7th edition. — Longmans, Green and Co., 1958. — 274 p.The Alphabet.
General Hints on Spelling.
The Use of Capitals.
General Definitions and Explanations.
Parts of Speech.
Sentences, Clauses, Phrases.
Construction of Sentences.
Inversion.
The Noun.
Kinds - Gender - Number - Cases - Noun Equivalents.
The Adjective.
Kinds - Attributive and Predicative Uses - Uses of Possessive Pronominal Adjectives - Uses of Some and Any - Comparison - The Articles - Uses of the Articles - Position of the Adjective - All and Both - Uses of Numerals.
The Pronoun.
Kinds - Restrictive and Continuative Relative Pronouns - So.
The Verb.
Kinds - To tell and To say - Complements - Prepositional Verbs - Anomalous Verbs - Conjugation of to be - Uses of to be - Conjugation of to have - Uses of to have - Shall and Will - Should and Would - Conjugation of to do - Uses of to do - May Can Must; Ought - Dare Need - Let - Conjugations - Weak, Strong, and Mixed Verbs - Uses of Certain Past Participles - Verbs with more than one Use or Meaning - Conjugation of to teach - Uses of the Tenses - Voice - Mood - Conditional Sentences - The Infinitive Mood - Uses of Infinitives - Kinds of Infinitives - The Infinitive with to - The Infinitive without to - The Gerund - The Verbal Noun - The Participle - Forms and Functions of Gerunds and Participles - The Sequence of Tenses - Direct and Indirect Speech.
The Adverb.
Kinds - Comparison - Uses - The Adverbial Accusative - Verbs and Adverbs in Composition.
The Preposition.
Function - Prepositional Phrases - Uses of Certain Prepositions - General Notes on Certain Prepositions.
The conjunction.
Kinds - Noun, Adjective, and Adverb Clauses.
The Interjection.
The Same Words used as Different Parts of Speech.
Analysis of Sentences.
Punctuation.
Index.
