CONTENTS PART I.— PARTS OF SPEECH. The Parts of Speech 11 The Noun 11 The Verb 11 The Adjective 12 The Adverb 12 Examples 12 Kinds of Verbs 13 Active Verbs 13 Passive Verbs 13 Neuter Verbs 13 Transitive Verbs 13 Intransitive Verbs 14 The Object and the Attribute 14 PART II. — NOUNS AND PRONOUNS. Kinds of Nouns 17 Proper and Common Nouns 17 The Pronoun 17 Properties of Pronouns and Nouns 17 Gender 18 Number 18 Person 18 Case 18 Kinds of Pronouns 19 Personal Pronouns 19 Relative Pronouns 21 Interrogative Pronouns 22 Adjective Pronouns 22 Remarks upon the Noun 23 Absolutes 23 PART III.— VERBS. Conjugation 25 Moods 25 Tense 26 The Participle 28 Principal Parts of the Verb 28 Conjugation of “To be” 29 Remarks on Conjugation 34 Formation of Passive Verbs 35 Some Irregular Verbs 35 Suggestion to Teacher 41 PART IV.— REMARKS UPON ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND PREPOSITIONS. Remarks upon Adjectives 42 “Comparison" of Adjectives 42 Memory Lines 43 Remarks upon Adverbs 43 “Comparison” of Adverbs 43 Memory Lines 43 Conjunctions and Prepositions 44 Apposition 44 List of Prepositions 45 PART V.— THE SENTENCE AND ITS KINDS. The Sentence 46 The Member and the Phrase 47 Forms of Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs 49 The Three Kinds of Sentences 50 Introductory Words 52 The Subject of the Infinitive 52 The Infinitive Member S'? “That” 55 "It” 56 “When,” “Where” 56 “Than" 56 Absolutes 57 “Questions” 57 Participle Phrases 58 Infinitive Phrases 58 Complex Sentences 59 Antecedent or Relative Understood 60 Indirect Questions 61 Absolutes 62 Sign of Infinitive Understood 63 Sentences to be Corrected 64 PART VI.— RULES FOR PARSING, AND REMARKS UPON THE CASES. Rules for Parsing 65 Remarks upon the Cases 66 Special Remarks on the Negative, the Participle, the Relative, Joint Reference, and Comparison 68 An Anomaly 70 Compound, Complex, and Long Simple Sentences 70 Examples of Bad English 90 Analysis and Correction 91-93 Sentences to be Corrected 94 PART VII. — RULES FOR PUNCTUATION. The Period 105 The Colon 106 The Semicolon 107 The Comma 107 The Dash 113 Curves 114 Capitals and Hyphened Words, and Apostrophe. 115 Sentences to be Punctuated 116 Subject Members 116 Attribute Members 116 Apposition Members 117 Object Members 118 Sentences to be Punctuated 118 Bad English Corrected ; and Punctuation Made, and Accounted for in the Diagram 126 Questions 129 Narration (Direct and Indirect) 131 Analysis of Latin Sentences 132-134 Poems for Analysis and Punctuation. The Raven 135 The Brook 143 Digitized by Google.

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