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But, 369, 930, p. 316.
By, p. 317.

Capital letters, 90.

Caret, 119.

Case, apposition and predication, 508-
520; definition of, 451; nominative,
456-469; objective, 490–505; posses-
sive, 472-485.
Certain, 760.
Checks, 1046.

Classes and properties of the parts of
speech, p. 107.
Clauses, abridged, 271-274; definition
of, 51; how introduced, 248; position
of, 927-929; punctuation of, 95; un-
abridged, 270; uses of, 253-257, 275,
276.
Colon, IOI.
Comma, 95.

Comparison, adjectives not compared,
777; comparative degree, 770; defini-
tion of, 313; degrees of, 768; double
comparatives, 776; irregular, 787; of
adjectives, 767-788; of adverbs, 827-
830; positive degree, 769; rules for
expressing, 780-786; superlative de-

gree, 773-775.

Complements, definition of, 156; kinds
of, 172; position of, 518, 519.
Composition, definition of, 87; material
for, 88; miscellaneous subjects for,
1048; rules, 89; suggestions for compo-
sition classes, p. 350.

| Correlatives, 963; antecedent term of,
964; list of, 966; position of, 967; sub-
sequent term of, 965.

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Elements of sentences, 143, 144; ele-
ments of speech, p. 7.
Else, 480, 760, 798, p. 327.
Enough, 836, p. 317.
Errors of speech, p. 317.
Essays, 1027.

Etymology, grammatical, 74; of gram-

matical terms, p. 349.
Every, 760, p. 317.
Exclamation point, 65, 109.

Conjugation, 313; definition of, 716; of Expletives, p. 318.

be, 718; of see, 721.

Conjunctions, cautions, 960; classes of
coördinate, 954; classes of subordinate,
955; coördinate, 47, 950; correlatives,
963-967; definition of, 46, 948; pars-
ing, 974; position of, 951, 953; rules
for, 968-973; subordinate, 54, 952;
uses of, 226-228.

Conjunctive pronouns, 355; adjectives,
748, 4; adverbs, 820, 2; p. 317.
Construction, 147, note; of sentences,
552; rules of, p. 345.
Constructions, abbreviated, 1001-1008;
irregular, 1009-1011; mathematical,
1013-1026; poetical, 1012.
Contractions, 80-82.

Far, p. 318.

Farewell, p. 318.
Few, 756, 760.

Figures of speech, 293, 294; apostrophe,
295,8; cautions, 296; hyperbole, 295, 6;
irony, 295, 7; metaphor, 295, 2; me-
tonymy, 295, 3; personification, 295, 5;
394 395; simile, 295, 1; synecdoche,
295, 4.
First, p. 318.
For, p. 318.

Foreign expressions, 287, 10; 291.
Forms of tenses, common, 695; defini-
tion of, 694; emphatic, 696; passive,
698; progressive, 697.

Forms of verbals, 883-885; infinitive,
884; participial, 885.
Full, p. 318.

Gender, common, 388, 393; definition of,
383; feminine, 387; how applied, 384;
how sex is distinguished, 396; in other
languages, 395, note; masculine, 386;
neuter, 389; note on, p. 318; of col-
lective nouns, 391; of personified
nouns, 394, 395; sex disregarded, 392.
Gerund, p. 319.

Grammar, definition of, 72, p. 319; divi-
sions of, 74.

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duction to, 212; of application, 264;
of friendship, 262; parts of, 191; salu-
tation, 214; signature, 232; super-
scription, 243; titles used in, 213.
Like, 814, note; p. 321.
Little, 760, 815, p. 321.
Low, p. 321.

Make, p. 321.

Many, 756; many a, 760.
Mathematical constructions, 1013; alge-
braic and geometric expressions, 1023,
etc.; fundamental rules, 1019, etc.;
numbers, 1015, etc.

Methinks, meseems, 703, p. 321.
Modify, 25, 26; modifiers, 27, p. 321.
Mood, definition of, 626; imperative, 639-
643; indicative, 628-631; infinitive,
644-647; participial, 648-650; poten-
tial, 636-638, p. 323; subjunctive, 632-
635; tenses of each mood, 658–692;
used interrogatively, 631, 638.
More, p. 321.

Names, abbreviations of, p. 348; of days
of week, 15; of months and seasons,
15; particular, 12, 14.

Narratives, 808, 998.

Near, p. 321; nearly, p. 322.
Needs, p. 322.

Neither, 374; 819, 9, note; 966.
No, p. 322.

Notes, miscellaneous, p. 315; on con-
junctive adverbs, p. 317; on factitive
predicate, p. 318; on gender, p. 318;
on gerund, p. 319; on infinitives,
p. 320; on non-finite verbs and verbals,
p. 322; on participles, p. 322; on po-
sition, p. 323; on potential mood,
p. 323; on properties, p. 324; on strong
and weak verbs, p. 325.

Notes of invitation, etc., 280.

Nouns, abstract, 330; adverbial objects,
183, 497, 501; appositive, 153, 508-
520; case of, 451, etc.; classes of,
320-330; clauses used as, 257, 276;
collective, 329; common, 323-327;
common become proper, 326-328;
compound, 334; declension of, 528;
definition of, 8, 316; derivative, 335;
direct objects, 166, 167, 493, 499, 500;

gender of, 382-403; indirect objects,
174-181, 496, 499; material, 324; num-
ber of, 412-441; objective predicate,
170, 508; objects of prepositions, 185,
498, 503; parsing of, 541-544; person
of, 404-410; phrases used as, 240;
position of, 458, 475, 499, 516; posses-
sive, 150, 472-485; proper, 321, 327,
328; proper become common, 325;
properties of, 381; rules for, p. 345;
subject of verb, 145, 456; subjective
predicate, 159, 162; used absolutely,
164, 467-469; used as complements,
155, 156, 159, 162, 164, 166; used in-
dependently, 187, 464-466; uses of,
145, etc.

Number, definition of, 413; irregular
plurals, 426, 445; of collective nouns,
439; of foreign nouns, 440, 441; of
letters, figures, and signs, 421; of
nouns and pronouns, 412, etc.; of pro-
nouns, 445-448; of this and that,
792; of verbs, 700-708; plural, 417;
plurals of compound nouns, 430; plu-
ral nouns, 438; plurals of proper
nouns, 430; rules for, 419-421; singu-
lar, 416; singular nouns, 437.

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Parts of speech, definition of, 68; enu-
meration of, 69, 301; how determined,
70; inflection of, 312; properties of,
311.
Period, 103.

Personification, 296, 394, 395.
Person of nouns and pronouns, defini-
tion of, 405; first, 408; second, 409;
third, 410.

Person of verbs, 700–709.
Phrase adverbs, 815.

Phrases, definition of, 38; position of,
927-929; punctuation of, 95, 4, 5; uses
of, 235-241.
Pleonasm, 466.

Poetical constructions, 1012.
Position of parts of speech, 73, p. 323.
Predicate, definition of, 21; incom-
plete, 157, 172; grammatical and
logical, 144; of sentence, 147; verb,

21.

Predicate adjectives, factitive, p. 318;
objective, 200; subjective, 193, 196.
Predicate nouns and pronouns, objec-
tive, 170; position of, 518-520; rules
for, 510-512; subjective, 159, 162;
verbs used with objective, 171.
Prefixes, 307, 335, 606, 762, p. 358.
Prepositions, cautions, 921; definition of,
39, 916; list of, 930, 931; object of,
40, 917, 918; object of, omitted, 920;
parsing of, 934; position of, 924, etc.;
rules for, 932, 933; words combined
with, 292.
Professor, 213, 216.
Promissory notes, 1043.

Pronouns, adjective, 371-378; anteced-
ent of, 339, 524; declension of, 530-
534; definition of, 9, 337; case of, 451,
etc.; classes of, 343; classes of adjec-
tive, 378; compound conjunctive, 358,
359; compound personal, 346, 347;
conjunctive, 355-370; interrogative,
351-354; gender of, 382-396; number
of, 445-448; parsing of, 541-544; per-
sonal, 344-346; person of, 404-410;
position of (see nouns, Index); rela-
tive, 356-370; rules for, p. 345; uses
of (see uses of nouns).

Participles, see mood and verbals; also Properties, definition of, 310; number of,

p. 322.

how determined, p. 324; of adjectives

and adverbs, 767; of nouns, 381; of | Spelling, rules for, 315.
verbs, 608; of verbals, 873.
Punctuation, definition of, 93; members
of a sentence, 95, 10; 101, 2; of ap-
positive nouns and adjective clauses,
95, 3; of declarative and imperative
sentences, 103; of elliptical expres-
sions, 95, 8; of exclamations, 109; of
interrogative sentences, 106; principal
points, 94.

Statements, 4; combined, 566; empha-
sized, 564; punctuation of, 4; sepa-
rated, 568.

Questions, 5.

Quotation marks, 113.

Reading, course of, p. 362.

Receipts, 1040.

Redundancy, examples of, 287. 7.
Reference marks, 120.
Responsives, affirmative, 981; classes of,
980; definition of, 62, 978; negative,
982; parsing of, 984; rule for, 983.
Rules, for spelling, 315; of construction,
P. 345.

Selection of words, 287.
Semicolon, 98.

Sentences, abbreviated, 1001; analysis
of, 140, etc.; classes of, 125, 134; com-
plex, 127; commands made less em-
phatic, 562; composition of, 570-574;
compound, 128; construction of, 552;
contracted compound, 130; declara-
tive, 135; definition of, 2, 123; ex-
clamatory, 138; elements of, 142-144;
elliptical, 1002; first word of, 3; im-
perative, 137; interrogative, 136; mem-
bers of, 129; partial compound, 131;
phraseology changed, 555; predicate
of, 21, 594; rules for construction, 552,
553; simple, 126; statements com-
bined, 556; statements emphasized,
564; statements separated, 568; struc-
ture changed, 553; subject of, 21, 144;
suggestions for writing, 575; thoughts
expressed by, 571-574.
Shall, 609, 712, 713, p. 324.
Short stories, 1035.

Should, 609, 714, 715.

Signs, 317.

Slang phrases, 287, 5.
So, p. 324.

Style, old or solemn, 350.
Subject, grammatical and logical, 144;
of sentence, 21, 22, 147; of verb, 20,
145; position of, 458–463.
Subordinate conjunctives, position of,
953; rules for, 971-973; uses of, 247-
251; words used as, 249.

Substantives, 10.

Suffixes, 308, 335, 606, 762, p. 358.
Suggestions, for composition classes, p.
350; to teachers, p. 6.
Sundry, 760.

Synopsis, definition of, 717; of be, 719.
Syntax, 74.

Tautology, examples of, 287, 7.
Tense, definition of, 654; forms of, 693-
697; future, 670; future perfect, 671;
how expressed, 656, 657; number and
form, 658, 659; of verbals, 888-894;
past, 667, 677, 682; past perfect, 669,
678, 683; past tense of verbals, 892;
present, 664, 665, 675, 680, 688, 691;
present perfect, 666, 676, 681, 686, 689,
692; present perfect tense of verbals,
891; present tense of verbals, 890;
simple and relative, 672, 673; use in
each mood, 663-692.
Than, 370, 955, 960, 965.

That, 364-366, 375, 532, 534, 792, p. 324.
The, 750-759, p. 324.
Then, p. 325.
There, 206; 819, 2, 10.
This, 375, 534, 792.
Thou, 349, 350.
Thought, 67, 571-574.
Till, p. 325.

Titles, capitalized, 90, 6; list of, p. 347.
Transposition, 73.

Twofold use of words, p. 325.

Up with it, etc., 813.

Verb phrase, p. 325.

Verbs, auxiliary, 609; classes according
to form, 582; classes as related to
objects, 597; classes as related to sub-

jects, 591; conjugation of, 718-721;
complements of, 172; compound, 604,
etc.; defective, 586; definition of, 18,
578; derivative, 606, etc.; finite, 592;
intransitive, 599; irregular, 584; list
of irregular, 587; mood of, 626-650;
non-finite, 593; parsing of, 727; per-
son and number of, 700-703; position
of, 458-462; principal parts of, 581;
properties of, 608; redundant, 585;
regular, 583; rules for, 704-709; strong
and weak, p. 325; subject of, 20;
synopsis of, 717, 719; tense of, 654-
698; transitive, 598; voice of, 611-622.
Verbals, adjective use of, 221, 900; ad-
verbial use of, 223, 901; classes of,
856, 861, 867; complements of, 162,
164, 196, 198; definite, 862; definition
of, 58, 854; form of, 883-885; indefi-
nite, 864; irregular, 858; intransitive,
869; noun use of, 219, 896; objects of,
871; parsing of, 907; position of, 903;
properties of, 873; regular, 857; re-
mark, p. 325; special rule for, 905;
tense of, 888-894; transitive, 868; uses
of, 219-225, 896-904; voice of, 875-
880.

Very, 760, p. 325.

Vocabulary, how acquired, 287, 11.
Voice, active, 613; active voice of verbals,

876, 878; definition of, 611; of verbals,
875-880; passive, 614; passive voice
form, 616; passive voice of verbals,
877, 879; passive voice form of verbals,
880; subject of passive verb, 615, 620-
622; tests for passive, 616, note; use
of passive, 618.

Was laughed at, 622.
Weigh, p. 325.
Well, p. 325.

What, 354, 363, 760, p. 325.
Which, 362, 365, 760, p. 326.
While, p. 326.

Who, 361, 365, p. 326.
Will, 609, 712, 713, p. 326.
Words, classed according to form, 303;
compound, 305; derivative, 306; sim-
ple, 304; classed according to use, 69,
70; combined with prepositions, 292;
composition and derivation of, 302;
frequently misused, 287, 1; ideas ex-
pressed by, 67, 285; rules for selecting,
287; use of, 285.
Worth, p. 326.

Would, 609, 714, p. 326.

Yesterday, p. 326.

Yet, p. 326.

Yon, yonder, 760.

TYPOGRAPHY BY J. S. CUSHING & Co., NORWOOD, MASS.

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