The Structure of the English Sentence

absolute phrase action adverb adverbial clause anticipative subject appositive Bagehot base-word Burroughs C. W. Eliot called Carlyle causal clauses CHAPTER clause modifies clause of condition clause of degree clause of manner complex-compound sentence compound sentence concession connective construction denote dependent proposition Dickens direct object element ellipsis Emerson English equivalent example Exercise expression following sentences frequently Froude George Eliot gerund grammatical group of words hence Higginson Holmes Howells idea independent infinitive phrase interrogative Introductory Word Irving J. F. Clarke ject jective joined Kipling Lewis Carroll literature Longfellow Lord Lowell Macaulay meaning mind Motley nature noun clause omitted participial phrase participle passive predicate verb prepositional phrase principal proposition question Quincey R. H. Dana relation relative pronoun root infinitive Ruskin sentences containing sometimes Stevenson Subjective complement subordinating conjunction substantive clause supply tell temporal clause tence thing thought tion transitive verb usually