CLAUSES
II.— NOUNS
Common and Proper
Inflection Defined
Number
The Formation of Plurals
Compound Nouns
Case
The Formation of the Possessive Case
Gender
III.— PRONOUNS
Agreement with Antecedents
Person
Gender
Rules Governing Gender
Number
Compound Antecedents
Relative
Interrogative
Case Forms
Rules Governing Use of Cases Compound Personal
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Compound Relative
Adjective
Miscelaneous Cautions
IV.— ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Comparison
Confusion of Adjectives and Adverbs
Improper Forms of Adjectives
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Errors in Comparison
Singular and Plural Adjectives
Placing of Adverbs and Adjectives
Double Negatives
The Articles
V.— VERBS
Principal Parts
Name-form
Past Tense
Past Participle
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Active and Passive Voice
Mode
Forms of the Subjunctive
Use of Indicative and Subjunctive
Agreement of Verb with its Subject
Rules Governing Agreement of the Verb
Miscelaneous Cautions
Use of Shall and Will
Use of Should and Would
Use of May and Might, Can and Could
Participles and Gerunds
Misuses of Participles and Gerunds
Infinitives
Sequence of Infinitive Tenses
Split Infinitives
Agreement of Verb in Clauses
Omission of Verb or Parts of Verb
Model Conjugations
To Be
To See
VI.— CONNECTIVES: RELATIVE PRONOUNS, RELATIVE ADVERBS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND
PREPOSITIONS
Independent and Dependent Clauses
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Case and Number of Relative and Interrogative Pronouns
Conjunctive or Relative Adverbs
Conjunctions
Placing of Correlatives
Prepositions
QUESTIONS FOR THE REVIEW OF GRAMMAR
A GENERAL EXERCISE ON GRAMMAR
VII.— SENTENCES
Loose
Periodic
Balanced
Sentence Length
The Essential Qualities of a Sentence
Unity
Coherence
Emphasis
Euphony
VIII.— CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION
Rules for Capitalization
Rules for Punctuation
IX.— THE PARAGRAPH
Length
Paragraphing of Speech
Indentation of the Paragraph
Essential Qualities of the Paragraph
Unity
Coherence
Emphasis
X.— LETTER-WRITING
Heading
Inside Address
Salutation
Body of the Letter
Close
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Miscelaneous Directions
Outside Address
Correctly Written Letters
Notes in the Third Person
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XI.— THE WHOLE COMPOSITION
Statement of Subject
The Outline
The Beginning
Essential Qualities of the Whole Composition
Unity
Coherence
The Ending
Ilustrative Examples
Lincoln's Gettysburgx Speech
Selection from Cranford
List of Books for Reading
XII.— WORDS—SPELLING—PRONUNCIATION
Words
Good Use
Offenses Against Good Use
Solecisms
Barbarisms
Improprieties
Idioms
Choice of Words
How to Improve One's Vocabulary
Speling
Pronunciation
GLOSSARY OF MISCELLANEOUS ERRORS
PRACTICAL GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION
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