ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
SIMPLIFIED
Blanche Ellsworth
John A. Higgins
i HarperCollinsCollegePublishersPREFACE xii
GRAMMAR
G-1 Sentence 1
1. Main parts
A. Subject
B. Predicate
2. Pattern
3. Classification
A. By purpose
B. By structure
G-2 Parts of Speech 2
. Nouns; pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives; adverbs
Conjunctions; prepositions
. Interjections
. Words as different parts of speech
Pores
G-3 Nouns 7
1. Kinds
2. Uses
. Subject
. Complement
. Object of preposition
. Appositive
. Direct address
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G-4 Verbs 9
1. Identifying
2. Kinds
3. Correct use
A. Principal parts
B. Tenses
C. Agreement
D. Verbals
4. Errors
Tense shift
. Needless passive
. Mood shift
. Irregular verbs
. Similar meaning or spelling
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G-5 Adjectives and Adverbs 17
1. Correct use
A. Adverbs
B. Adjectives after linking verbs
C. Good and well, bad and badly
D. Comparative and superlative
2. Errors
G-6 Pronouns 19
1, Kinds
2. Case
A. Nominative
B. Objective
C. Nominative-objective problems
D. Possessive
E. Who and whom
F. Relative pronouns
3. Faulty reference
G-7 Phrases 25
1. Prepositional
2. Verbal
A. Infinitive
B. Participial
C. Gerund
G-8 Clauses 26
1. Kinds
2. Dependent
A. Adjective
B. Adverb
C. Noun
3. In sentences
G-9 Agreement 29
1, Subject-verb
. Person
Number
. Intervening words
Two or more subjects
. Singular pronouns
. Collective nouns
. Linking verbs
|. Singular nouns in plural form
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