An English Grammar (Illustrated)Full Moon Publications, 2015 M12 6 William Malone Baskervill (1850–1899) was a writer and professor of the English language and literature at Vanderbilt University. Together with George Washington Cable he ran an organization known as the Open Letter Club. Essie Samuels notes this was "a loosely organized attempt to disseminate liberal propaganda concerning civil rights and education for the Negro in the South between 1887 and 1890. William Malone Baskervill professor of English literature at Vanderbilt University, and George Washington Cable, prominent author and lecturer, were the self-appointed leaders of this endeavor." |
Contents
PRONOUNS | |
ADJECTIVES | |
ARTICLES | |
VERBS AND VERBALS | |
ADVERBS | |
CONJUNCTIONS | |
PREPOSITIONS | |
WORDS THAT NEED WATCHING | |
INTERJECTIONS | |
PART III | |
ADJECTIVES | |
INDIRECT DISCOURSE | |
PREPOSITIONS | |
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abstract nouns adjective pronoun adverbs antecedent apposition belong Bring up sentences called choose chosen class nouns common complement complex sentence compound connection coördinate dependent clauses direct object EMERSON equivalent example Exercise Exercise.—Find sentences express action feminine following sentences gender gerund hence Imperative Mood indefinite article indefinite relative Indicative Mood indirect questions infinitive inflected intransitive kind language Latin literary English masculine meaning Middle English mind modify nature neuter never nominative Old English omitted parsing passive past participle Past perfect past tense perfect definite person and number person or thing personal pronouns plural predicate preposition PRESENT TENSE QUINCEY referring RELATIVE PRONOUNS second person sentences containing SHAKESPEARE simple relative simple sentence singular sometimes speak spoken English Subjunctive Mood subordinate conjunctions substantive syntax tell THACKERAY thee third person thou thought transitive verb usage usually verbal voice weak verbs word groups writer