Chapter II (10)

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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Transcriber's note:

1. Punctuation errors such as incorrect or missing end-of-sentence
punctuation, period for comma in mid-sentence, and missing end
quotation marks have been corrected without comment. Inconsistency
in the author's spelling of certain words, such as today/to-day have
been retained.

2. The list of foreign words broken across pp. 44-45 (section 80.) and
the list of abbreviations broken across pp. 295-296 (section 489.)
were rearranged to preserve alphabetical order.

3. The numbering in Exercise 4 on p. 110 (section 193.) was corrected.

4. Added ditto marks (") to the table on p. 153 (section 270).

5. Commas were added to the separate the abbreviations on p. 305
(section 518).

6. The following typographical errors were corrected:

Page
10 "your vocabularly" changed to "your vocabulary"
23 "verb-phrase" changed to "verb phrase"
38 "as limited a vocabularly" changed to "as limited a vocabulary"
41 "the name of person" changed to "the name of the person"
44 "Mr. Hays" changed to "Mr. Hayes"
82 "the Bastile" changed to "the Bastille"
143 "publiher" changed to "publisher"
157 "than he had them" changed to "than he had then"
180 "the noun _man_" changed to "the noun _men_" (two instances)
182 "a little work" changed to "a little word"
187 "_of_ the desire of" changed to "of the desire _of_"
191 "expresed" changed to "expressed"
207 "He feels keenly and deeply and wrongs of his class." changed
to "He feels keenly and deeply the wrongs of his class."
222 "our expression of it become more simple." changed to "our
expression of it became more simple."
238 "in apposition to the pronoun I" changed to "in apposition to the
pronoun We".
252 "_I_ see a pale face" changed to "_I see_ a pale face"
265 "With your faces pinches and blue" changed to "with your faces
pinched and blue"
271 "the _party which fought for their rights_" changed to "the
party _which fought for their rights_"
277 "Find _e_ or _y_" changed to "Final _e_ or _y_"
287 "The prefix _in_ used with adjectives" changed to "The prefix
_un_ used with adjectives"
312 "The dash if often used" changed to "The dash is often used"