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 192 283
Modifiers of the Predicate 196 284

CHAPTER IV--COMPLEMENTS

Use of Complements 200 285
The Direct Object 201 285
The Predicate Objective 202 285
The Predicate Nominative 202 285
The Predicate Adjective 203 285

CHAPTER V--MODIFIERS OF COMPLEMENTS AND OF MODIFIERS

Modifiers of Complements 205 286
Modifiers of Other Modifiers 207 286

CHAPTER VI--INDEPENDENT ELEMENTS

Four Kinds of Independent Elements 209 286
Parenthetical Expressions 209 286

CHAPTER VII--COMBINATIONS OF CLAUSES

General Principles 210 287
Coördination and Subordination 210 287
Clauses--Simple, Compound, Complex 211 287
Complex Sentences 186 282
Simple Sentences with Compound Subject or Predicate 212 287
Compound and Complex Sentences 213 287
Compound Complex Sentences 215 287
Varieties of the Complex Sentence 216 287
Special Complications in Complex Sentences 220 288
Special Complications in Compound Complex Sentences 222 288

CHAPTER VIII--ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES

Ellipsis in Clauses and Sentences 224 288
Varieties of Ellipsis 225 288
Examples of Elliptical Constructions 226 288

EXERCISES

Exercises on Part One 227
Exercises on Part Two 233
Exercises on Part Three 282

APPENDIX

Lists of Verbs 291
Conjugation of the Verb _to be_ 300
Conjugation of the Verb _to strike_ 301
Use of Capital Letters 305
Rules of Punctuation 306
Rules of Syntax 311
The English Language 316

INDEX 321