Object, 14, 38, 88; of prepositions,
14; of verb, 38, 88; direct, 183;
indirect, 183; adverbial, 183.
Objective case, 39; object of a transi-
tive verb, 183; object of a preposi-
tion, 183; objective predicate, 182;
indirect object, 183; adverbial ob-
ject, 183.

Objective predicate, 182.

Paragraph, The, 49.

Parsing, 45; of nouns, 45, 46; of
pronouns, 70; of adjectives, 84;
of verbs, infinitives, and partici-
ples, 136-138; of adverbs, 143,
144; of prepositions, 148; of con-
junctions, 155, 156; of interjec-
tions, 158.

Participles, 97; present or imperfect,

98; past or perfect, 98; construc-
tions of, 196, 197; used attribu-
tively, 196; used appositively, 196;
used predicatively, 196; used ab-
solutely, 196; parsing of, 136–138.
Participial adjective, 98.
Participial infinitive, 96; how distin-

guished from the present participle
and the verbal noun, 98; construc-
tions of, 193, 194.

Participial phrase, 207.

Parts of sr , 19; summary of,

20.

Passive forms of verbs, 128, 129.

Passive voice, 92, 119, 128.

Past participle, 98.

Past perfect tense, 101.

Past tense, IOI.

Perfect participle, 98.

Person, of pronouns, 52; of verbs,
104.

Person and number of verbs, 104.
Personal pronouns, 52, 57; declen-

sion of, 52, 53; use of second per-
son singular, 53; use of third per-
son singular, 53, 54; use of posses-
sive forms, 54; compound, 54, 56.
Phrases, 206, 207; prepositional, 206;

infinitive, 206; participial, 207;
appositive, 207; adjective, 207;
adverbial, 207; substantive, 207;
simple, 212; complex, 212; com-
pound, 212.

Plural number, 29; of nouns, 29-
34; two plurals, 32; of compound
nouns, 33; of titles, 33; of letters,
figures, and signs, 34; of nouns
from foreign languages, 34.
Plural subjects, 191.
Possessives, 183.

Possessive forms, of nouns, 40, 42,
44.
Possessive case, 39, 183; of singular
nouns, 40; of plural nouns, 41; of
compound nouns, 42; of phrases,
42; of nouns denoting joint pos-
session, 42; of nouns denoting
separate possession, 43; possession
indicated by the objective case with
preposition, 44; phrases denoting
a period of time, 44; names of
things personified, 44.

Potential mode, 124, 137; parsing of

verbs in, 137.

Predicate, 3; grammatical or bare,

205; logical or complete, 206.
Predicate adjective, 189.

Predicate nominative, 181, 182.
Predicate noun, 181.

Prepositions, 14, 20, 147; relations
expressed by, 147, 148; compound,
148; parsing of, 148.
Prepositional phrase, 206.
Present participle, 98.

Present perfect tense, IOI.

Present tense, 101.

Principal clause, 59, 207.
Principal elements of a sentence, 208.
Principal parts of verb, 106.
Progressive form of verbs, 120, 129.
Pronouns, 7; personal, 52; relative,
59; adjective, 57; interrogative,
65; impersonal, 186; reflexives,
56; antecedent of, 60; construc-
tions of, 185-187; agreement with
antecedent, 64, 185; special uses
of it, 186; case-relations, 187;
correct use of, 167; review of, 69;
parsing of, 70.
Proper adjectives, 75.
Proper nouns, 25.

Public meetings, notices of, 175.
Punctuation, rules for, 261-264.

Quotation marks, 163.

Receipting bills, 169.

Receipts, 170-172; forms of, 171.
Reflexive use of pronouns, 56.
Regret, form of, 178.

Regular verbs, 105.

Review, 47, 69, 83, 141, 147, 157.
Relative pronouns, 59–64; antecedent
of, 60, 64; use of, 60, 61; declen-
sion of, 61; compound, 61.

Relative clause, 59; explanatory, 61;
restrictive, 61.

Rules, for capital letters, 260, 261;
marks of punctuation, 261-264;
comparison of adjectives, 79; plu-
ral forms of nouns, 29-34, 264,
265; possessive forms of nouns,
40-42, 265; singular and plural
forms of verbs, 191; of syntax,
198.

Selections, for analysis, 232-248; for
parsing, 201-203; for study, 71,
85, 151.

Sentences, I, 205-232; declarative,
I; imperative, I; interrogative, I ;
exclamatory, I; subject of, 3, 205;
predicate of, 3, 205, 206; struct-
ure of, 205-213, 219-222, 229;
elements of, 206-208; simple,
208-218; complex, 208, 219-228;
compound, 208, 229-232; analy-
sis of, 214–218, 223–248.
Shall, forms of, 116; use of, 116.
Simple adverb, 143.

Simple infinitive, 95, 96; construc-
tions of, 193, 194.
Simple modifiers, 212.
Simple sentence, 208-218; subject
of, 209; modifiers of subject, 210;
predicate of, 210, 211; modifiers of
predicate, 211; analysis of, 214-
218.

Singular number, 29.
Singular subjects, 191.

Sit and set, use of, 131, 132.
Stop and stay, use of, 135, 136.
Structure of the sentence, 205-213;

219-222, 229; simple, 209-213;
complex, 219-223; compound, 229.
Study of selections, 71, 85, 151.
Subject, 3, 205; grammatical or bare,
205; logical or complete, 205; of
a verb, 11, 88, 181; of an infini-
tive, 194.

Subject nominative, 181.
Subjunctive mode, 94.

Subordinate clause, 59, 207.
Subordinate elements of a sentence,
208.

Subordinating conjunctions, 155.
Substantive clause, 219; used as the
subject of a verb, 219; as predicate
nominative, 219; as object of a
transitive verb, 219; as logical sub-
ject, 220; as object of a preposi-
tion, 220.

Substantive phrase, 207.
Summary, of parts of speech, 20; of

rules of syntax, 198.
Syntax, 181; rules of, 198.

Telegraphic despatches, 176.
Tense, 101, 103; present, 101; past,
101; future, 101; present perfect,
IOI; past perfect or pluperfect,

101; future perfect, 102; formation
of, 102.

There, as an expletive, 142.
Think; guess; expect; use of, 134.
To, with the infinitive, 96.
Transitive verbs, 88.

Verbal nouns, 27, 98.

Verbs, 11, 20; regular, 105; irregu-
lar, 105; defective, 106; principal
parts of, 106; transitive, 88; in-
transitive, 88; of incomplete pred-
ication, 205, 206; auxiliary, 102,
111-125; independent, 114; sub-
ject of, 11, 88; object of, 38, 88;
complement of, 206; mode of, 93,
94; tense of, 101-103; person and
number of, 104; agreement with
subject, 190-192; forms of, 105,
113, 116, 118–120, 122, 123; con-
jugation of, 126-129; list of irreg-
ular verbs, 106, 109; parsing of,
136-138; review of, 141.

Voice, 91; active, 91; passive, 92,
119, 128.

Will, forms of, 116; use of, 116.
Yes and no, as adverbs, 143.