A, origin of,119.syntax of,310.uses of,124.Absolute, nominative,47.Abstract nouns,20.with article,25,124.Active voice,133.Address, nominative of,47.Adjective clauses,260.Adjective pronouns, demonstrative,90.distinguished from adjectives,89.distributive,91.numeral,92.Adjectives, adverbs used as,116.as complements,239.comparison of,107.definition of,98.demonstrative,102.from nouns, used as nouns,27.function of,97.how to parse,115,116.in predicate,239.not compared,109.of quality,99.of quantity,101.ordinal,103.plural of,106.pronominal,104.syntax of,303.Adverbial clauses,262.Adverbial objective,48,242.Adverbs, betweentoand infinitive,323.classes of,185,187.definition of,184.distinguished from adjectives,190.how to parse,191.position of, in sentence,325.same form as adjectives,190.syntax of,325.used as adjectives,116.used as nouns,27.what they modify,183.Adversative conjunction,194.After, uses of,114,195,207.Against, uses of,207.Agreement, kinds of,275.of adjective with noun,303.of personal pronoun with antecedent,287.of relative pronoun with antecedent,291.of verb with subject,148,316.All, syntax of,302.Alms,42.Alternative conjunctions,194,328.Among, between,207,331.An. SeeA.Anacoluthon withwhich,295.Analysis, definition of,231.of complex sentences,264.of compound sentences,271.of simple sentences,252.And who,and which,296.Antecedent, agreement of pronoun and. SeeAgreement.definition of,74.ofit,67.of personal pronouns,74,287.ofwhich,79.Any, as adjective,101.as pronoun,90.syntax of,300.Apostrophe in possessive,51.Apposition, words in,47,49,67,240.Are, derivation of,150.Arrangement in syntax,275.Articles, definite,120.definition of,120.how to parse,127.indefinite,124.syntax of,309.As, aftersame,294.uses of,84,225.As if,as though,198.At, uses of,208.Auxiliary verbs,148.Bad, comparison of,110.Be, conjugation of,149.uses of,150.Better,best,110,111.Between.SeeAmong.Brethren,39.Bridegroom,37.But, uses of,84,224.with nominative of pronoun,283.But what,330.By, uses of,210.Can,could,161.Case, definition of,46.Case, double possessive, of nouns,54.of pronouns,64.forms, number of, in Old and Modern English,46.nominative, of nouns,47.of pronouns,62,279.objective, of nouns,48.of pronouns,66,279.possessive, of nouns,49,278.of pronouns,63.syntax of,278.Cause, clauses of,262.conjunctions of,194,195.Cherub, plurals of,45.Children,39.Clause, adjective,260.adverb,262.definition of,257.kinds of,257.noun,258.Cleave, forms of,158.Clomb,157.Cloths,clothes,43.Collective nouns,18.syntax of, and verb,312,315.Colloquial English,12.Common nouns,18.derived from material,24.derived from proper,23.Comparative and superlative, double,113,307.syntax of,307.Comparison, defective,111.definition of,108.degrees of,108.irregular,110.of adjectives,107.of adverbs,189.syntax of,305.Complement of predicate,239.Complementary infinitive,248.Complex sentence, analysis of,264.definition of,257.Compound nouns, plural of,43.possessive of,53.Compound predicate and subject,244.Compound sentence,268.analysis of,271.Concessive clause, in analysis,263.with subjunctive,143.Concord. SeeAgreement.Conditional clause, in analysis,263.with subjunctive,138.Conditional conjunctions,196.Conditional sentences,139.Conjugation, definition of,149.ofbe,149.of other verbs,151.Conjunctions, and other parts of speech, same words,195,207.coördinate,194.correlative,194.definition of,193.how to parse,199.subordinate,195.syntax of,328.Conjunctive adverbs,188.Conjunctive pronoun. SeeRelative pronoun.Contracted sentences, analysis of,255.Coördinate clauses,269.Coördinate conjunctions. SeeConjunctions.Coördinatingvs.restrictive use of relative pronouns,289.Copulative conjunction,194.Could.SeeCan.Dative case, in Old English, replaced by objective,66.Declarative sentence,231.Declension of interrogative pronouns,73.Declension, of nouns,51.of personal pronouns,60.of relative pronouns,80.Defective verbs,160.Definite article. SeeArticles.Definite tenses,148,152.Degree, adverbs of,185.Degrees. SeeComparison.Demonstrative adjectives,102.syntax of,303.Demonstrative pronouns,90.Dependent clause. SeeSubordinate clause.Descriptive adjectives,99.Descriptive use of nouns,26.Dice,dies,43.Die by,for,from,of,with,333.Direct discourse,320.Direct object,vs.indirect,48,242.retained with passive verb,242.Distributive adjectives,102.syntax of,287,315.Distributive pronouns,91.syntax of,288,300.Double comparative. SeeComparative.Double possessive. SeeCase.Drake,duck,35.Drank,drunk,158.Each, adjective,102.pronoun,90,92.syntax of,287.Each other,one another,92,299.Eat(ĕt),158.Eaves,42.Either, as adjective,102.syntax of,287.as conjunction,194.syntax of,328.as pronoun,90,92.syntax of,300.Elder,older,110,112.Elements of the sentence,234,257.Ellipsis, a source of error in pronouns,280.in complex sentence,255.'Em, origin of,62.Empress,34.-En, added to plural,39.feminine suffix,32.plural suffix, original,38.English, literary, spoken, vulgar,12.periods of,33.Enlargement of predicate,241.of subject, object, complement,240.-Esoriginal of possessive ending,51.plural suffix,40.-Ess, feminine suffix,33.Every, adjective,102.syntax of,287.Expect of,expect from,334.Expected to have gone, etc.,319.Factitive object,48,235.Farther, further,110,112,189.Feminine,30.Few, a few,126.First,103,112.First two,two first, etc.,308.Fish,fishes,43.For, redundant, with infinitive, used as a noun,212,238.uses of,211.Foreign plurals,45.Former, the, adjective,102.pronoun,91.From, uses of,212.Further.SeeFarther.Future tense,147,152.Future perfect,148,152.Gander,goose,36.Gender, "common gender,"31.definition of,30.distinguished from sex,30.in English, as compared with other languages,29.modes of marking, in nouns,32.of personal pronouns,60.of relative pronouns,80.Genii,geniuses,43.Gerund, distinguished from participle and verbal noun,177.forms of,176.in syntax, possessive case with,285.Girl,35.Got,159.Government, definition of, kinds of,275.Grammar, basis of,12.definition of,12.divisions of,13.opinions on,9.province of,10.H,anbefore,120.Had better,had rather,175.Hanged,hung,159.He,she,it,61.Hisforits,61.Husband,36.I, personal pronoun,60.Imperative mood,144.of first person,145.Imperative sentence,231.Imperfect participle,173.Indefinite adjective,101.Indefinite article. SeeArticles.Indefinite pronoun,93.Indefinite use ofyou,your,67.Independent clause,257.Independent elements,245.Indexes,indices,43.Indicative mood, uses of,136.Indirect discourse,320.Indirect object. SeeDirect object.Indirect questions. SeeQuestions.Infinitive, active, with passive meaning,176.not a mood,153.syntax of,319,323.uses of,248.-Ingwords, summary of,178.Interjections,227.Interrogative adjectives,105.Interrogative adverbs,188.Interrogative pronouns,72.declension of,73.in indirect questions,85.syntax of,283.Interrogative sentence,231,233.Intransitive verbs,131.made transitive,131.Irregularities in syntax,276.Irregularly compared adjectives,110.adverbs,189.It, uses of,67."It wasme," etc.,63,281.Its, history of,61.Kind,these kind, etc.,303.Kine, double plural,39.King,queen,36.Lady,lord,36.Last,latest,110,113.Latter, the, adjective,102,113.pronoun,91.Lay,lie,170.Less,lesser,110.Lie. SeeLay.Like, syntax of,227.uses of,226.Literary English,12.Little,a little,126.Logicvs.form, in syntax,276.Logical subject and predicate,245.Lord.SeeLady.-Ly, words in,190.Madam,36.Manner, adverbs of,185,188.conjunctions of,195.Many, comparison of,110,112.Many a,126.Mapping out sentences,256,265.Mare,36.Master,mistress,34.May,might,160.Means, construction of,41.Mightyas adverb,187.Mine, ofmine,64.Modifier, adverb, position of,325.Modifiers. SeeEnlargement.Mood, definition of,135.imperative,144.indicative,136,137.subjunctive, 137-144.-Most, in superlatives,113,114,189.Much, comparison of,110,112,189.Must,161.Near,nearer,nigh, etc.,110,112.Negative, double,326.Neither, adjective,102.