Page:Manual of English Grammar and Composition 1898.djvu/8

1. CHAP.

   PAGE

2. 16.

   Inversion of the Normal Order: Emphasis ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   135

3. 17.

   Structure of Sentences ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   141

4. 18.

   Purity of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   150

5. 19.

   Propriety of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   156

6. 1. Common Errors in the Use of Common Words. 2. Words used in Wrong Senses or Wrong Connections.

7. 20.

   Plurals in Special Senses ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   176

8. 21.

   Perspicuity or Clearness of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   178

9. 1. Grammatical Precautions. 2. The Obscure. 3. The Double Meaning.

10. 21.

    Simplicity or Ease of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    189

11. 22.

    Breveity of Terseness of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    195

12. 23.

    Elegance of Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    204

13. PART III.-ENLARGEMENT OF VOCABULARY:
    FIGURES OF SPEECH.

14. 24.

    Enlargment by Compostion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    210

15. 1.Unrelated or Juxta-positional Compounds. 2. Related or Syntactical Compounds.

16. 25.

    Enlargment by Prefixes and Suffixes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    214

17. 1. Teutonic Prefixes. 2. Teutonic Suffixes. 3. Romanic Prefixes. 4. Romanic Suffixes. 5. Greek Prefixes. 6. Greek Suffixes. 7. Some General Results, with Questions.

18. 26.

    Figures of Rhetoric ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    230

19. 27.

    Enlargement of Vocabulary by Metaphor and Metonmy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    252

20. PART IV. PROSE AND POETRY.

21. 28.

    Main Divisiions of Prose-Composition ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    266

22. 1. Classification according to Matter. 2. Classification according to Form.

23. 29.

    Prosody and Poetic Diction ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    284

24. 1. Prosody. 2. Poetic Diction.

25. 30.

    Main Divisions of Poetry ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    296

26. PART V. HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE.

27. 31.

    Origin and Growth of English ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    304

28. 1. English and Cognate Languages. 2. Old English. 3. Middle English. 4. Modern English.

29. 32.

    Borrowings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    319

30. 1. Celtic. 2. Danish or Later Scandian. 3. Dutch. 4. Latin. 5. French. 6. Greek. 7. Modern Borrowings : Miscellaneous.

31. 33.

    Notes On Affixes and Accidence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    333

32. 1. Origin of Teutonic Affixes. 2. Noun Forms. 3. Adjective Forms. 4. Pronoun Forms. 5. Verb Forms.

33. Index of Subjects and Selected Words

    343