Second Person: pronouns of the,
149, 151.

seldom: inversion after, 50-Note
2.

Semicolon: when used, 15.

Sentence: 1; definition of, 2; and
sentence members, 6; assertive,
8; interrogative, 9; imperative,
10; exclamatory, 11; definition
of simple, 77; definition of com-
pound, 80; definition of complex,
83. (See Part I.)

Sentence Members: and sentences,
6.

Sentences: kinds of, 7.

set and sit: 227-Footnote.
Sex and Gender: 101.

shall and will: use of, 222, 267.
shine: 228-Footnote.

should: if omitted before, 50, (d).
should and would: use of, 268.
shut of: 227-Footnote.
Simple Predicate: 49.

Simple Sentence: 76; definition
of, 77.

Simple Subject: definition of, 48.
sing: tenses of, 219.
Singular Number: definition of,

110.

sit and set: 227-Footnote.
somebody else's: 171, (2).
sort: not used with these or those,

126.

Spelling: rules of, 90.

"Split" Infinitive: 253, (b).

Strong Verbs: past tense of, 226;
list of, 228.

Style: participle used as an ele-
ment of, 258.

Subject: logical, 39, 42; gram-
matical, 39; definition of, 40;
compound, 45, 200; definition of
compound, 46; definition of sim-
ple, 48; nominative case as, 135,
(1); syntax of, 136, (1); rela-
tive pronouns as, 160, 202;
agreement of verb with, 198,
199; collective nouns as, 201;
agreement when following the
predicate, 206; infinitive used
as, 251, (1); infinitive has no,
251-Note.

Subject and Predicate: relative
positions of, 50.

Subject Complement: 60; defini-
tion of, 61; relation to object
complement, 66; nominative case
as, 135, (2); syntax of, 136,
(2); adjective used as, 178,
(a); infinitive used as, 251,(2);
participle used as, 257, (1).
Subjunctive: definition of, 233;
use of, 236; distinctive forms of,
237; to express wish, 239; to ex-
press possible condition, 240; to
express a condition contrary to
fact, 241; survival of forms of,
242; phrases, 243.

Subordinate Conjunctions: defini-
tion of, 294, 296.

Super'ative Degree: definition of,
189; when used, 194.
Syntax: definition of, 26; of the
nominative case, 136; of the ob

jective case, 141; agreement of
verb, 198, 199.

Tense: illustrations of, 209; defi-
nition of, 210; present, 211;
past, 212; future, 213; present
perfect, 214; past perfect, 215;
future perfect, 216; tenses of
sing and love, 219; tenses formed
with to be, 220; use of do in
compound tenses, 221; I skall,
222; principal parts of a verb,
223, 224; weak verbs, 225, 227;
strong verb, 226, 228; cautions
in the use of, 229; of the in-
finitive, 249; of the participle,

that: often omitted after verbs,

85 Note 2; used of animals,
persons, or things, 158, (3); in
restrictive clauses, 162, (2);
demonstrative pronoun, 175.
the: adjective in function, 32-
Note; as an adverb, 185-Note.
thee: 151.

there: inversion after, 50, (c).
these: not used with singular col-
lectives, 113-Note; not used
with kind or sort, 126.
Third Person: pronouns of the,
149, 152.

this: demonstrative pronoun, 175;
plural of, 175.

those not used with singular col-

lectives, 113-Note; not used
with kind or sort, 126.

thrive: 228-Footnot.
thus: colon used after, 14.

Time: words and phrases ex-

pressing, 84, (1); adverbs of,
271, (1); 272.

to: used instead of by, 56-Note.
to be: some forms of, 204; tenses
formed with the help of, 220;
subjunctive and indicative of,
237, 238; case of pronoun fol-
lowing, 252.

to love: indicative and subjunc-
tive of, 237, 238.
Topic: 1, 3.

Transitive: meaning of, 55.

Transitive Verb: definition of, 54.
United States: number of, 120,
120-Footnote.

Universal Standard of Spelling:
whether English or American,
91-Note.

Verb Phrases: examples of, 33-
Note; when law of inversion
satisfied, 50, (a), Note 1; ex-
amples of, 74, (b); formed by
auxiliaries, 261; how parsed,
269.

Ways of denoting Gender: by the
use of a different word, 107,
(1); by a prefix, 107, (2); by

a suffix, 107, (3).
Weak Verb: past tense of a, 225;
special class of, 227.
well as adjective, 181.

were: if omitted before, 50, (d).
were vs. was: 241.
what: antecedent not expressed,
157; used only of things, 167,
(2).

where . . . at: 290.

which relative used of animals
or things, 157, (2); in non-re-
strictive clauses, 162, (1); in
restrictive clauses, 162, (2); in-
terrogative used of persons and
things, 167, (6)

who:

relative used of persons,

158, (1); declined, 159; in non-
restrictive clauses, 162, (1); in
restrictive clauses, 162, (2); in-
terrogative used only of persons,

167, (1); declension of, 168.
will and shall: use of, 222, 267.
wish: subjunctive used to express,
239.
with: used instead of by, 56—
Note; not to be confounded with
and, 208, (a).
won't: 207.

Words: changes of form in, 22;
changes of function in, 23; re-
quiring inversion, 50, (a)—
Note 2; used instead ot
phrases, 75.
would better:
would and should: "se of, 268.
ye: 151.

242-Note.