An Advanced English Grammar

About this eBook

Author

Farley, Frank Edgar, 1868-1943

Title

An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jennifer Linklater and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PE: Language and Literatures: English

Subject

English language -- Grammar

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45814

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45814

Release Date

May 29, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR WITH EXERCISES — PREFACE — CONTENTS — INTRODUCTION — LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR — I. The Nature of Language — II. Grammar and Usage — SUMMARY OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES
2. 2.PART ONE THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN THE SENTENCE — THE SENTENCE — THE PARTS OF SPEECH — I. NOUNS — II. PRONOUNS — III. ADJECTIVES — IV. VERBS — V. ADVERBS — VI. PREPOSITIONS — VII. CONJUNCTIONS — VIII. INTERJECTIONS — THE SAME WORD AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH — INFINITIVES AND PARTICIPLES — SIMPLE AND COMPLETE SUBJECT AND PREDICATE — SUBSTITUTES FOR PARTS OF SPEECH — PHRASES — CLAUSES—COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES — SUMMARY OF DEFINITIONS — The Sentence — Subject and Predicate — The Parts of Speech — Substitutes for the Parts of Speech
3. 3.PART TWO INFLECTION AND SYNTAX — CHAPTER I INFLECTION
4. 4.CHAPTER II NOUNS — CLASSIFICATION—COMMON NOUNS AND PROPER NOUNS — INFLECTION OF NOUNS
5. 5.CHAPTER III PRONOUNS — PERSONAL PRONOUNS — THE SELF -PRONOUNS (COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS) — ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS — RELATIVE PRONOUNS — INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
6. 6.CHAPTER IV ADJECTIVES — CLASSIFICATION OF ADJECTIVES — THE ARTICLES — COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
7. 7.CHAPTER V ADVERBS — RELATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS — COMPARISON OF ADVERBS — USE OF THE COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE — NUMERALS—ADJECTIVES, NOUNS, AND ADVERBS
8. 8.CHAPTER VI VERBS — CLASSIFICATION OF VERBS — INFLECTION OF VERBS — TENSE OF VERBS — VOICE—ACTIVE AND PASSIVE — PROGRESSIVE VERB-PHRASES — EMPHATIC VERB-PHRASES — MOOD OF VERBS — POTENTIAL VERB-PHRASES — SPECIAL RULES FOR SHOULD AND WOULD — THE INFINITIVE — PARTICIPLES — VERBAL NOUNS IN -ING (PARTICIPIAL NOUNS)
9. 9.CHAPTER VII PREPOSITIONS
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII CONJUNCTIONS
11. 11.CHAPTER IX INTERJECTIONS
12. 12.CHAPTER X CLAUSES AS PARTS OF SPEECH — I. ADJECTIVE CLAUSES — II. ADVERBIAL CLAUSES — III. NOUN (OR SUBSTANTIVE) CLAUSES
13. 13.CHAPTER XI THE MEANINGS OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES — I. CLAUSES OF PLACE AND TIME — II. CAUSAL CLAUSES — III. CONCESSIVE CLAUSES — IV–V. CLAUSES OF PURPOSE AND OF RESULT — VI. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES — VII. CLAUSES OF COMPARISON — VIII. INDIRECT DISCOURSE — IX. INDIRECT QUESTIONS
14. 14.PART THREE ANALYSIS — CHAPTER I THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES — SIMPLE SENTENCES — COMPOUND SENTENCES — COMPLEX SENTENCES — COMPOUND AND COMPLEX CLAUSES — COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCES
15. 15.CHAPTER II ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES — SIMPLE SENTENCES — COMPOUND SENTENCES — COMPLEX SENTENCES — COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCES
16. 16.CHAPTER III MODIFIERS — MODIFIERS OF THE SUBJECT — MODIFIERS OF THE PREDICATE
17. 17.CHAPTER IV COMPLEMENTS — 1. THE DIRECT OBJECT — 2. THE PREDICATE OBJECTIVE — 3. THE PREDICATE NOMINATIVE — 4. THE PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
18. 18.CHAPTER V MODIFIERS OF COMPLEMENTS AND OF MODIFIERS — COMPLEMENTS MODIFIED — MODIFIERS OF OTHER MODIFIERS
19. 19.CHAPTER VI INDEPENDENT ELEMENTS
20. 20.CHAPTER VII COMBINATIONS OF CLAUSES — SIMPLE SENTENCES — COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES — COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCES — VARIETIES OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE — SPECIAL COMPLICATIONS
21. 21.CHAPTER VIII ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES — EXERCISES — EXERCISE 1 ( §§ 1–5 , pp. 1–3 ) — EXERCISE 2 ( §§ 6–25 , pp. 3–11 ) — EXERCISE 3 ( §§ 26–33 , pp. 11–13 ) — EXERCISE 4 ( §§ 34–39 , pp. 13–15 ) — EXERCISE 5 ( §§ 40–42 , p. 16 ) — EXERCISE 6 ( §§ 43–51 , pp. 16–21 ) — EXERCISE 7 ( §§ 54–64 , pp. 27–30 ) — EXERCISE 8 ( §§ 66–84 , pp. 31–39 ) — EXERCISE 9 ( §§ 71–84 , pp. 34–39 ) — EXERCISE 10 ( § 88 , pp. 41–42 ) — EXERCISE 11 ( §§ 89–96 , pp. 43–47 ) — EXERCISE 12 ( §§ 97–110 , pp. 47–53 ) — EXERCISE 13 ( §§ 97–110 , pp. 47–53 ) — EXERCISE 14 ( §§ 54–112 , pp. 27–54 ) — EXERCISE 15 ( §§ 115–129 , pp. 55–62 ) — EXERCISE 16 ( §§ 131–142 , pp. 62–65 ) — EXERCISE 17 ( §§ 143–156 , pp. 66–71 ) — EXERCISE 18 ( §§ 157–162 , pp. 71–73 ) — EXERCISE 19 ( §§ 163–168 , pp. 73–74 ) — EXERCISE 20 ( §§ 163–168 , pp. 73–74 ) — EXERCISE 21 ( §§ 113–168 , pp. 55–74 ) — EXERCISE 22 ( §§ 169–188 , pp. 75–82 ) — EXERCISE 23 ( §§ 181–187 , pp. 79–82 ) — EXERCISE 24 ( §§ 189–198 , pp. 83–87 ) — EXERCISE 25 ( §§ 194–196 , p. 86 ) — EXERCISE 26 ( §§ 197–203 , pp. 87–89 ) — EXERCISE 27 ( §§ 204–208 , pp. 89–90 ) — EXERCISE 28 ( §§ 209–215 , pp. 91–93 ) — EXERCISE 29 ( §§ 217–225 , pp. 94–99 ) — EXERCISE 30 ( §§ 226–232 , pp. 100–102 ) — EXERCISE 31 ( §§ 233–241 , pp. 102–105 ) — EXERCISE 32 ( §§ 242–245 , pp. 106–107 ) — EXERCISE 33 ( §§ 246–254 , pp. 107–112 ) — EXERCISE 34 ( §§ 255–261 , pp. 113–114 ) — EXERCISE 35 ( §§ 262–286 , pp. 115–123 ) — EXERCISE 36 ( §§ 272–286 , pp. 118–123 ) — EXERCISE 37 ( §§ 287–295 , pp. 124–127 ) — EXERCISE 38 ( §§ 289–291 , pp. 125–126 ) — EXERCISE 39 ( §§ 297–308 , pp. 127–132 ) — EXERCISE 40 ( §§ 309–323 , pp. 132–137 ) — EXERCISE 41 ( §§ 324–328 , pp. 137–139 ) — EXERCISE 42 ( §§ 329–343 , pp. 140–143 ) — EXERCISE 43 ( §§ 344–346 , p. 144 ) — EXERCISE 44 ( §§ 347–353 , pp. 145–147 ) — EXERCISE 45 ( §§ 354–371 , pp. 148–154 ) — EXERCISE 46 ( §§ 372–375 , pp. 155–156 ) — EXERCISE 47 ( §§ 376–392 , pp. 157–162 ) — EXERCISE 48 ( §§ 395–402 , pp. 163–165 ) — EXERCISE 49 ( §§ 403–410 , pp. 166–167 ) — EXERCISE 50 ( §§ 411–427 , pp. 167–172 ) — EXERCISE 51 ( §§ 428–429 , p. 173 ) — EXERCISE 52 ( §§ 430–436 , pp. 173–176 ) — EXERCISE 53 ( § 436 , p. 176 ) — EXERCISE 54 ( §§ 438–439 , pp. 177–178 ) — EXERCISE 55 ( §§ 440–445 , pp. 179–181 ) — EXERCISE 56 ( § 447 , p. 182 ) — EXERCISE 57 ( §§ 448–453 , pp. 183–186 ) — EXERCISE 58 ( §§ 458–461 , pp. 188–190 ) — EXERCISE 59 ( §§ 462–473 , pp. 191–196 ) — EXERCISE 60 ( §§ 474–481 , pp. 196–199 ) — EXERCISE 61 ( §§ 482–493 , pp. 200–204 ) — EXERCISE 62 ( §§ 494–497 , pp. 205–206 ) — EXERCISE 63 ( §§ 498–500 , pp. 207–208 ) — EXERCISE 64 ( §§ 501–503 , p. 209 ) — EXERCISE 65 ( §§ 504–523 , pp. 210–219 ) — EXERCISE 66 ( §§ 524–526 , pp. 220–223 ) — EXERCISE 67 ( §§ 527–533 , pp. 224–226 ) — EXERCISE 68 ( §§ 448–526 , pp. 183–223 ) — APPENDIX — LISTS OF VERBS — I — II — III — IV — CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BE — CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STRIKE — USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS — RULES OF PUNCTUATION 68 — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — RULES OF SYNTAX — THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE — FOOTNOTES — INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes

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