ABSTRACT
This book, first published in 1950, is a collection of what the author felt to be the minimum of English grammar relevant to efficient communication in language. The scope of this title was determined by collecting from children’s writings examples of common faults and weaknesses, and it is through these texts that certain concepts emerged as fundamental, including predication, word-order, proximity, equivalents, variety and repetition. Pattern in English will be of interest to students of English language.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |42 pages
Simple Sentences
chapter |4 pages
Sentence and Predication
chapter |11 pages
Two-Item Basis: Subject and Verb
chapter |5 pages
Three-Item Basis: Direct Object
chapter |5 pages
Three Item Basis: Subject-Complement
chapter |5 pages
Four-Item Basis: Indirect Object
chapter |4 pages
Four-Item Basis: Object-Complement
chapter |5 pages
Word-Order: Commands, Questions, Exclamations
chapter |3 pages
Case
part |38 pages
Equivalents
chapter |5 pages
Word, Phrase and Clause
chapter |4 pages
Verb-Equivalents
chapter |7 pages
Noun-Equivalents
chapter |10 pages
Adjective-Equivalents
chapter |6 pages
Adverb-Equivalents
chapter |6 pages
Revision
part |9 pages
Assembling the Items
chapter |4 pages
Proximity
chapter |5 pages
Link-Words
part |24 pages
Multiple Sentences
chapter |4 pages
Compound Sentences
chapter |6 pages
Complex Sentences: Adjective Clauses
chapter |5 pages
Complex Sentences: Adverb Clauses
chapter |4 pages
Complex Sentences: Noun Clauses
chapter |2 pages
Compound-Complex Sentences
chapter |3 pages
Revision
part |21 pages
Paragraph patterns