An English Grammar. James Witt Sewell

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664130013

Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION.

       PART I.

       THE PARTS OF SPEECH .

       NOUNS.

       INFLECTIONS OF NOUNS.

       GENDER.

       I. Gender shown by Prefixes.

       II. Gender shown by Suffixes.

       III. Gender shown by Different Words.

       Personification.

       NUMBER.

       I. Plurals formed by the Suffix -en .

       II. Plurals formed by Vowel Change.

       III. Plurals formed by Adding -s or -es.

       Special Lists.

       CASE.

       I. Uses of the Nominative.

       II. Uses of the Objective.

       III. Uses of the Possessive.

       Case Inflection.

       Special Remarks on the Possessive Case.

       HOW TO PARSE NOUNS.

       MODEL FOR PARSING.

       PRONOUNS.

       PERSONAL PRONOUNS..

       FORMS OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

       Remarks on These Forms.

       CASES OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

       I The Nominative.

       II. The Possessive.

       III. The Objective.

       SPECIAL USES OF PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

       REFLEXIVE OR COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

       INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.

       DECLENSION OF INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.

       RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

       REMARKS ON THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

       DECLENSION OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

       HOW TO PARSE RELATIVES.

       INDEFINITE RELATIVES.

       OTHER WORDS USED AS RELATIVES.

       PRONOUNS IN INDIRECT QUESTIONS.

       OMISSION OF THE RELATIVES.

       ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS.

       DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

       DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS.

       NUMERAL PRONOUNS.

       INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.

       HOW TO PARSE PRONOUNS.

       ADJECTIVES.

       DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES.

       ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY.

       DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES.