Some Topics in English Grammar Author:Arthur Hinds Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: [For full Index to Pages see the end of the Book.] TOPICS. Grammar, def. (=defined.) English Grammar, def. Propositions, parts. Subject, def. Predicate... more », def. Attribute, def. Copula, def. Proposition, def. Classes of Words, general divisions. Nouns, def. Pronouns, def. Adjectives, def. (To limit, def.) Verbs, def. (Object of a Verb, def.) Adverbs, def. Prepositions, def. (Object of a Preposition, def.) Conjunctions, def. Participles, def. Infinitives, def. Propositions, kinds. Declarative. Imperative. Interrogative. Simple. Compound. Complex. Clauses. (Phrases.) Uses. Classes of Words, separately studied. Nouns : Some kinds. Properties. Numbers, def. Genders, def. Cases, def. Rules. Pronouns: Some kinds. Properties. Persons, def. Genders, Numbers, Cases, Rules. Adjectives : Some kinds. Properties. Comparison. Verbs : Some kinds. Properties. Persons, Numbers, Tenses, def. Tense phrases. Rules. Adverbs : Some kinds. Comparison. Conjunctions : Some kinds. Participles : Imperfect. Perfect. Infinitives'. Root. In " ing." HELPS. Hints, Examples, Illustrations, Lists. TOPICS chapter{Section 4REMARK. The Topics contain mainly the bare substance of the various subjects in such form that the student may readily refer to them for the salient facts of grammar. The Helps (see p. 73) contain remarks useful to the students who need additional assistance, and to teachers who desire hints concerning the presentation of the topics. The teacher should read both parts of this book through before using it in class. chapter{Section 5TOPICS. DEFINITION OF GRAMMAR. TUB FIELD OF STUDY JLIMITKD. 1, a. Every word is said to express an idea. b. Words may be combined in various ways. F...« less