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Sentence Sense
CONTENTS
Introductionix
I. Terms and Definitions
Sentence Basics
1.1 A Sentence
1.2 Parts Of Speech
1.3 Subject
1.4 Predicate
1.5 Phrase
1.6 Clause 1.7 Principal Clause
1.8 Subordinate Clause
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The Noun
2.1 Noun
2.2 Noun Classes
2.3 Noun Properties 2.4 Property - Number
2.5 Property - Person 2.6 Property - Gender
2.7 Property - Case
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The Pronoun
3.1 Pronoun 3.2 Antecedent
3.3 Pronoun Classes
3.4 Pronoun Properties 16
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The Verb
4.5 Verb
4.6 Verb Classes by use
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4.7 Helping Verbs (Auxiliaries) 4.8 Linking Verbs
4.9 Verb Classes by Form 4.10 Verb Properties
4.11 Verb Property - Tense
4.12 Verb Property - Voice
4.13 Verb Property - Mood
4.14 Verb Forms
4.15 Principal Parts of the Verb
4.16 Verbal
4.17 Classes of verbals
4.18 Verbal Properties
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The Adjective
5.1 Adjective 5.2 Adjective Classes 5.3 Sub-classes of Definitive Articles
5.4 Articles 5.5 Degrees of Comparison 20
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The Adverb
6.1 Adverb
6.3 Adverb Classes 6.3 Degrees of Comparison 21
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The Preposition
7.1 Preposition
7.2 Common Prepositions
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The Conjunction
8.1 Conjunction 8.2 Classes of Conjunctions 8.3 Coordinate Conjunction subClasses
8.4 Subordinate Conjunctions subclasses
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The Interjection
9.1 Interjection
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Sentence Classification
10.1 Sentence Classification by Use
10.2 Sentence Classification by Form
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Capitalization & Punctuation
11.1 Capitalization Rules
11.2 Basic Comma Rules
11.2 Other Comma Rules
11.3 Direct Quotation
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II. Sentence Diagramming
Sentence Patterns
12.1 Basic Pattern: Subject - Predicate
12.2 Pattern: Subject - Verb
12.3 Pattern: Subject - Verb - Direct Object
12.4 Pattern: Subject-Verb-Subject Complement
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Modifiers
13.1 Adjectives
13.2 Adverbs Which Modify Verbs
13.3 Adverbs Which Modify Adjectives
13.4 Adverbs Which Modify Other Adverbs
13.5 Prepositional Phrases
13.6 Adjectives as Substantives
13.7 Adverbial Nouns
13.8 Adverbs Modifying Prepositional Phrases
13.9 Prepositional Phrases As Subject Complements
13.10 Prepositional Phrases As Objective Complements
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Possessives
14.1 Nouns and Pronouns Showing Possession
14.2 Possessive Pronouns
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Appositives
15.1 Appositives and Their Modifiers
15.2 Appositives Introduced By Emphatic Words
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Objects & Complements
16.1 Indirect Objects
16.2 Objective Complements
16.3 Objective Complements Introduced By “As”
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Verbals As Modifiers
17.1 Verbals: Participles
17.3 Verbals: Infinitive Phrases used as Modifiers
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Verbals As Nouns
18.1 Verbals: Participial Nouns (Gerunds)
18.2 Verbals: Gerund Phrases
18.3 Verbals: Infinitives used as Nouns
18.4 Verbals: Infinitive Phrases used as Nouns
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Compounds
19.1 Compound Subjects
19.2 Compound Verbs
19.3 Compound Direct Objects
19.4 Compound Adjectives
19.5 Compound Adverbs
19.6 Compound Objects of Prepositions
19.7 Compound Sentences
19.8 Compounds with Correlative Conjunctions
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Sentence Classes By Form
20.1 Simple Sentences
20.2 Compound Sentences
20.3 Complex Sentences
20.4 Compound-Complex Sentences
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Clauses
21.1 Adjective Clauses
21.2 Adverb Clauses
21.3 Noun Clauses
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Sentence Classes By Use
22.1 Declarative Sentences
22.2 Interrogative Sentences
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22.3 Exclamatory Sentences
22.4 Imperative Sentences
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Quotations
23.1 Direct Quotations
23.2 Indirect Quotations
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Independent Elements
24.1 Conjunctions Joining Sentences
24.2 Interjections
24.3 Expletives
24.4 Absolute (Nominative Absolute) Construction
24.5 Parenthetical Expressions
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Figures of Speech: Schemes
25.1 Ellipsis
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Figures of Speech: Tropes
26.1 Similes
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III. A Method of Parsing
Parsing the Parts of Speech
27.1 Parsing a Noun
27.2 Parsing an Adjective
27.3 Parsing a Verb
27.4 Parsing an Adverb
27. 5 Parsing a Pronoun
27. 6 Parsing a Preposition
27.9 Parsing a Conjunction
27.8 Parsing an Interjection
27.9 Parsing Verbals - A Special Case
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Bibliography107