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Ehrlich, Eugene. Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of English Grammar, Third Edition. US: McGraw-Hill Education, 2000.

Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of English Grammar, Third Edition

Authors: Eugene Ehrlich

Published:  2000

ISBN: 9780071386500 0071359850
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  • Contents
  • Glossary of Grammatical Terms
  • CHAPTER 1 Principal Elements of the Sentence
  • Verb
  • Subject
  • Direct Object
  • Complement
  • Indirect Object
  • Modifiers
  • Multiple-word Modifiers
  • Clauses
  • Phrases
  • CHAPTER 2 Nouns and Articles
  • Nouns
  • Noun Functions
  • Types of Nouns
  • Plural Forms of Nouns
  • Possessive Forms of Nouns
  • Collective Nouns
  • Noun Clauses
  • Articles
  • Definite Article. Omission of the Definite Article.
  • Indefinite Article. Choosing Between a and an.
  • CHAPTER 3 Verbs and Verbals
  • Verbs
  • Predicate
  • Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
  • Copulative (Linking) Verbs
  • Auxiliary Verbs
  • Shall and Will. Should and Would.
  • Mood
  • Uses of the Subjunctive Mood.
  • Voice
  • Number
  • Agreement of Subject and Verb.Compound Subjects and Their Verbs.
  • Collective Nouns and Their Verbs.
  • Person
  • Tense
  • Principal Parts of the Verb. Selection of Tense. Agreement of Tenses.
  • Present Tense for Ideas True for All Time.
  • Consistency of Verbs
  • Consistency of Voice.Consistency of Person.Consistency of Tense.
  • Consistency of Mood.
  • Verbals
  • Infinitive
  • Infinitive Phrases.Tenses of the Infinitive.Split Infinitives.
  • Participle
  • Tenses of the Participle.
  • Gerund
  • Verbals Used as Modifiers
  • Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
  • Dangling Participles.Misplaced Participles.Dangling Infinitives.
  • Auxiliary Verbs and Infinitives in Compound Constructions
  • Auxiliary Verbs.Infinitives.
  • Parallel Structure and Verb Forms
  • CHAPTER 4 Pronouns
  • Types of Pronouns
  • Personal and Impersonal Pronouns.
  • Relative Pronouns.
  • Demonstrative Pronouns.
  • Interrogative Pronouns.
  • Reflexive Pronouns.
  • Intensive Pronouns.
  • Reciprocal Pronouns.
  • Indefinite Pronouns.
  • Pronoun Agreement
  • Plural and Singular Antecedents. Antecedents Joined by And, Or, or Nor.
  • Collective Nouns. Singular Pronouns as Antecedents.
  • Pronouns in the Subjective Case
  • Pronouns in the Objective Case
  • Pronouns as Objects of Verbals.Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions.
  • Pronouns in the Possessive Case
  • Pronouns as Appositives
  • CHAPTER 5 Adjectives
  • Types of Adjectives
  • Limiting Adjectives. Predicate Adjectives.
  • Position of Adjectives
  • Comparison of Adjectives
  • Adjective Phrases
  • Adjective Clauses
  • Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Adjective Clauses.
  • That and Which with Adjective Clauses.
  • Nouns Used as Adjectives
  • Adjectives Used as Nouns.
  • Participles as Adjectives
  • Dangling Participles.
  • Infinitives as Adjectives
  • CHAPTER 6 Adverbs
  • Recognizing Adverbs
  • Adverbs Ending in -ly. Recognizing Adverbs by Their Functions.
  • Distinguishing Adverbs from Adjectives
  • Comparison of Adverbs
  • Nouns and Phrases Used as Adverbs
  • Adverbial Clauses
  • Conjunctive Adverbs
  • Intensifiers
  • Infinitives as Adverbs
  • CHAPTER 7 Prepositions and Conjunctions
  • Prepositions
  • Commonly Used Prepositions. Object of Preposition.
  • Differentiating Prepositions from Other Parts of Speech.
  • Prepositional Phrases as Modifiers.
  • Conjunctions
  • ANSWERS
  • Index