AN ADVANCED ENGLISH GRAMMAR
WITH EXERCISES

PREFACE

This grammar is intended for students who have alreadyreceived instruction in the rudiments. Still, every such textbookmust begin at the beginning. Part One, therefore, whichoccupies pp. 1–24, gives a succinct treatment of the Parts ofSpeech in the Sentence and of their substitutes, the Phraseand the Clause, concluding with a Summary of Definitions.Thus it clears the way for what follows, and may be utilizedas a review, if the student needs to refresh his memory.

Part Two deals specifically and fully with Inflections andSyntax (pp. 25–182). It includes also a chapter on the use ofsubordinate clauses as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs (pp. 157–162),as well as a chapter in which such clauses are logicallyclassified in accordance with their particular offices in theexpression of thought (pp. 163–182).

Part Three (pp. 183–226) develops the subject of Analysisin its natural order, first explaining how sentences are puttogether, and then illustrating the process by which they maybe resolved into their constituent parts. Modifiers and Complementsare classified, and the so-called Independent Elementsare discussed. There is added a special chapter on Combinationsof Clauses, in which the grammatical and logical relationsof coördination and subordination are set forth, and their functionsin the effective use of language are considered. Thisportion of the book, it is hoped, will be especially useful tostudents of English composition.

The Appendix furnishes lists of verbs, tables of conjugation,rules for capitals and marks of punctuation, a summaryof important rules of syntax, and a brief history of the Englishlanguage.

The Exercises (pp. 227–290) are collected at the end of thetext, so as not to break continuity. References prefixed toeach, as well as page-numbers in the Table of Contents, enablethe teacher to attach them, at will, to the topics which theyconcern. The passages for parsing, analysis, etc., have beencarefully selected from a wide range of eminent British andAmerican writers. The name of the author is often appendedto the quotation, when the passage is particularly noteworthyeither for its contents or its form. In most cases, however, thishas not been done; but the student may always feel confidentthat he is occupying himself with specimens of English as actuallycomposed by distinguished authors. The constructiveexercises call particular attention to those matters in whicherror is especially prevalent.

An advanced grammar must aim to be serviceable in twoways. It should afford the means for continuous and systematicstudy of the subject or of any part of it; and it should alsobe us

BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!

Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!