nouns in apposition, 302; with
parenthetical expressions, 303,
317; with quotations, 298, 315;
with words in contrast, 305;
with words in pairs, 297; with
words in the same construction,
306; with words of address, 295.
Commands, 2.
Committee reports, 140, 145.
Common noun, 195.
Common and proper noun used
as single name, 302.
Commonplace statements, 133-
135.
Comparative degree, 191.
Comparison: descriptions for, 43;
of adjectives, 190-192; of ad-
verbs, 192; of style, 43, 109,
128, 135.
Complement: modifying, 218, 278;
of verb, 93, 182, 183, 205, 207,
215, 272, 282.
Complete verb, 183, 205.
Complex sentence, 268.
Complimentary close of letters,
7-10.
Compound: name, use of capitals
in, 287; nouns, plural of, 200;
personal pronoun, 222; predi-
cate, punctuation of, 307; sen-
tence, 268; sentence, punctua-
tion of, 312, 313; tense, 236;
words, 290.
Conclusion of a letter, 7-10, 20.
Congratulation, notes of, 20.
Conjugation of verbs, 247-256;
be, 255, 256; have, 250-252;
may, 248, 249; shall and will,
248; write, 253, 254.
Conjunctions: coördinate and
subordinate, 266; correlative,
267; definition of, 179, 282; in-
troductory, 273; omission of,
Conjunctive adverb, 266, 271.
Connectives, 265–267.
Constitution and by-laws, 140,
Construction of the infinitive and
the participle, 275.
Contractions, 290.
Contrast: a means of attaining
clearness, 134, 135; punctua-
tion of words in, 305.
Contrasted descriptions, 41, 42.
Coördinate: clause, 265, 268; con-
junction, 266; elements, 265.
Copy of secretary's records, 150.
Correction, marks of, 319-321.
Correlatives, 267.
"Courtship of Miles Standish,”
study of, 86-89.
Credentials, 151, 152.
Imaginative writing, 51, 52.
Imitation of stories, 44-48, 69, 70.
Imperative: mode, 234; sentence,
2, 164; sentence, punctuation
of, 291.
Incomplete verb, 183, 205.
Indefinite article, 173; relative
pronoun, 225.
Independent: elements, 280; ele-
ments, punctuation of, 311; use
of infinitive or participle, 278.
Indicative mode, 233.
Indirect object, 215, 282; quota-
tion, 298.
Infinitive, 241, 242; case of sub-
ject of, 281; construction of,
275; participial, 276; phrase,
275; sign of, omitted, 276;
tense of, 242, 252, 263; used as
adjective, 277; used as adverb,
278; used as modifying comple-
ment of verb, 278; used as noun,
275; used as object of transi-
tive verb, 277; used as object
of preposition, 277; used as
predicate nominative, 276; used
as subject of verb, 276; used
in apposition with a noun or
pronoun, 277; used independ-
ently, 278.
Initial letters, 287.
Interjection: an independent ele-
ment, 280, 282; definition of,
182; punctuation of, 293.
Interrogation point, 4, 291, 292.
Interrogative: adjective, 227; form
of a verb, 257; order of words,
94; pronoun, 226; sentence, 2,
164; sentence, punctuation of,
292.
Intransitive verb, 204, 207, 212,
232.
Introductory: adverb, 281; con-
junction, 273; words, use of, 95.
Invitation, notes of, 20-22.
Irregular verb, 243–246.
Italics, use of, 288.
Latin abbreviations, 288.
Letters, 6, 11, 14, 15: address of,
7-9, 14, 20; body of, 7, 8, 14;
business, 9, 13-16; capital, 4,
286, 287; conclusion of, 7-10,
20; date of, 7-10, 20; formal,
20-22; forms of, 6-10; heading
of, 7-10, 20; of friendship, 10-
13; of introduction, 16, 17; of
recommendation, 17, 18; post-
script of, 8; salutation of, 7-
10, 14; superscription of, 7-9;
writing of, 6-23.
Longfellow and the children, 79–
82; biography of, 85; boyhood
of, 73-77; home of, 83, 84; study
of, 71-91.
Marks of correction, 319-321.
Marks of punctuation: brackets,
293, 317; capital letters, 4, 286,
287; commas, 8, 293, 295-298,
302, 303, 305-307, 309-312, 315,
317; colon, 8, 293, 312, 313,
315; dash, 8, 292, 312, 318; ex-
clamation point, 4, 291-293;
hyphen, 290; interrogation point,
4, 291, 292; parentheses, 293,
317; period, 4, 8, 9, 289, 291;
quotation marks, 293, 298, 300,
301; semicolon, 312, 313.
Masculine gender, 203.
May and might, conjugation of
the verbs, 248.
Metaphor, 87, 130-133: faded,
132; mixed, 132.
Mode: definition of, 233; impera-
tive, 234; indicative, 233; sub-
junctive, 233.
Modified: predicate, 171; subject,
Modifiers: adjective, position of,
93; adverbial, position of, 92,
93; definition of, 171; natural
position of, 96-100; of infini-
tives and participles, 275.
Modifying complements, 218.
Negative form of a verb, 257.
Negatives, two, 160.
Neither nor, 267.
Neuter gender, 203.
Newspaper articles, 64, 65.
No, adjective or adverb, 284.
Nominative absolute, 282.
Nominative case, 206, 282.
Notes, formal, 20-22.
Notes to teachers, 1, 6, 15, 20, 24,
25, 28, 42, 53, 71-73, 78, 79, 85,
88, 89, 92, 136, 154, 186, 258,
286.
Notice: of amendment, 141; of
reference, 144, 145; prepared by
secretary, 142-144.
Noun abstract, verbal, and col-
lective, 200; adverbial use of,
216, 282; case of, 206, 209, 211,
212, 215, 217, 281, 282; clause,
265, 272; compound, plural of,
200; declension of, 228; defini-
tion of, 166; gender of, 202;
independent, 280; infinitive used
as, 275; infinitive used in appo-
sition with, 277; in apposition,
209; in apposition to a clause,
282; number of, 197; number
of a verb used with a collective,
239; person of, 220; phrase
used as, 275; predicate, 183,
205; proper, 200, 287; used
absolutely with a participle, 280;
used as adjective, 199; rules
for plural of, 197.
Number: definition of, 197; gen-
eral rules for plural, 197; of
pronouns, 221, 230; of verbs,
238, 240, 273; special rules for
plural, 197.
Numeral adjective, 173.
O, capital letter, 287.
Object: case of, 212; complement
of transitive verb, 282; emphatic,
104, 105; indirect, 282; of a
verb, 183, 204, 212, 272, 277,
282; of a preposition, 272, 277.
Objective case, 212, 282.
Objective complement, 183.
Objects, description of, 24, 25.
Omission of words indicated by
commas, 296.
Only, conjunction or adverb, 284;
position of, 99, 100.
Order of words in sentences, 92-
Participle, 241, 242, 258; ambigu-
ous use of, 118, 119; construc-
tion of, 275; tenses of, 242,
252; used absolutely, 280; used
as an adjective, 275, 277; used
as an adverb, 278; used inde-
pendently, 278; used as modify-
ing complement of verb, 278.
Parts of speech, 182, 185.
Passive verb, 232, 258.
Past perfect tense, 236: potential,
249.
Past tense, 235: potential, 249.
Perfect tenses, 236: potential, 249.
Period, rules for, 4, 8, 9, 289, 291.
Person: addressed, case of, 207;
of nouns and pronouns, 220,
221, 230; of verbs, 238, 273.
Persons, description of, 25, 26,
33-38.
Petitions, 152, 153.
Phrase: adjective, 177; adverbial,
177; definition of, 176; explan-
atory, 308; infinitive, 275; in-
stead of words, 113; noun, 275;
participial, 275; potential, 249;
prepositional, 282; punctuation
of, 293, 308, .309; restrictive,
307.
Pictures of Puritan life, study of,
85.
Plural number, 197.
Poems for study, 73, 77, 91; to
be read, 82.
Poetry, capitalization of, 286.
Position of complements of verbs,
93; of modifiers, 93, 96–100; of
subject and predicate, 93, 94;
unusual, 101-107.
Positive degree, 191.
Possessive case, 211, 226, 282.
Postscript, 8.
Potential phrase, 249.
Preamble, 147-149.
Predicate adjective, 173, 183,
205; compound, punctuation of,
307; emphatic, 102, 103; nomi-
native, infinitive used as, 276;
noun, 183, 205; of a sentence,
165, 166; position of, 93; sim-
ple and modified, 171.
Preposition, 178, 180, 282: repeti-
tion of, 115, 116.
Present tense, 235: potential, 249;
use of, 262.
Present perfect tense, 236: poten-
tial, 249.
Principal: parts of verbs, 243;
clause, 265; elements, 265.
Progressive form of verb, 258.
Pronominal adjective, 227.
Pronoun: adjective, 227; agree-
ment with antecedent of, 230,
281; ambiguous use of, 119–
121; case of, 206, 212; com-
pound personal, 222; declension
of, 229; definition of, 167; gen-
der of, 203, 221; in apposition,
209; indefinite relative, 120, 225;
infinitive used in apposition with,
277; interrogative, 226, 229;
noun clause in apposition with,
272; number of, 221; personal,
119, 221, 229; person of, 220,
221; relative, 223, 229, 266;
used absolutely with a participle,
280; who, which, and what, 224.
Proper noun, 195, 201; capitaliza-
tion of, 287.
Punctuation, 4, 8, 9, 286–321.
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