| Glossary of Grammatical Terms | p. ix |
| Principal Elements of the Sentence | p. 1 |
| Verb | p. 1 |
| Subject | p. 1 |
| Direct Object | p. 2 |
| Complement | p. 2 |
| Indirect Object | p. 7 |
| Modifiers | p. 8 |
| Multiple-word Modifiers | p. 9 |
| Clauses | p. 16 |
| Phrases | p. 17 |
| Nouns and Articles | p. 19 |
| Nouns | p. 19 |
| Noun Functions | p. 21 |
| Types of Nouns | p. 28 |
| Plural Forms of Nouns | p. 31 |
| Possessive Forms of Nouns | p. 32 |
| Collective Nouns | p. 33 |
| Noun Clauses | p. 35 |
| Articles | p. 36 |
| Definite Article | |
| Omission of the Definite Article | |
| Indefinite Article | |
| Choosing Between a and an | |
| Verbs and Verbals | p. 38 |
| Verbs | p. 38 |
| Predicate | p. 39 |
| Transitive and Intransitive Verbs | p. 40 |
| Copulative (Linking) Verbs | p. 41 |
| Auxiliary Verbs | p. 42 |
| Shall and Will | |
| Should and Would | |
| Mood | p. 44 |
| Uses of the Subjunctive Mood | |
| Voice | p. 48 |
| Number | p. 48 |
| Agreement of Subject and Verb | |
| Compound Subjects and Their Verbs | |
| Collective Nouns and Their Verbs | |
| Person | p. 54 |
| Tense | p. 54 |
| Principal Parts of the Verb | |
| Selection of Tense | |
| Agreement of Tenses | |
| Present Tense for Ideas True for All Time | |
| Consistency of Verbs | p. 62 |
| Consistency of Voice | |
| Consistency of Person | |
| Consistency of Tense | |
| Consistency of Mood | |
| Verbals | p. 64 |
| Infinitive | p. 64 |
| Infinitive Phrases | |
| Tenses of the Infinitive | |
| Split Infinitives | |
| Participle | p. 69 |
| Tenses of the Participle | |
| Gerund | p. 71 |
| Verbals Used as Modifiers | p. 73 |
| Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers | p. 73 |
| Dangling Participles | |
| Misplaced Participles | |
| Dangling Infinitives | |
| Auxiliary Verbs and Infinitives in Compound Constructions | p. 75 |
| Auxiliary Verbs | |
| Infinitives | |
| Parallel Structure and Verb Forms | p. 77 |
| Pronouns | p. 79 |
| Types of Pronouns | p. 82 |
| Personal and Impersonal Pronouns | |
| Relative Pronouns | |
| Demonstrative Pronouns | |
| Interrogative Pronouns | |
| Reflexive Pronouns | |
| Intensive Pronouns | |
| Reciprocal Pronouns | |
| Indefinite Pronouns | |
| Pronoun Agreement | p. 93 |
| Plural and Singular Antecedents | |
| Antecedents Joined by And, Or, or Nor | |
| Collective Nouns | |
| Singular Pronouns as Antecedents | |
| Pronouns in the Subjective Case | p. 97 |
| Pronouns in the Objective Case | p. 98 |
| Pronouns as Objects of Verbals | |
| Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions | |
| Pronouns in the Possessive Case | p. 100 |
| Pronouns as Appositives | p. 100 |
| Adjectives | p. 102 |
| Types of Adjectives | p. 102 |
| Limiting Adjectives | |
| Predicate Adjectives | |
| Position of Adjectives | p. 105 |
| Comparison of Adjectives | p. 106 |
| Adjective Phrases | p. 107 |
| Adjective Clauses | p. 107 |
| Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Adjective Clauses | |
| That and Which with Adjective Clauses | |
| Nouns Used as Adjectives | p. 110 |
| Adjectives Used as Nouns | |
| Participles as Adjectives | p. 111 |
| Dangling Participles | |
| Infinitives as Adjectives | p. 113 |
| Adverbs | p. 115 |
| Recognizing Adverbs | p. 116 |
| Adverbs Ending in -ly | |
| Recognizing Adverbs by Their Functions | |
| Distinguishing Adverbs from Adjectives | p. 119 |
| Comparison of Adverbs | p. 120 |
| Nouns and Phrases Used as Adverbs | p. 121 |
| Adverbial Clauses | p. 122 |
| Conjunctive Adverbs | p. 124 |
| Intensifiers | p. 125 |
| Infinitives as Adverbs | p. 126 |
| Prepositions and Conjunctions | p. 128 |
| Prepositions | p. 128 |
| Commonly Used Prepositions | |
| Object of Preposition | |
| Differentiating Prepositions from Other Parts of Speech | |
| Prepositional Phrases as Modifiers | |
| Conjunctions | p. 135 |
| Answers | p. 137 |
| Index | p. 151 |
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