Essentials of English: Second Book

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American Book Company, 1915 - 454 pages

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Contents

The Same Words Used Differently
19
Modifiers
20
Adjectives
22
The Use of Adjectives
24
Nouns and Adjectives Distinguished
26
Modifiers Appositives
27
Summary of Modifiers of Simple Subject
28
Summary of Modifiers of Simple Predicate
29
Modifiers of Modifiers
30
Simple Subject and Simple Predicate
31
Complements
32
Adjective and Adverbial Phrases
33
The Topic Sentence
34
Prepositions
35
Word Pictures
36
Adverbs and Prepositions Distinguished
37
Detailed Description
38
Compound Subject and Predicate
39
Conjunctions
40
Original Description of an Interior
41
Variety in Expression
42
Kinds of Sentences
43
Detailed Descriptions Objects
44
Increasing the Vocabulary
45
Interjections
46
Summary of Rules of Punctuation
47
Summary of the Parts of Speech
48
Summary of Description
49
Subjects of Interrogative Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences
50
Summary of Sentences Analysis
52
Possessive Modifiers Substantives
54
Person
61
Number
62
Case
63
Uses of the Nominative Case
64
How to Parse Nouns
65
Uses of the Objective Case
66
Adverbial Objective
67
Uses of the Possessive Case
68
Case of the Appositive
69
Review of Cases
70
Classes of Pronouns Personal Pronouns
71
Compound Personal Pronouns
72
Complete and Copulative Verbs
73
Correct Use of Personal Pronouns
74
Interrogative Pronouns
75
Correct Use of Who and Whom
76
Relative Pronouns
77
Uses of Relative Pronouns
78
Predicate Adjectives and Predicate Nominatives 37 Distinction between Predicate Nominatives and Direct Objects 71 73 730
79
The Relative Pronoun What
80
What in Indirect Questions
81
Compound Relative Pronouns PAGE
82
Active and Passive Voice
84
Objective Complement
87
The Indirect Object 43 Independent Elements Address 82 84 87
89
Summary of the Predicate Analysis
92
Interjections Nominatives of 96 49 Simple and Compound Sentences 51 Subordinate Clauses 52 Introductory Words 44 Independent Elements
96
Independent Elements Parenthetical Expressions
100
Independent Elements Yes and
101
Independent Elements Expletive There 48 Summary of Independent Elements Analysis
103
Complex Sentences Nominatives of Exclamation 98
104
Clauses
105
12
112
CompoundComplex Sentences
120
Elliptical Sentences and Contractions
123
The Elements of a Sentence
126
Summary of Sentences 116 I 20
127
Classes of Nouns
130
Inflection
133
Gender
135
195
192
Classes of Adjective Pronouns Indefinite Pronouns 88 How to Parse Pronouns
195
Adjective Modifiers
196
Kinds of Adjectives
197
Uses of Adjectives
199
Comparison of Adjectives
200
The Use of the Article
204
How to Parse Adjectives
205
Adverbial Modifiers
206
Agreement of Verbs with Their Subjects
228
Tense
231
Complete or Compound Tenses
233
Regular and Irregular Verbs
235
The Principal Parts of a Verb
236
Sequence of Tenses
237
Mode of Verbs
239
The Subjunctive Mode
240
Potential Verb Phrases
243
Correct Use of Shall and Will
246
Participles
250
Formation and Use of Participles
252
Nominative Absolute
254
Participles in Verb Phrases
255
Gerunds
257
The Possessive Case with the Gerund
260
Infinitives
261
Uses of Infinitives
263
Infinitives as Modifiers
265
Infinitive Clauses
267
Conjugation of Verbs
271
Progressive and Emphatic Forms of Verbs
276
Some Irregular Verbs
278
Review of Verbs Parsing
283
Summary of Phrases
285
133
290
Sentences for Analysis and Parsing
297
135
300
List of Irregular Verbs
302
Diagrams
307
PART TWO 1 Oral Composition Narration
315
The Paragraph
318
Capitalization
320
Narration
321
Punctuation
323
Direct and Indirect Discourse
325
The Climax of a Story
327
Sequence of Events
330
Word Study Synonyms
332
Uses of the Comma
333
Uses of the Comma
335
Anecdote to be Completed
338
Dictation Exercises
339
A Story to Complete
340
Stories to Complete
341
Antonyms
343
Variety in Expression
346
Amplification
348
Stories to be Amplified
349
Time in Narration
351
Oral Reproduction
352
Variety in Expression
355
Narration
356
Study of a Poem
358
Summary of Narration
361
Letters
363
Business Letters
364
PAGE
366
The Envelope
369
Original Letters
370
4II
412
419
416
Letters of Application
419
Telegrams and Night Letters
422
Advertisements
424
Short Oral Explanations
425
Longer Explanations
427
Written Explanations in Tests or Examinations
428
Reference Work
429
Literary Explanations 60 Literary Explanations
430
Summary of Explanation
435
Argument
436
Debates
438
General Exercises in Composition
440
221
445
237
446
241
448
255
450
263
451
271
454

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