Index:Manual of English Grammar and Composition 1898.djvu

Title	Manual of English Grammar and Composition
Author	John Collinson Nesfield
Year	1898
Publisher	Macmillan and Company
Location	London
Source	djvu
Progress	To be proofread
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CONTENTS

1. PART I.— PARSING AND ANALYSIS.

2. CHAP.

   PAGE

3. 1.

   Analysis in Outline ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

4. 2.

   The Parts Speech In Outline: Phrases ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   7

5. 1. The Parts of Speech. 2. Classification of Phrases.

6. 3.

   Nouns ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   16

7. 1. The kinds of Nouns. 2. Gender. 3. Number. 4. Case.

8. 4.

   Adjectives ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   26

9. 1. The kinds of Adjectives. 2. The two Uses of Adjectives. 3. Comparison of Adjectives.

10. 5.

    Pronouns ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    31

11. 1. Personal Pronouns. 2. Demonstrative Pronouns. 3. Relative or Conjunctive Pronouns. 4. Interrogative Pronoun.

12. 6.

    Verbs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    39

13. 1. The kinds of Verbs. 2. Transitive Verbs. 3. Intransitive Verbs. 4. Auxiliary Verbs. 5. Active and Passive Voices. 6. Complete Conjugation of a Verb in the Finite Moods. 7. Indicative Mood. 8. Imperative Mood. 9. Subjunctive Mood. 10. Infinitive Mood. 11. Participles. 12. Gerunds and Verbal Nouns. 13. The Strong and Weak Conjugations. 14. Defective, Irregular, and Impersonal Verbs.

14. 7.

    Adverbs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    70

15. 1. The Functions of Adverbs. 2. The kinds of Adverbs. 3. Comparison of Adverbs. 4. Verbs compounded with Adverbs. 5. The two Uses of Adverbs

16. 8.

    Prepostions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    75

17. 9.

    Conjunctions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    78

18. 1. Co-ordinative Conjunctions. 2. Subordinative Conjunctions.

19. 10.

    Interjections ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    80

20. 11.

    The Same Word as Different Parts of Speech ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    81

21. 12.

    Syntax and Parsing ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    84

22. 13.

    Analysis in Detail ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    93

23. 1. Sentences Simple, Compound, and Complex. 2. Scheme of Analysis in Detail. 3. Degrees of Subordination.

24. Examples in Parsing and Analysis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    107

25. Examples in Direct and Iindirect Narration ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    114

26. PART II.— COMPOSITION : FORCE AND PROPRIETY
    OF DICTION.

27. 14.

    Punctation, or the Right Use of Stops ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    118

28. 15.

    The Normal Order of Words ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    126

29. CHAP.

    PAGE

30. 16.

    Inversion of the Normal Order: Emphasis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    135

31. 17.

    Structure of Sentences ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    141

32. 18.

    Purity of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    150

33. 19.

    Propriety of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    156

34. 1. Common Errors in the Use of Common Words. 2. Words used in Wrong Senses or Wrong Connections.

35. 20.

    Plurals in Special Senses ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    176

36. 21.

    Perspicuity or Clearness of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    178

37. 1. Grammatical Precautions. 2. The Obscure. 3. The Double Meaning.

38. 21.

    Simplicity or Ease of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    189

39. 22.

    Breveity of Terseness of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    195

40. 23.

    Elegance of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    204

41. PART III.-ENLARGEMENT OF VOCABULARY:
    FIGURES OF SPEECH.

42. 24.

    Enlargment by Compostion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    210

43. 1.Unrelated or Juxta-positional Compounds. 2. Related or Syntactical Compounds.

44. 25.

    Enlargment by Prefixes and Suffixes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    214

45. 1. Teutonic Prefixes. 2. Teutonic Suffixes. 3. Romanic Prefixes. 4. Romanic Suffixes. 5. Greek Prefixes. 6. Greek Suffixes. 7. Some General Results, with Questions.

46. 26.

    Figures of Rhetoric ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    230

47. 27.

    Enlargement of Vocabulary by Metaphor and Metonmy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    252

48. PART IV. PROSE AND POETRY.

49. 28.

    Main Divisiions of Prose-Composition ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    266

50. 1. Classification according to Matter. 2. Classification according to Form.

51. 29.

    Prosody and Poetic Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    284

52. 1. Prosody. 2. Poetic Diction.

53. 30.

    Main Divisions of Poetry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    296

54. PART V. HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE.

55. 31.

    Origin and Growth of English ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    304

56. 1. English and Cognate Languages. 2. Old English. 3. Middle English. 4. Modern English.

57. 32.

    Borrowings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    319

58. 1. Celtic. 2. Danish or Later Scandian. 3. Dutch. 4. Latin. 5. French. 6. Greek. 7. Modern Borrowings : Miscellaneous.

59. 33.

    Notes On Affixes and Accidence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    333

60. 1. Origin of Teutonic Affixes. 2. Noun Forms. 3. Adjective Forms. 4. Pronoun Forms. 5. Verb Forms.

61. Index of Subjects and Selected Words

    343