PART TWO--INFLECTION AND SYNTAX
## CHAPTER I--INFLECTION
Inflection in General 25 Summary of Inflections 26
## CHAPTER II--NOUNS
Classification--Common Nouns and Proper Nouns 27 233 Special Classes--Abstract, Collective, Compound 29 234 Inflection of Nouns 30 235 Gender 31 235 Number 34 235 Person 39 236 Case 40 237 Nominative Case 41 237 Possessive Case 43 238 Objective Case 47 239 Parsing of Nouns 54 240
## CHAPTER III--PRONOUNS
Personal Pronouns 55 241 Gender and Number of Personal Pronouns 56 241 Case of Personal Pronouns 57 241 The Self-Pronouns (Compound Personal Pronouns) 60 241 Adjective Pronouns--Demonstratives 62 243 Adjective Pronouns--Indefinites 64 243 Relative Pronouns 66 244 The Relative Pronoun _What_ 71 246 Compound Relative Pronouns 72 246 Interrogative Pronouns 73 246 Parsing of Pronouns 74 247
## CHAPTER IV--ADJECTIVES
Classification of Adjectives 75 248 Adjectives--the Articles 77 248 Comparison of Adjectives 79 249 Irregular Comparison 81 249
## CHAPTER V--ADVERBS
Classification of Adverbs 83 250 Relative and Interrogative Adverbs 86 251 Comparison of Adverbs 87 252 Use of the Comparative and Superlative 88 252 Numerals--Adjectives, Nouns, Adverbs 89 252
## CHAPTER VI--VERBS
Classification of Verbs 91 253 Auxiliary Verbs--Verb-Phrases 91 253 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 92 253 Copulative Verbs 93 253 Inflection of Verbs 94 254 Tense of Verbs 94 254 Present and Past Tenses 94 254 Weak (Regular) and Strong (Irregular) Verbs 95 254 Person and Number 97 254 The Personal Endings 97 254 Conjugation of the Present and the Past 98 254 Special Rules of Number and Person 100 254 The Future Tense--_Shall_ and _Will_ 102 256 Complete or Compound Tenses 106 258 Voice--Active and Passive 107 258 Conjugation of the Six Tenses 108 258 Use of the Passive Voice 110 258 Progressive Verb-Phrases 113 260 Emphatic Verb-Phrases 114 260 Mood of Verbs 115 261 Indicative Mood 115 261 Imperative Mood 116 261 Subjunctive Mood--Forms 118 261 Uses of the Subjunctive 119 261 Potential Verb-Phrases (Modal Auxiliaries) 124 262 Special Rules for _Should_ and _Would_ 127 264 The Infinitive 132 266 The Infinitive as a Noun 134 266 The Infinitive as a Modifier 136 266 The Infinitive Clause 137 267
## Participles--Forms and Constructions 140 268
Nominative Absolute 144 269 Verbal Nouns in _-ing_ (Participial Nouns) 145 269
## CHAPTER VII--PREPOSITIONS
List of Prepositions 148 270 Special Uses of Prepositions 149 270
## CHAPTER VIII--CONJUNCTIONS
Coördinate (or Coördinating) Conjunctions 151 270 Subordinate (or Subordinating) Conjunctions 153 270 Correlative Conjunctions 153 270
## CHAPTER IX--INTERJECTIONS
Interjections 155 272 Exclamatory Expressions 155 272
## CHAPTER X--CLAUSES AS PARTS OF SPEECH
Clauses as Parts of Speech 157 272 Adjective Clauses 157 272 Adverbial Clauses 158 272 Noun (or Substantive) Clauses 159 272
## CHAPTER XI--THE MEANINGS OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
Clauses of Place and Time 163 272 Causal Clauses 164 272 Concessive Clauses 164 272 Clauses of Purpose and Result 166 274 Conditional Sentences 167 274 Forms of Conditions 169 274 Present and Past Conditions 170 274 Future Conditions 171 274 Clauses of Comparison 173 275 Indirect Discourse 173 277 _Shall_ and _Will_, _Should_ and _Would_ in Indirect Discourse 177 278 Indirect Questions 179 280 _Shall_ and _Will_, _Should_ and _Would_ in Indirect Questions 182 281