An Advanced English Grammar: With Exercises. E-book. Formato PDF George Lyman Kittredge   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

This grammar is intended for students who have already received instruction in the rudiments. Still, every such textbook must begin at the beginning. Part One, therefore, which occupies pp. 1-24, gives a succinct treatment of the Parts of Speech in the Sentence and of their substitutes, the Phrase and the Clause, concluding with a Summary of Definitions. Thus it clears the way for what follows, and may be utilized as a review, if the student needs to refresh his memory.Part Two deals specifically and fully with Inflections and Syntax (pp. 25-182). It includes also a chapter on the use of subordinate clauses as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs (pp. 157-162), as well as a chapter in which such clauses are logically classified in accordance with their particular offices in the expression of thought (pp. 163-182).Part Three (pp. 183-226) develops the subject of Analysis in its natural order, first explaining how sentences are put together, and then illustrating the process by which they may be resolved into their constituent parts. Modifiers and Complements are classified, and the so-called Independent Elements are discussed. There is added a special chapter on Combinations of Clauses, in which the grammatical and logical relations of coordination and subordination are set forth, and their functions in the effective use of language are considered. This portion of the book, it is hoped, will be especially useful to students of English composition.The Appendix furnishes lists of verbs, tables of conjugation, rules for capitals and marks of punctuation, a summary of important rules of syntax, and a brief history of the English language.

Doctor Robert Child: The Remonstrant. E-book. Formato PDF George Lyman Kittredge   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Nothing exists in the way of evidence as to the moment when Child made the acquaintance of the younger John Winthrop. Their friendship may have begun in England when Winthrop was there in 1634 and 1635, or even as early as 1631, the year of his first embarka tion for America; but Winslow's language suggests that Child was a stranger to the New Englanders until he presented letters of intro duction.l After all, it is a question of idle curiosity; for, if they had not met before, they certainly became intimate when Child visited the Bay the first time.