Meiklejohn

A NEW GRAMMAR

OF

THE ENGLISH TONGUE

WITH CHAPTERS ON

COMPOSITION, VERSIFICATION, PARAPHRASING,
AND PUNCTUATION

J. M. D. MEIKLEJOHN, M.A. ^{[See
Footnote]}

PROFESSOR OF THE THEORY, HISTORY, AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATION
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS

NEW EDITION

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
LONDON AND EDINBURGH
MDCCCLXXXVII

This Grammar consists of the first two Parts of Professor Meiklejohn’s book: ‘The English Language; its Grammar, History, and Literature,’ along with a set of Exercises.

CONTENTS.

[Note: The page numbers are those in the original book]

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PART I.

Language – (Page 1)

Orthography – (Page 5)

Etymology – (Page 8)

Nouns – (Page 9)

Pronouns – (Page 23)

Adjectives – (Page 28)

Verbs – (Page 34)

Adverbs – (Page 57)

Prepositions – (Page 58)

Conjunctions – (Page 60)

Interjections – (Page 60)

Words And Their Functions – (Page 61)

Syntax – (Page 64)

Noun – (Page 64)

Nominative Case – (Page 64) – [See Nouns]

Possessive Case – (Page 67) – [See Nouns]

Objective Case – (Page 68) – [See Nouns]

Dative Case – (Page 69) – [See Nouns]

Adjective – (Page 71)

Pronoun – (Page 74)

Verb – (Page 76)

Adverb – (Page 83)

Preposition – (Page 83)

Conjunction – (Page 84)

Analysis – (Page 86)

Simple Sentence – (Page 87) – [See Analysis]

Compound Sentence – (Page 93) – [See Analysis]

Complex Sentence – (Page 94) – [See Analysis]

Word Building And Derivation – (Page 100)

Compound Nouns – (Page 100) – [See Word Building]

Compound Adjectives – (Page 101) – [See Word Building]

Compound Verbs – (Page 102) – [See Word Building]

Compound Adverbs – (Page 102) – [See Word Building]

Prefixes And Suffixes – (Page 103) – [See Word Building]

English Prefixes – (Page 104) – [See Word Building]

Latin Prefixes – (Page 107) – [See Word Building]

Greek Prefixes – (Page 110) – [See Word Building]

English Suffixes – (Page 112) – [See Word Building]

Latin And French Suffixes – (Page 118) – [See Word Building]

Greek Suffixes – (Page 125) – [See Word Building]

Word Branching – (Page 127)

English Roots – (Page 128) – [See Word Branching]

Latin Roots – (Page 131) – [See Word Branching]

Greek Roots – (Page 136) – [See Word Branching]

Words Derived From The Names Of Persons – (Page 138)

Words Derived From The Names Of Places – (Page 142)

Words Disguised In Form – (Page 145)

Words That Have Changed In Meaning – (Page 152)

PART II

Composition – (Page 159)

Punctuation – (Page 171)

Figures Of Speech – (Page 173)

Paraphrasing – (Page 176)

Prosody – (Page 178)

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Exercises – (Page 191)

Examination Questions – (Page 227)

[With thanks to Laura and Alison for all of their typing and proof-reading]

Footnote: John Miller Dow Meiklejohn lived from 1830-1902. An online biography may be found at http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/faculty/westbury/paradigm/vol2/Graves.doc

A NEW GRAMMAR

OF

THE ENGLISH TONGUE

WITH CHAPTERS ON

COMPOSITION, VERSIFICATION, PARAPHRASING, AND PUNCTUATION

J. M. D. MEIKLEJOHN, M.A. [See Footnote]

CONTENTS.

PART I.

Nominative Case – (Page 64) – [See Nouns]

Possessive Case – (Page 67) – [See Nouns]

Objective Case – (Page 68) – [See Nouns]

Dative Case – (Page 69) – [See Nouns]

Simple Sentence – (Page 87) – [See Analysis]

Compound Sentence – (Page 93) – [See Analysis]

Complex Sentence – (Page 94) – [See Analysis]

Compound Nouns – (Page 100) – [See Word Building]

Compound Adjectives – (Page 101) – [See Word Building]

Compound Verbs – (Page 102) – [See Word Building]

Compound Adverbs – (Page 102) – [See Word Building]

Prefixes And Suffixes – (Page 103) – [See Word Building]

English Prefixes – (Page 104) – [See Word Building]

Latin Prefixes – (Page 107) – [See Word Building]

Greek Prefixes – (Page 110) – [See Word Building]

English Suffixes – (Page 112) – [See Word Building]

Latin And French Suffixes – (Page 118) – [See Word Building]

Greek Suffixes – (Page 125) – [See Word Building]

Word Branching – (Page 127)

English Roots – (Page 128) – [See Word Branching]

Latin Roots – (Page 131) – [See Word Branching]

Greek Roots – (Page 136) – [See Word Branching]

Words Derived From The Names Of Persons – (Page 138)

Words Derived From The Names Of Places – (Page 142)

Words Disguised In Form – (Page 145)

Words That Have Changed In Meaning – (Page 152)

PART II

Composition – (Page 159)

Punctuation – (Page 171)

Figures Of Speech – (Page 173)

Paraphrasing – (Page 176)

Prosody – (Page 178)

Exercises – (Page 191)

Examination Questions – (Page 227)

COMPOSITION, VERSIFICATION, PARAPHRASING,
AND PUNCTUATION

J. M. D. MEIKLEJOHN, M.A. ^{[See
Footnote]}