The Elements of English Grammar : With a Chapter on Essay-Writing (Paperback)

Preface; 1. Historical survey; 2. Constituents of the English vocabulary; 3. The Indo-Europeans or Aryan family of languages; 4. The divisions of grammar; 5. Elementary sounds in English; 6. Signs or letters; 7. Egyptology; 8. Nouns; 9. Inflexion of nouns I - gender; 10. Inflexion of nouns II - number; 11. Inflexion of nouns III - case; 12. Adjectives; 13. Inflexion of adjectives; 14. Pronouns; 15. Verbs; 16. Inflexions of verbs; 17. Auxiliary and defective verbs; 18. Adverbs; 19. Prepositions; 20. Conjunctions and interjections; 21. Compounds and derivatives; 22. Analysis of sentences and parsing; 23. Syntax of nouns; 24. Syntax of adjectives and pronouns; 25. Syntax of verbs; 26. Syntax of adverbs, conjunctions, and prepositions; Appendix 1. Definitions of grammatical terms; Appendix 2. Passages for analysis; Essay-writing; Subjects for essays; Index.