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by Marian Wharton

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Author
Wharton, Marian
Credits
E-text prepared by Mark C. Orton, Anita Hammond, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
PE: Language and Literatures: English
Subject
English language -- Study and teaching
Category
Text
eBook-No.
40550
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40550
Release Date
August 21, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PLAIN ENGLISH
  2. 2.FOREWORD
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS — PLAIN ENGLISH — SPELLING
  4. 4.Lesson I — Open Letter — GOOD ENGLISH—WHAT IS IT? — USE YOUR DICTIONARY — OUR LANGUAGE — WHEN WE BEGIN TO THINK — Exercise 1 — OUR EXPRESSION — THE THOUGHT AND THE WORD — A COMPLETE THOUGHT — Exercise 2 — SUBJECT AND PREDICATE — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4
  5. 5.LESSON 1
  6. 6.LESSON 2 — KINDS OF SENTENCES — Exercise 1 — WORDS—THEIR USES — THE NAMES OF THINGS — Exercise 2 — WORDS THAT ASSERT — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — Exercise 5
  7. 7.LESSON 2
  8. 8.LESSON 3 — WORDS ADDED TO NOUNS — Exercise 1 — WORDS ADDED TO VERBS — Exercise 2 — WORDS USED IN PLACE OF NOUNS — Exercise 3 — PREPOSITIONS — Exercise 4 — CONJUNCTIONS — Exercise 5 — INTERJECTIONS — Exercise 6
  9. 9.LESSON 3
  10. 10.LESSON 4 — CLASSES OF NOUNS — COLLECTIVE NOUNS — Exercise 1 — ABSTRACT NOUNS — Exercise 2 — NUMBER FORM — GENDER — POSSESSIVE FORM — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — Exercise 5
  11. 11.LESSON 4
  12. 12.LESSON 5 — THE WORD THAT ASSERTS — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — INCOMPLETE VERBS — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — Exercise 5 — Exercise 6 — Exercise 7
  13. 13.LESSON 5
  14. 14.LESSON 6 — INFLECTION—CHANGES IN FORM — PAST TIME — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — DOING DOUBLE WORK — LET US SUM UP — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — List of Irregular Verbs
  15. 15.LESSON 6
  16. 16.LESSON 7 — FUTURE TIME — Exercise 1 — PERFECT TIME — PAST PERFECT — Exercise 2 — FUTURE PERFECT TIME — LET US SUM UP — VERBS—SUMMARY — Two Classes — Inflection—Changes of Form — TIME FORMS — Present — Past — Future — Present Perfect — Past Perfect — Future Perfect — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — TENSE — Exercise 5
  17. 17.LESSON 7
  18. 18.LESSON 8 — PROGRESSIVE VERB PHRASES — Exercise 1 — ACTIVE AND PASSIVE — Exercise 2 — SUMMARY — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4
  19. 19.LESSON 8
  20. 20.LESSON 9 — PARTICIPLES — PARTICIPLE PHRASES — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — INFINITIVES — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — DON'TS FOR INFINITIVES — Exercise 5 — Exercise 6
  21. 21.LESSON 9
  22. 22.LESSON 10 — HELPING VERBS — Exercise 1 — SHOULD AND WOULD — Exercise 2 — MAY AND MIGHT — Exercise 3 — CAN AND COULD — Exercise 4 — MUST AND OUGHT — Exercise 5 — DO AND DID — Exercise 6 — Exercise 7 — Exercise 8
  23. 23.LESSON 10
  24. 24.LESSON 11 — THE VERB "BE" — A FREQUENT MISTAKE — Exercise 1 — WITH HELPING VERBS — Exercise 2 — PAST TIME FORMS — Exercise 3 — VERBS OF SIMILAR FORM — Exercise 4 — COMMON ERRORS — Exercise 5 — Exercise 6 — Faith and Truth — Exercise 7 — Exercise 8
  25. 25.LESSON 11
  26. 26.LESSON 12 — IN PLACE OF A NOUN — KINDS OF PRONOUNS — COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS — Reflexive — Emphatic — Exercise 1 — SINGULAR AND PLURAL — Exercise 2 — POSSESSIVE FORM — POSSESSIVE FORM — OBJECT FORM — GENDER — THE LITTLE VERB BE — Agreement — PERSONIFICATION — REMEMBER — SUMMARY — Exercise 3 — "I THOUGHT I STOOD"
  27. 27.LESSON 12
  28. 28.LESSON 13 — INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS — RELATIVE PRONOUNS — COMMON ERRORS — SUMMARY — Pronoun—In Place of a Noun — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — Exercise 5 — Exercise 6 — Exercise 7 — Exercise 8 — Exercise 9 — Exercise 10 — Exercise 11
  29. 29.LESSON 13
  30. 30.LESSON 14 — CLASSES OF ADJECTIVES — HOW TO DISCOVER AN ADJECTIVE — Exercise 1 — QUALIFYING ADJECTIVES — LIMITING ADJECTIVES — Numeral Adjectives — Demonstratives — Exercise 2 — ARTICLES — Exercise 3 — INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES — INDEFINITES — Exercise 4 — Exercise 5
  31. 31.LESSON 14
  32. 32.LESSON 15 — ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS — ADJECTIVES AS NOUNS — ADJECTIVES WITH PRONOUNS — COMPARISON — DESCENDING COMPARISON — PARTICIPLES AS ADJECTIVES — Exercise 1 — PARTICIPLE PHRASES — USES OF ADJECTIVES — COMMON ERRORS — Exercise 2 — Exercise 3
  33. 33.LESSON 15
  34. 34.LESSON 16 — WORDS ADDED TO VERBS — HOW TO TELL ADVERBS — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — CLASSES OF ADVERBS — Exercise 3 — INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS — Exercise 4 — ADVERBS OF MODE — PHRASE ADVERBS — ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS — Exercise 5 — NOUNS AS ADVERBS — Exercise 6
  35. 35.LESSON 16
  36. 36.LESSON 17 — COMPARISON OF ADVERBS — Exercise 1 — POSITION OF ADVERBS — Exercise 2 — ADVERBS AND INFINITIVES — COMMON ERRORS — Exercise 3 — DO NOT USE TOO MANY ADVERBS — Exercise 4
  37. 37.LESSON 17
  38. 38.LESSON 18 — A GROUP OF WORDS — Exercise 1 — USED AS ADVERBS — Exercise 2 — Exercise 3 — PREPOSITIONS — ADVERBS AND PREPOSITIONS — Exercise 4 — PHRASE PREPOSITIONS — Exercise 5
  39. 39.LESSON 18
  40. 40.LESSON 19 — AN IMPORTANT WORD — Exercise 1 — A GOVERNING WORD — Where to Put the Preposition — POSSESSIVE PHRASES — COMMON ERRORS — The Correct Preposition — THE PREPOSITION WITH VERBS — Exercise 2 — Exercise 3
  41. 41.LESSON 19
  42. 42.LESSON 20 — CONJUNCTIONS — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — CLASSES OF CONJUNCTIONS — CO-ORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS — NOUNS — Exercise 3 — PRONOUNS — Exercise 4 — VERBS — Exercise 5 — ADJECTIVES — Exercise 6 — ADVERBS — Exercise 7 — PHRASES — Verb Phrases — Exercise 8 — Prepositional Phrases — Exercise 9 — Infinitives and Participles — Exercise 10 — CLAUSES — CORRELATIVES — Exercise 11
  43. 43.LESSON 20
  44. 44.LESSON 21 — SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS — CLASSES OF SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS — SUMMARY — Exercise 1 — PHRASE CONJUNCTIONS — Exercise 2 — NOUN CLAUSES — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4
  45. 45.LESSON 21
  46. 46.LESSON 22 — ADJECTIVE CLAUSES — Exercise 1 — THE INTRODUCING WORD — Exercise 2 — WHICH RELATIVE PRONOUN TO USE — ADJECTIVE CLAUSES WITH CONJUNCTIONS — THE LITTLE WORD "AS" — CONNECTIVE WORDS — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — Exercise 5
  47. 47.LESSON 22
  48. 48.LESSON 23 — INTERJECTIONS — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — EXCLAMATORY WORDS — Exercise 3 — YES AND NO — OTHER INDEPENDENT EXPRESSIONS — INTRODUCTORY WORDS — Exercise 4 — EXPLANATORY WORDS — Exercise 5 — Exercise 6 — ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION — Exercise 7 — Exercise 8
  49. 49.LESSON 23 — MONDAY — TUESDAY — WEDNESDAY — THURSDAY — FRIDAY — SATURDAY
  50. 50.LESSON 24 — SENTENCE BUILDING — THREE KINDS OF SENTENCES — In Exclamatory Form — ANALYSIS—SIMPLE SENTENCES — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — ANOTHER ELEMENT — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — COPULATIVE VERBS — Exercise 5 — VERB PHRASES — LET US SUM UP — Exercise 6
  51. 51.LESSON 24
  52. 52.LESSON 25 — THE SUBJECT OF A SIMPLE SENTENCE — PLACE OF THE SUBJECT IN A SENTENCE — Exercise 1 — THE COMPLETE PREDICATE — INCOMPLETE VERBS — THE OBJECT OF THE VERB — VERBS OF STATE OR CONDITION — Exercise 2 — MODIFIERS OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE — ORDER OF ELEMENTS — Exercise 3
  53. 53.LESSON 25
  54. 54.LESSON 26 — THE SIMPLE SENTENCE — Exercise 1 — COMPLEX SENTENCES — KINDS OF DEPENDENT CLAUSES — NOUN CLAUSES — Exercise 2 — Exercise 3 — ADJECTIVE CLAUSES — Exercise 4 — Exercise 5 — ADVERB CLAUSES — ANALYZING COMPLEX SENTENCES — Exercise 6 — Exercise 7 — Exercise 8 — Exercise 9
  55. 55.LESSON 26
  56. 56.LESSON 27 — KINDS OF SENTENCES — Exercise 1 — KINDS OF COMPOUND SENTENCES — Exercise 2 — SENTENCE ANALYSIS — Exercise 3 — Exercise 4 — SUMMARY — ESSENTIALS OF A SIMPLE SENTENCE — THE SUBJECT — Modifiers of the Subject — THE PREDICATE — SIMPLE SUBJECT ENLARGED — SIMPLE PREDICATE ENLARGED — Exercise 5 — Exercise 6
  57. 57.LESSON 27
  58. 58.LESSON 28 — CAPITAL LETTERS — RULES FOR THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS — Exercise 1 — Exercise 2 — Exercise 3 — ABBREVIATIONS AND CONTRACTIONS — COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS — Exercise 4
  59. 59.LESSON 28
  60. 60.LESSON 29 — PUNCTUATION — THE COMMA — WORDS WHICH FORM A SERIES — PHRASES WHICH FORM SERIES — CLAUSES USED IN A SERIES — Exercise 1 — THE SEMI-COLON — RULES FOR THE USE OF THE SEMI-COLON — RULES FOR THE USE OF THE COLON — RULES FOR THE USE OF THE PERIOD — Exercise 2 — Exercise 3
  61. 61.LESSON 29 — PATIENTS or PATIENCE — NEGLIGENCE or NEGLECT — OBSERVANCE or OBSERVATION — RELATIVES or RELATIONS — SECTS or SEX — STATUE or STATUTE
  62. 62.LESSON 30 — THE ETERNAL WHY — THE INTERROGATION POINT — THE EXCLAMATION POINT — THE DASH — PARENTHESIS — THE PUNCTUATION OF THE PARENTHESIS — OTHER USES OF THE PARENTHESIS — THE BRACKET — QUOTATION MARKS — THE QUOTATION WITHIN A QUOTATION — PUNCTUATION WITH QUOTATION MARKS — THE APOSTROPHE — THE HYPHEN — ADDITIONAL MARKS OF PUNCTUATION — MARKS OF ELLIPSIS — MARKS OF REFERENCE — Exercise 1
  63. 63.LESSON 30 — THE END AND THE BEGINNING
  64. 64.INDEX — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

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