An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises

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An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises

by George Lyman Kittredge, Frank Edgar Farley

EN·~11 hours·12 chapters

Chapters

12 total

BY

0:16

PREFACE

4:01

INTRODUCTION - LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR - I. The Nature of Language

9:57

II. Grammar and Usage

4:25

PART ONE THE PARTS OF SPEECH IN THE SENTENCE

44:49

PART TWO INFLECTION AND SYNTAX - CHAPTER I INFLECTION

4:43:41

PART THREE ANALYSIS - CHAPTER I THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES

1:15:23

EXERCISES - EXERCISE 1 (§§ 1–5, pp. 1–3)

2:41:24

APPENDIX - LISTS OF VERBS

31:51

FOOTNOTES

9:06

Description

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.

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Duration

~11 hours (633K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

May 29, 2014

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

George Lyman Kittredge

George Lyman Kittredge

1860–1941

A towering Harvard scholar of Shakespeare, Chaucer, and folklore, he helped shape how generations of readers and students approached English literature. His writing is known for being exact, lively, and deeply learned without losing sight of the pleasure of the text.

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Frank Edgar Farley

Frank Edgar Farley

b. 1868

A careful scholar of English language and literature, this early 20th-century teacher wrote grammar books and literary studies that stayed useful long after their first publication. His work ranges from classroom editions of Milton to a substantial study of Scandinavian influence on English Romantic writing.

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