English: A Course for Human BeingsMacdonald, 1954 - 539 pages |
Contents
For the Teacher | 1 |
WORDHISTORIES OR ETYMOLOGY | 2 |
For the Learner | 9 |
PRONUNCIATION | 13 |
WORDBUILDING | 14 |
WHAT IS GRAMMAR? | 18 |
I ACCIDENCE | 28 |
SI Introductory 2 | 30 |
AFFIXES 40 | 40 |
45 | 45 |
51 | 51 |
ADVANCED PUNCTUATION 54 | 54 |
PARAPHRASE 63 | 63 |
PRÉCIS WRITING 70 | 70 |
MALAPROPISMS AND OTHER CONFUSABLES | 79 |
89 | 89 |
General | 31 |
Nouns and Pronouns | 39 |
Adjectives | 51 |
Adverbs | 56 |
Conjunctions | 60 |
Prepositions | 61 |
Interjections | 62 |
Verbs | 64 |
II SYNTAX SI Introductory 2 The Order of Words 3 Subject and Predicate | 87 |
Sentences and Clauses | 90 |
Temporal Clauses | 92 |
Clauses of Reason and Clauses of Result 7 Clauses of Comparison and Clauses of Restriction | 93 |
Clauses of Purpose | 94 |
Concessive Clauses | 95 |
Clauses of Manner 11 Clauses of Condition | 96 |
Absolute Clauses | 98 |
PARSING AND ANALYSIS With a Note on Method | 108 |
HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY | 117 |
PAGE | 124 |
COMPOSITION I | 138 |
HOW TO WRITE A LETTER | 157 |
HOW TO READ | 168 |
ASPECTS OF ENGLISH | 190 |
33 | 191 |
Book II | |
SOME FINER POINTS 17 | 17 |
SYNTAX 24 | 24 |
100 | 100 |
108 | 108 |
121 | 121 |
128 | 128 |
137 | 137 |
LITERARY APPRECIATION AND HOW TO READ | 158 |
SOME BOOKS SUGGESTED | 168 |
Book III | |
Influence of the United States upon British English | 21 |
Why Words Acquire New Meanings | 27 |
60 | 60 |
61 | 61 |
62 | 62 |
64 | 64 |
85 | 85 |
86 | 86 |
87 | 87 |
90 | 90 |
92 | 92 |
93 | 93 |
94 | 94 |
95 | 95 |
96 | 96 |
98 | 98 |
100 | 100 |
The Commentary in Action | 104 |
LINKS | 144 |