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he and his competitor, Higginbotham, had broken the tie by each parsing a certain sentence." The sentence was, "I love to run.” Higginbotham's solution was:

"I"-subject

"love" - predicate

"to run"-infinitive phrase modifying the meaning of the verb "love."

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The examining committee preferred Pershing's solution. Thus, by a single point, young Pershing won the competitive examination and secured the appointment.

INDEX

Adjectives, 24, 214; and adverbs, 215;

as nouns, 214; choice of, 26;
clauses used as, 216; comparison
of, 28, 217, 218; definition of,
116; kinds of, 214; methods of
comparison of, 217; phrases used
as, 146, 215; the comparative
degree, definition of, 217; the su-
perlative degree, definition of, 217
Adverbs, 35; and adjectives, 273; as
modifiers, 271; comparison of, 36,
272; definition of, 118; kinds of,
271; misplaced, 274; of degree,
272; of manner, 272; of place,
272; of time, 271

Adverbial phrases, 146

tive, 182; as subject, 181; as
subject complement, 182; of
address, 182; uses of, 181:
objective, 180, 186; as adverbial
objective, 188; as appositive
189; as direct object, 186; as
indirect object, 187; as object
of preposition, 188; uses of, 186:
possessive, 180, 185

Clauses, adjective, 155, 206; adverbial,
152; dependent, 152; definitions
of, 149, 152; independent, 148,
149; noun, 154
Colon, The, 110
Comma, 112
Comparisons, 45

Analysis, definition of, 284; of simple | Composition, kinds of, 316

sentences, 284; of compound
sentences, 286; of complex sen-
tences, 289

Antecedent, The, definition of, 156
Apostrophe, with s, 21, 185
Apposition, 139

Appositive, 182; definition of, 139
Articles, repetition of, 216

Autobiography, of Lincoln, 307; of
Pendexter, 310

Conjugation of verbs, defined, 235
conjugation of love, 237
conjugation of sing, 236
conjugation of speak, 225, 229
forms of to be, 230, 238, 249
Conjugations, coördinate, 280; defi-
nition of, 37, 119; kinds of, 279;
subordinate, 280

Declension, 180; of who, 203
Description, 47, 320

Biographical sketches, how to write, Double negative, The, 273

314

Biography, 307; services of, 307; of Envelope, The, 303

Peter Cooper, 311

Bolshevik? What is a, 328

Case, 179; nominative, 180; nomi-
native absolute, 183; as apposi-

Exchange of letters and products, 68
Exclamation point, The, 113
Exposition, 327; art of, 331

Football game in school paper, 75

Gender, definition of, 167; denoted by
different word, 168; ways of de-
noting, 167

Indirect questions, 206
Indirect quotations, 94
Infinitives, definition of, 261; forms
of, 262; how differing from par-
ticiples, 265
Interjections, definition of, 43, 119;
nature of, 281; not to be over-
used, 282; Oh and O, 281
Interrogation point, The, 113

Letters, 294; business, 300; com-
pared, 294; formal, 299; in
lighter vein, 296; of Thomas
Hood, 297; of Thomas Huxley,
296; of Stonewall Jackson, 295;
of Abraham Lincoln, 294;
of
Sydney Smith, 298; of Kaiser
William, 295; parts of, 302.
Letter-writing, 64

Minutes, keeping of, 333; matter of
record, 338; notices of meetings,
340; of adjourned meeting, 336;
of preliminary meeting, 334;
of regular meeting, 335; of special
meeting, 336; report of committee
on constitution, 343; when a
quorum is lacking, 338
Mood, definition of, 248; the im-
perative, 248; the indicative,
248, 249; the subjunctive, 249

Narration, 323; three-cornered plot,
326
Nouns, abstract, 164; definition of,

163, 164; as adjectives, 214;
changes in form of, 19; choice of,
17; common, definition of, 20,
163; collective, definition of, 163,
164; definition of, 116; kinds of,

163; of same form in singular
and plural, 176; person of, 197;
proper, definition of, 20, 163;
used only in plural, 176; with
two plurals, 177

Number, definition of, 170; kinds of,
170; plural, 170; plurals in es,
172; foreign, 173; of compound
nouns, 174; of nouns having two
plurals, 177; Old English, 173;
plurals in s, 171; singular, 170;
tests of, 171

Object, definition of, 131

Paragraphs, definition of, 90; finding
paragraph topics, 101; indication
of, 92; in poetry, 99; joining
of, 95; planning composition by
paragraph topics, 105
Parsing, definition of, 284, 290
Participles, definition of, 263; forms

of, 263; how they help in writing
and speaking, 264; not to be
confounded with infinitives, 265
Parts of speech, 44, 116
Period, The, 110
Personification, 167
Phrase, The, 145; as adjective, 215;
definition of, 146
Playing stories, 62
Plurals, double, 175
Plurals, in s, 18, 171; in es, 54, 172;
foreign, 173; of compound nouns,
174; of letters, figures, and words,
177; of Miss and Mr., 177; Old
English, 173
Poems and rimes:

America for Me, 133
America the Beautiful, 141
The Blue and the Gray, 82
The Cataract of Lodore, 266
Little Giffen of Tennessee, 80
My Country, 'Tis of Thee, 143

Poems and rimes-Continued

The National Ode, 121

The Oak Tree, 54

To France, 100

The Yankee Smile, 100

Possession, rules for showing, 21
Predicate, The, 13, 123; agreement of
with subject, 231; complete, 125;
compound, 126; definition of,
127; simple, 127
Prefixes, use of, 168

Prepositions, 277; definition of, 39,

119; object of in objective case,
189; position of, 278; between
and among, 41; in and into, 41;
than and but as, 279

Pronouns, adjective, definition of,

194; differences in use of, 208;
relation of to adjectives, 207;
definition of, 23, 116: forms of
the possessive, 195: indefinite,
definition of, 194; forms of, 206;
number of, 207: interrogative,
declension of, 206; definition of,
194; differences in use of, 205;
uses of, 205 of the first person,
195; of the second person, 195;
of the third person, 195: personal,
definition of, 194; in the nomina-
tive and objective cases, 198:
relative as objects, 204; as sub-
jects, 203; declension of, 203;
definition of, 156, 194; differences
in use of, 202

Punctuation, 109; rule for, 114

Quotation marks, not used in indirect
quotations, 94; quotation marks,

use of, 113

School paper, beginning a, 73
Semicolon, The, 110
Sentences, 11; complex, 151; defini-

tion of, 152; compound, 148;
definition of, 149: declarative,

108: definition of, 90: exclama-
tory, 108: imperative, 108: inter-
rogative, 108; kinds of, 108:
simple, 148; definition of, 149
Stories and articles:

The Airmen's Duty Done, 51
America (I), 120; America (II), 133;
America (III), 141

Boy Scouts, 223

Cap, the Red Cross Dog, 77
Character of William of Orange, 222
Five School Days in Bombarded
Rheims, 96

From The American Boy, 328
How Cloth is Made from Cotton, 329
King John and the Abbot, 57
From Ruskin's Lectures on Architec-
ture, 277

The Letter S, 147
Makers of the Flag, 268
Margins, 103

Nathan Hale, Patriot, 33

Our Flag (I), 210; Our Flag (II), 267
Our Navy at Work, 317

Plot of The Gift of the Magi, 325
Plot of The Great Stone Face, 324
The N.C.-4, 191

From Rab and His Friends, 322
From The Snow Image, 321
The Ten Trails, 329

The Victor of Marengo, 15
Subject, The, 12, 123, 125; collective
noun as, 227; complete, 125;
compound, 126, 227; definition
of, 127; relative pronoun as,
228; simple, 127

Subject complement, 136, 182, 183
Suffixes, plural, 170; use of, 168

Telegrams, and night letters, 70
Tense, 234; as formed with help of
to be, 238; as illustrated by love,
237; as illustrated by sing, 236;
definition of, 235

Verb Phrases, 145, 253
Verbs, agreement of with subject, 226;
auxiliary, 253; contractions of,
231; definition of, 30, 117; defi-
nition of conjugation of, 235;
forms of choose, 252; forms of to
be, 230; had rather, 257; intran-
sitive, 131; lie and lay, 30; may
and can, 254; might and could,
255; number and person of, 225,
229; past participles of, 235, 245 ;
principal parts of, 238; principal
parts of auxiliary, 254; shall and
will, 255; sit and set, 32; should
and would, 257; strong, 239, 242;
transitive, 131; weak, 239, 240;
won't and don't, 231

Voice, 129; active, 129; active and
passive voices compared, 252;
definition of, 131.

Words, use of:
Awful, 221
Each, 208, 220
Either, neither, 208
Every, 220

Had rather, 257
I shall and I will, 255
It, 196

May and can, 254
Might and could, 255
More, most, 28, 218
None, 207

Oh and O, 281
Should and would, 257
Than and but, 279
What? Which? Who? 205
With, 232

Won't and don't, 231

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