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.

  That, this, as adjectives, 106.
    as adverbs, 186.
    history of plural of, 106.

  The, as article, 120.
    as adverb, 123, 186.
    history of, 119.
    syntax of, 309.

  Their, they, 61.

  Then, “the then king,” etc., 116.

  There introductory, 191.

  These kind, syntax of.  See Kind.

  These, this, those.  See That, history of.

  Thou, thy, thee, uses of, 61.

  Time, adverbs of, 185, 188.
    conjunctions of, 195.
    prepositions of, 207.

  To, before infinitive, 175.
    in exclamations, 175.
    omitted with certain verbs, 175.
    uses of, as preposition, 217.

  T’other, the tother, 119.

  _-Trix_, feminine suffix, 33.

  Try and, try to, 330.

  Two first, first two, etc., 308.

  Under, adjective, 114.

  Upon, uses of.  See On.

  Upper, 114.

  Utter, uttermost, 111, 114.

  Verb phrases, 128.
    parsing of, 180.

  Verbal noun, 20.
    distinguished from other _-ing_ words, 21, 173.

  Verbals, cleft infinitive, 323.
    gerund, 176.
    how to parse, 181.
    infinitive, 174, 248.
    kinds of, 172.
    participle, 172.
       carelessly used, 322.
       uses of, in analysis, 247.
    syntax of, 322.

  Verbs, agreement of, with subject in number, 312-316.
       in person, 317.
    auxiliary, 148.
    conjugation of, 149.
    defective, 160.
    definition of, 129.
    how to parse, 179.
    in indirect discourse, 320.
    intransitive, made transitive, 131.
    mood of, 135.
    of incomplete predication, 150, 236.
    passive form, active meaning, 151.
    person and number of, 148.
    retained object with passive, 242.
    strong, definition of, 154.
       remarks on certain, 157.
       table of, 155.
    syntax of, 312.
    tense of, 147.
       sequence of, 319.
    transitive and intransitive, 130.
    voice of, 133.
    weak, definition of, 154.
       spelling of, 169.
       table of irregular, 167.

  Vixen, 33.

  Vocative nominative, 47.
    in analysis, 245.

  Voice, active, 133.
    passive, 134.

  Vowel change, past tense of verbs formed by, 154.
    plural formed by, 39.

  Vulgar English, 12.

   Weak verbs, regular, irregular, 167.
    spelling of, becoming phonetic, 169.

  Went, 159.

  What, uses of, 223.
    but what, 330.
    what a, 105. 126.

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