Irregular) Verbs | 95 | 254 |
| Person and Number | 97 | 254 |
| The Personal Endings | 97 | 254 |
| Conjugation of the Present and the Past | 98 | 254 |
| Special Rules of Number and Person | 100 | 254 |
| The Future Tense—Shall and Will | 102 | 256 |
| Complete or Compound Tenses | 106 | 258 |
| Voice—Active and Passive | 107 | 258 |
| Conjugation of the Six Tenses | 108 | 258 |
| Use of the Passive Voice | 110 | 258 |
| Progressive Verb-Phrases | 113 | 260 |
| Emphatic Verb-Phrases | 114 | 260 |
| Mood of Verbs | 115 | 261 |
| Indicative Mood | 115 | 261 |
| Imperative Mood | 116 | 261 |
| Subjunctive Mood—Forms | 118 | 261 |
| Uses of the Subjunctive | 119 | 261 |
| Potential Verb-Phrases (Modal Auxiliaries) | 124 | 262 |
| Special Rules for Should and Would | 127 | 264 |
| The Infinitive | 132 | 266 |
| The Infinitive as a Noun | 134 | 266 |
| The Infinitive as a Modifier | 136 | 266 |
| The Infinitive Clause | 137 | 267 |
| Participles—Forms and Constructions | 140 | 268 |
| Nominative Absolute | 144 | 269 |
| Verbal Nouns in -ing (Participial Nouns) | 145 | 269 |
| CHAPTER VII—PREPOSITIONS |
| List of Prepositions | 148 | 270 |
| Special Uses of Prepositions | 149 | 270 |
| CHAPTER VIII—CONJUNCTIONS |
| CoÖrdinate (or CoÖrdinating) Conjunctions | 151 | 270 |
| Subordinate (or Subordinating) Conjunctions | 153 | 270 |
| Correlative Conjunctions | 153 | 270 |
| CHAPTER IX—INTERJECTIONS |
| Interjections | 155 | 272 |
| Exclamatory Expressions | 155 | 272 |
| CHAPTER X—CLAUSES AS PARTS OF SPEECH |
| Clauses as Parts of Speech | 157 | 272 |
| Adjective Clauses | 157 | 272 |
| Adverbial Clauses | 158 | 272 |
| Noun (or Substantive) Clauses | 159 | 272 |
| CHAPTER XI—THE MEANINGS OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES |
| Clauses of Place and Time | 163 | 272 |
| Causal Clauses | 164 | 272 |
| Concessive Clauses | 164 | 272 |
| Clauses of Purpose and Result | 166 | 274 |
| Conditional Sentences | 167 | 274 |
| Forms of Conditions | 169 | 274 |
| Present and Past Conditions | 170 | 274 |
| Future Conditions | 171 | 274 |
| Clauses of Comparison | 173 | 275 |
| Indirect Discourse | 173 | 277 |
| Shall and Will, Should and Would in Indirect Discourse | 177 | 278 |
| Indirect Questions | 179 | 280 |
| Shall and Will, Should and Would in Indirect Questions | 182 | 281 |
| PART THREE—ANALYSIS |
| CHAPTER I—THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES |
| Analysis—the Elements | 183 | 282 |
| Simple Sentences | 184 | 282 |
| Compound Sentences | 185 | 282 |
| Complex Sentences | 186 | 282 |
| Compound and Complex Clauses | 186 | 287 |
| Compound Complex Sentences | 187 | 283 |
| CHAPTER II—ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES |
| Simple Sentences | 188 | 283 |
| Compound Sentences | 188 | 283 |
| Complex Sentences | 189 | 283 |
| Compound Complex Sentences | 190 | 283 |
| CHAPTER III—MODIFIERS |
| Modifiers in General | 191 | 283 |
| Modifiers of the Subject | 192 |
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