Chapter II: Part I: Grammar

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CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Transition from the Mechanical to the Intellectual
Development of Language 3

II. WORD STUDY 12
Suffixes and Prefixes 13
Suffixes 13
Prefixes 17
Compound Words 18
Word-Families 20

III. ARTICLE AND NOUN 22
Singular and Plural 25
Masculine and Feminine 27
Singular and Plural in English 33

IV. LESSONS--COMMANDS 39
Nouns 40
Commands on Nouns 48

V. ADJECTIVES 51
Analyses 51
Descriptive Adjectives 51
Permutations 55
Inflection of Adjectives 56
Logical and Grammatical Agreement of Nouns and Adjectives 59
Descriptive Adjectives 61
Adjectives of Quantity 63
Ordinals 64
Demonstrative Adjectives 64
Possessive Adjectives 65
Comparison of Adjectives 65

VI. VERBS 66
Analyses 66
Permutations 68
Lessons and Commands on the Verb 69
Lessons with Experiments 74

VII. PREPOSITIONS 77
Analyses 77
Permutations 80
Lessons and Commands on Prepositions 81

VIII. ADVERBS 85
Analyses 85
Permutations 87
Lessons and Commands on Adverbs 90
A Burst of Activity: the Future of the Written Language in
Popular Education 93
Commands Improvised by the Children 96

IX. PRONOUNS 98
Analyses 98
Personals 98
Demonstratives 99
Relatives and Interrogatives 99
Possessives 101
Permutations 101
Lessons and Commands on the Pronoun 102
Paradyms 106
Agreement of Pronoun and Verb 108
Conjugation of Verbs 110

X. CONJUNCTIONS 113
Analyses 113
Coordinates 113
Subordinates 114
Permutations 115
Lessons and Commands on the Conjunction 115
Comparison of Adjectives 117

XI. INTERJECTIONS 120
Analyses 120
Classification 122

XII. SENTENCE ANALYSIS 124
Simple Sentences 124
The Order of Elements in the Sentence: Permutations 132
Compound and Complex Sentences 136
Test Cards 140
The Order of Clauses in the Sentence: Sentence Forms
in Prose and Verse 144
Permutations 147
Test Cards 151
Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions 155
Sequence of Tenses 157
Punctuation 160

XIII. WORD CLASSIFICATION 164
Kinds of Words 164
Classified According to Formation 164
Classified According to Inflection 165
Classified According to Their Use 165

PART II

READING

I. EXPRESSION AND INTERPRETATION 171
Mechanical Processes 171
Analysis 173
Experimental Section: Reading Aloud 179
Interpretations 182
Audition 196
The Most Popular Books 198