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