An English Grammar eBook

James Witt Sewell
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 358 pages of information about An English Grammar.

An English Grammar eBook

James Witt Sewell
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 358 pages of information about An English Grammar.

  Compound predicate and subject, 244.

  Compound sentence, 268.
    analysis of, 271.

  Concessive clause, in analysis, 263.
    with subjunctive, 143.

  Concord.  See Agreement.

  Conditional clause, in analysis, 263.
    with subjunctive, 138.

  Conditional conjunctions, 196.

  Conditional sentences, 139.

  Conjugation, definition of, 149.
    of be, 149.
    of other verbs, 151.

  Conjunctions, and other parts of speech, same words, 195, 207.
    cooerdinate, 194.
    correlative, 194.
    definition of, 193.
    how to parse, 199.
    subordinate, 195.
    syntax of, 328.

  Conjunctive adverbs, 188.

  Conjunctive pronoun.  See Relative pronoun.

  Contracted sentences, analysis of, 255.

  Cooerdinate clauses, 269.

  Cooerdinate conjunctions.  See Conjunctions.

  Cooerdinating vs. restrictive use of relative pronouns, 289.

  Copulative conjunction, 194.

  Could. See Can.

  Dative case, in Old English, replaced by objective, 66.

  Declarative sentence, 231.

  Declension of interrogative pronouns, 73.

  Declension, of nouns, 51.
    of personal pronouns, 60.
    of relative pronouns, 80.

  Defective verbs, 160.

  Definite article.  See Articles.

  Definite tenses, 148, 152.

  Degree, adverbs of, 185.

  Degrees.  See Comparison.

  Demonstrative adjectives, 102.
    syntax of, 303.

  Demonstrative pronouns, 90.

  Dependent clause.  See Subordinate clause.

  Descriptive adjectives, 99.

  Descriptive use of nouns, 26.

  Dice, dies, 43.

  Die by, for, from, of, with, 333.

  Direct discourse, 320.

  Direct object, vs. indirect, 48, 242.
    retained with passive verb, 242.

  Distributive adjectives, 102.
    syntax of, 287, 315.

  Distributive pronouns, 91.
    syntax of, 288, 300.

  Double comparative.  See Comparative.

  Double possessive.  See Case.

  Drake, duck, 35.

  Drank, drunk, 158.

  Each, adjective, 102.
    pronoun, 90, 92.
    syntax of, 287.

  Each other, one another, 92, 299.

  Eat (et), 158.

  Eaves, 42.

  Either, as adjective, 102.
       syntax of, 287.
    as conjunction, 194.
       syntax of, 328.
    as pronoun, 90, 92.
       syntax of, 300.

  Elder, older, 110, 112.

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