Chapter 21 of 21 · 979 words · ~5 min read

Part 21

Interrogative sentences, 23, 24. order of, 24.

_Into_, 38.

Intransitive verbs, of action, 64. of being, 64, 66, 67.

Irregular verbs, defined, 135, 136. errors in use of, 137-140. principal parts of, 137.

_It_, as anticipative subject, 201, 212, 247.

_Lay_ and _lie_, 137.

_Like_, 181.

Limiting adjectives, 110, 113, 114.

Manner, clauses of, 181.

Masculine gender, 77.

_May_ and _might_, 155, 156.

Mode, defined, 127. imperative, 134. indicative, 127. subjunctive, 131, 132.

Modifier, 26.

_Must_, 155, 156.

Natural order, 22.

Neuter gender, 78.

Nominative case, 83, 84, 100.

Noun clauses, 200. introductory word of, 203, 204. uses of, 200, 201.

Nouns, abstract, 14. adverbial, 91, 92. as adjectives, 27. as interjections, 43. case of, 83, 84. collective, 166. common, 13, 14. compound, 81. declension of, 84. defined, 11, 12. direct object, 61. gender of, 77, 78. in apposition, 85-87. in exclamation, 40. in _-ing_, 240. indirect object, 89. number of, 74-76. object of preposition, 35. objective complement, 94. parsing of, 96. possessive, 79-82. proper, 13, 14. term of address, 39, 40. used absolutely, 237.

Number, defined, 74. singular and plural, 74, 75.

Numeral adjectives, 113.

_O_, 43.

Object, double, 216. indirect, 89, 90, 141. of preposition, 35, 36. of verb, 61. retained, 146.

Objective complement, 94. becoming subjective complement of passive verb, 145.

_Off_, 38.

_One_, declined, 122.

_One another_, 122.

_Only_, 179.

_Other_, declined, 122.

_Own_, with possessives, 100.

Parsing, of adjectives, 120. of adverbs, 174. of nouns, 96. of prepositions, 179. of pronouns, 100, 208. of verbs, 150, 168.

## Participial phrases, 229.

## Participles, agreement of, 239.

dangling, or floating, 239. defined, 228, 229. differing from adjectives, 231. errors in use of, 239. forms of, 228. summary of, 243, 244. uses of, 140, 144, 145, 148, 228, 229, 231, 235, 237.

Parts of speech, summary of, 57.

Passive voice, 140-142.

Past participle, 135, 228. as subjective complement, 144, 145. in passive conjugation, 140.

Person, of nouns, 98. of pronouns, 98. of verbs, 127.

Personal pronouns, 98. compound, 106. declension of, 98. errors in use of, 101-103. uses of, 100, 103-105.

Phrases, 31, 33. absolute, 237. adjective, 31. adverbial, 31. as subjective complement, 69. defined, 33. denoting possession, 81. in a series, 32. infinitive, 211.

## participial, 229.

position of, 32. prepositional, 35, 36.

Place, clauses of, 181.

Plurals, foreign, 75. formation of, 74, 75. compound nouns, 75. letters and figures, 75. titles, 75. regular and irregular, 74. same as singular, 74.

Positive degree, 116.

Possessive case, 83. of compound nouns, 81.

Possessive nouns, 80, 83. form of, 80, 81. in double possessives, 81. what they denote, 81.

Possessive pronouns, 103. how used, 104. in double possessives, 104.

Predicate, compound, 19, 20. defined, 9, 10. simple, 16. transposed, 22.

Prepositions, 34, 35. correct use of, 37-39. parsing of, 179.

Present participle, in progressive conjugation, 148, 228.

Principal parts, 135.

Principal parts, of irregular verbs, 137.

Progressive conjugation, 148.

Pronouns, adjective, 121. compound personal, 106. defined, 18. in clauses of comparison, 190, 191. indefinite, 204. interrogative, 108. parsing of, 100, 208. personal, 98, 100, 103.

Pronouns, relative, 196, 197. review of, 207.

Proper adjectives, 111.

Proper nouns, 13, 14.

Punctuation, of a series, 20, 25, 26, 32. of appositives, 86-88. of compound sentences, 50. of compound subject and predicate, 20. of declarative sentences, 10. of exclamatory sentences, 44. of interrogative sentences, 24. of phrases, 32.

Purpose, clauses of, 184.

_Raise_ and _rise_, 138.

Reflexive use of pronouns, 106.

Regular verbs, 135, 136.

Relative pronouns, 196, 197. _what_, 204.

Result, clauses of, 184.

Retained object, 146.

Review, general, 257-264. of adjectives, 120. of adverbs, 173. of analysis, 252. of clauses, 206. of infinitives, 224, 225. of nouns, 96, 97. of participles, 243. of parts of speech, 57. of prepositions, 179.

Review, general, of pronouns, 207. of sentences, 55. of verbs, 72, 168.

Sentences, complex, 53. compound, 50. declarative, 9, 10. defined, 9, 10. elliptical, 249, 250, exclamatory, 44, 45. imperative, 41. interrogative, 23, 24. review of, 55. simple, 48.

Sequence of tenses, 125, 163.

Series, of adjectives, 25. of phrases, 32. of predicates, 20.

_Set_ and _sit_, 138.

_Shall_ and _will_, 151. in indirect discourse, 163. in interrogative sentences, 152. rules for use of, 152.

_Should_ and _would_, 160-162. in subjunctive mode, 155.

Simple adverbs, 170.

Simple predicate, 16.

Simple sentences, 48.

Simple subject, 11.

_Since_, 179.

Singular number, 74.

_So_, 179.

Subject, compound, 20. defined, 9, 10. how found, 16. simple, 11. transposed, 22.

Subjective complement, 67, 68. adjective, 69. infinitive, 213. noun, 67, 69.

## participle, 144, 145.

prepositional phrase, 69.

Subjunctive mode, 131. conjugation of, 132.

Subjunctive mode, tenses of, 132.

Subordinate conjunctions, 176, 177.

Summary, of adverbs, 173. of case relations, 97. of infinitives, 224, 225. of participles, 243, 244.

Superlative degree, 116.

Tense, 123. errors in, 125, 126. in noun clauses, 201. primary, 124. secondary, 124. sequence of, 125, 163.

Term of address, 39.

_The_, an adverb, 170.

_There_, 247, 248.

_Till_, 179.

Time, clauses of, 180, 181.

_To_, omitted in infinitives, 217.

_To_, use of, 37.

Transitive verbs, 60, 61. followed by indirect object, 90. followed by objective complement, 94. what they denote, 62.

Transposed order, 22.

_Until_, 179.

_Used_, in verb phrases, 156.

Verb phrases, 155, 156.

Verbals, 210, 211.

Verbs, defective, 154-157. defined, 16. errors in use of, 130, 137-142. intransitive, 64, 66, 67. mode of, 127, 131, 134. parsing of, 150, 168. principal parts of, 135, 137. regular and irregular, 135, 136. review of, 72, 168. tense of, 123-126. transitive, 60, 61. used as interjections, 43. used transitively or intransitively, 64, 66. voice of, 140-142.

Voice, active and passive, 140. conjugation of passive, 140-142. test for passive, 145.

_With_, 38.

Words in _-ing_, 240.

Words used, as adjective or adverb, 59. as adverb or preposition, 60. as noun or adjective, 58. as noun or verb, 58. as preposition, conjunction, or adverb, 179.

_Would_, as principal verb, 155.

_Yet_, 179.