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by George Lyman Kittredge, Frank Edgar Farley
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PREFACE
INTRODUCTION - LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR - I. The Nature of Language
II. Grammar and Usage
PART ONE THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN THE SENTENCE
PART TWO INFLECTION AND SYNTAX - CHAPTER I INFLECTION
PART THREE ANALYSIS - CHAPTER I THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES
EXERCISES - EXERCISE 1 (§§ 1–5, pp. 1–3)
APPENDIX - LISTS OF VERBS
FOOTNOTES
Designed for students who have already mastered the basics, this guide revisits the essential parts of speech before moving quickly into deeper territory. The first section offers a concise review of phrases, clauses, and foundational definitions, making it a handy refresher for anyone needing a quick reset. From there, the text unfolds into a thorough exploration of inflections, syntax, and the nuanced roles of subordinate clauses, all illustrated with examples drawn from classic British and American literature.
The later chapters shift focus to sentence analysis, teaching readers how to dissect sentences into modifiers, complements, and independent elements, while a dedicated portion on clause combinations clarifies coordination and subordination for clearer composition. Practical exercises follow each topic, complete with references and parsing passages that reinforce the material without breaking the flow. An extensive appendix supplies verb tables, punctuation rules, and a brief history of English, making this volume both a systematic study tool and a reliable reference for writers and scholars alike.
Language
en
Duration
~11 hours (633K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Charlene Taylor, Jennifer Linklater and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2014-05-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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