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James Witt Sewell. An English Grammar
An English Grammar
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
PART I
THE PARTS OF SPEECH
NOUNS
Exercises
Exercise
INFLECTIONS OF NOUNS
GENDER
I. Gender shown by Prefixes
II. Gender shown by Suffixes
III. Gender shown by Different Words
Personification
NUMBER
I. Plurals formed by the Suffix -en
II. Plurals formed by Vowel Change
III. Plurals formed by Adding -s or -es
Special Lists
Exercise
CASE
I. Uses of the Nominative
Exercise
II. Uses of the Objective
Exercise
III. Uses of the Possessive
Case Inflection
Special Remarks on the Possessive Case
Exercises
HOW TO PARSE NOUNS
MODEL FOR PARSING
Exercise
PRONOUNS
PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
FORMS OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Remarks on These Forms
CASES OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS
I The Nominative
II. The Possessive
III. The Objective
SPECIAL USES OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS
REFLEXIVE OR COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Exercises on Personal Pronouns
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
DECLENSION OF INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
REMARKS ON THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS
DECLENSION OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS
HOW TO PARSE RELATIVES
Exercise
INDEFINITE RELATIVES
OTHER WORDS USED AS RELATIVES
PRONOUNS IN INDIRECT QUESTIONS
OMISSION OF THE RELATIVES
Exercises on the Relative Pronoun
ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
Exercises
DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS
NUMERAL PRONOUNS
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
HOW TO PARSE PRONOUNS
Exercise
ADJECTIVES
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
Exercises
ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
PRONOMINAL ADJECTIVES
INFLECTIONS OF ADJECTIVES
COMPARISON
Remarks on Irregular Adjectives
CAUTION FOR ANALYZING OR PARSING
Exercise
ADVERBS USED AS ADJECTIVES
HOW TO PARSE ADJECTIVES
MODEL FOR PARSING
Exercise
ARTICLES
USES OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE
USES OF THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE
HOW TO PARSE ARTICLES
Exercise
VERBS AND VERBALS.
VERBS
VERBS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO MEANING AND USE
TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
Exercises
VOICE, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE
MOOD
INDICATIVE MOOD
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
Subjunctive in Independent Clauses
I. Expressing a Wish
II. A Contingent Declaration or Question
Subjunctive in Dependent Clauses
I. Condition or Supposition
STUDY OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Exercise
II. Subjunctive of Purpose
III. Subjunctive of Result
IV. In Temporal Clauses
V. In Indirect Questions
VI. Expressing a Wish
VII. In a Noun Clause
VIII. Concessive Clauses
Prevalence of the Subjunctive Mood
IMPERATIVE MOOD
Exercises on the Moods
TENSE
PERSON AND NUMBER
CONJUGATION
Indicative Mood
Subjunctive Mood
Imperative Mood
Indicative Mood
Subjunctive Mood
Imperative Mood
FULL CONJUGATION OF THE VERB CHOOSE
ACTIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
VERBS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO FORM
Remarks on Certain Verb Forms
DEFECTIVE STRONG VERBS
Shall and Will
Conjugation of Shall and Will as Auxiliaries (with Choose)
Exercises on Shall and Will
Some Troublesome Verbs
Exercise
VERBALS
PARTICIPLES
Exercise
INFINITIVES
GERUNDS
SUMMARY OF WORDS IN -ING
Exercise
HOW TO PARSE VERBS AND VERBALS
I. VERBS
II. VERB PHRASES
III. VERBALS
Exercise
ADVERBS
ADVERBS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO MEANING
ADVERBS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO USE
COMPARISON OF ADVERBS
Exercise
HOW TO PARSE ADVERBS
Exercise
CONJUNCTIONS
COÖRDINATE CONJUNCTIONS
SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS
Exercises
SPECIAL REMARKS
Exercise
PREPOSITIONS.
USES OF PREPOSITIONS
CLASSES OF PREPOSITIONS
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
EXCLUSION OR SEPARATION
MISCELLANEOUS PREPOSITIONS
At
By
For
From
Of
I. The From Relation
On, Upon
To
With
HOW TO PARSE PREPOSITIONS
Exercises
WORDS THAT NEED WATCHING
WHAT
BUT
AS
LIKE
INTERJECTIONS
PART II
ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES
CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO FORM
CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF STATEMENTS
SIMPLE SENTENCES
Exercise
ELEMENTS OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
Things used as Subject
Things used as Direct Object
Things used as Complement
Modifiers
I. Modifiers of Subject, Object, or Complement
II. Modifiers of the Predicate
Exercises
Compound Subject, Compound Predicate, etc
Logical Subject and Logical Predicate
Independent Elements of the Sentence
PARTICIPLES AND PARTICIPIAL PHRASES
INFINITIVES AND INFINITIVE PHRASES
OUTLINE OF ANALYSIS
Exercise in Analyzing Simple Sentences
CONTRACTED SENTENCES
COMPLEX SENTENCES
CLAUSES
Exercise
Adjective Clauses
Exercise
ANALYZING COMPLEX SENTENCES
OUTLINE
Exercises
COMPOUND SENTENCES
Exercise
OUTLINE FOR ANALYZING COMPOUND SENTENCES
Exercise
PART III
SYNTAX
INTRODUCTORY
NOUNS
PRONOUNS
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
I. NOMINATIVE AND OBJECTIVE FORMS
Exercise
Exercise
II. POSSESSIVE FORMS
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
I. RESTRICTIVE AND UNRESTRICTIVE RELATIVES
Exercise
II. RELATIVE AND ANTECEDENT
III. OMISSION OF THE RELATIVE
IV. THE RELATIVE AS AFTER SAME
V. MISUSE OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS
Exercise
Exercise
ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES
AGREEMENT OF ADJECTIVES WITH NOUNS
COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS
Exercise
ARTICLES
VERBS
CONCORD OF VERB AND SUBJECT IN NUMBER
AGREEMENT OF VERB AND SUBJECT IN PERSON
Exercise
INDIRECT DISCOURSE
Exercise
VERBALS
INFINITIVES
Exercise
ADVERBS
Exercise
USE OF DOUBLE NEGATIVES
Exercise
CONJUNCTIONS
Exercise
Exercise
PREPOSITIONS
LIST I
LIST II
LIST III
Miscellaneous Examples for Correction
INDEX
