Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language: Being an Attempt to Furnish an Improved Method of Teaching Grammar, for the Use of Schools and Colleges

Appleton, 1852 - 574 pàgines

CONTENTS	1

Enumeration of subjects treated in this book	9

Division of words into classes according to their functions	16

Personal Pronouns	36

Proper and Common Nouns	43

Singular and Plural forms of Nouns	49

Digression on the Elementary sounds of Language and on Letters	55

Consonants Classification of Consonants	61

The word What employed as a Relative	364

Compound Relatives and Accessories formed by their help	366

Idiomatic use of the word There 869	369

Arrangement of the Adjective Accessory in the Compound Propo sition 878	373

Rule for the Number and Person of the Conjunctive Pronoun	376

Antecedents of different Persons 877	377

Promiscuous Examples of Adjective Accessory Propositions 878	378

Adverbial Accessory Propositions General Remarks 880	383

CHAPTER III	71

SECT	74

SEOT	130

73	139

Conditional and Hypothetical Propositions	143

Impersonal Verbs	158

CHAPTER IV	169

Noun Adjectively employed	176

Infinitive used to modify a noun	185

Concessive Propositions	188

Objective Modification	196

SECT	212

Infinitives used to modify verbs	228

CHAPTER V	233

Additional Remarks on the Prepositions	242

Adjectives General Remarks	254

Adjectives employed substantively	265

Adjective Complementary of Active Verbs	280

Derivation and Formation of Adverbs	292

SECT PAGE	295

CHAPTER VIII	316

Remarks on Interrogative Words 820	322

CHAPTER IX	333

SECT PAGE 106 Accessory Complementary of the verb To Be	343

Accessory used as Objective Modification	345

Substantive Accessory expressive of Purpose	347

Substantive Accessory Modifying Adjectives	348

Adjective Accessory Propositions	350

Conjunctive or Relative Pronouns	351

Functions of Adjective Accessories	353

Accessories in which the Conjunctive Pronoun performs a modify ing function as objective to the verb c	356

Explicative or Epithetic Adjective Accessory Propositions 859	359

Accessory of Greater or Lesser Intensity 886	386

Accessory of Equally Varying Intensities 888	389

Accessory of Similar Intensity 890	391

Adverbial Accessories which modify Verbs	392

Accessory denoting Manner by Comparison 893	393

Accessory denoting Manner by Effect	394

Adverbial Accessories of Place	395

Accessory of Locality Place where	396

Adverbial Accessories of Time	400

Accessory of Coincident Time	401

Accessory of Coincident Duration	404

Accessory indicating Precedence in Time	406

Accessory indicating Subsequence in Time	407

Accessory limiting by reference to an Anticipated event	408

General Remarks on Accessories of Time	409

Accessory of Causality	410

Argumentative Accessory	415

Accessory of Effect	417

Accessory of Inference	419

Accessory of Purpose	423

Exceptive Accessory Proposition	424

Compound Proposition with Accessory of Reference	437

Contracted Accessories formed by the help of Participles	451

CHAPTER X	458

Copulative Coordination or Simple Connection	471

Connection of Alternatives	480

CHAPTER XI	495

Remarks on the Genders	513

SECT PAGE	529

APPENDIX ON PUNCTUATION	537

APPENDIX ON VERSIFICATION	554

Títol	Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language: Being an Attempt to Furnish an Improved Method of Teaching Grammar, for the Use of Schools and Colleges
Autor	John Mulligan
Editor	Appleton, 1852
Original de	Universitat de Princeton
Digitalitzat el	26 Febr. 2009
Nre. de pàgines	574 pàgines

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