Ehrlich - Schaums Outline of English Grammar

Eugene Ehrlich, author of many books on language, served as senior lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, School of General Studies, Columbia University. Copyright 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-07-181521-5
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The study of English grammar has two principal advantages. It facilitates mastery of writing and enables students to study the grammar of other languages more effectively. This third edition of English Grammar was developed to make the study of English grammar as current and as effective as possible for all students, whether or not English is their first language. A Glossary of Grammatical Terms, at the start of the text, is provided as a reference to be used at any time.

I hope that students will continue to find the exercises and explanations helpful. discusses the principal elements of the sentence, and the next six chapters provide information and practice in all the parts of speech: nouns and articles, verbs and verbals, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions and conjunctions. Each chapter of the book first presents necessary definitions and discussions, complete with examples. This presentation is then followed by exercises designed to help the student achieve mastery of the subject. Answers to all exercises are provided at the end of the book. The student is advised to work step by step through each chapter, doing each exercise in turn and checking the answers before proceeding further.

The previous editions of Schaums Outline of English Grammar were originally written by Daniel Murphy and by me. Professor Murphy, my longtime colleague, now is deceased, so this new edition is dedicated to him. EUGENE EHRLICH

Accusative case. Form of a pronoun showing that the pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition: me, her, him, us, them, whom. Also called objective case. Active voice. See Voice. Adjective clause. Subordinate clause used as adjective: Everyone who approves should vote for him. Adjective phrase. Phrase used as adjective: The woman in the red dress is beautiful. Adverb. Word or words used to modify a verb, verbal, adjective, adverb, or entire clause or sentence: run quickly, to sit quietly, quite fresh, naturally he was elated. Adverbial clause. Subordinate clause used as adverb: John left whenever he felt like it. Adverbial phrase. Phrase used as adverb: She sent her son to the store. Antecedent. Word or words to which a pronoun refers: Alice (antecedent) asked for her (pronoun). Apposition. Placement of a noun or noun substitute next to another to explain or identify it: New York, the Empire State; Richard the Lion Hearted. Apposition. Placement of a noun or noun substitute next to another to explain or identify it: New York, the Empire State; Richard the Lion Hearted.

The Empire State and the Lion Hearted are known as appositives. Article.A, an, and the are articles. Their function is to modify a noun or noun substitute. A and an are the indefinite articles. The is the definite article. Auxiliary verb. Verb used with other verbs to form tense or voice: We should go to the movies.

He was slaughtered. Case. Form of a noun or pronoun that shows function. The three cases are nominative (subjective), genitive (possessive), and accusative (objective). Nominative I saw. Genitive my hat. Clause. Group of words containing a subject and verb.

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