An A.B.C. of English Usage

accusative action actual adjective adverb avoided become beginning called chief clause commas common comparative complete compound confusion conjunction CONSONANTS construction correct definite derived direct distinction double doubt effect English especially examples expressed French genitive gerund give given grammatical Greek idiom idiomatic illustrate indicate indirect infinitive introducing language Latin less letter lines mark matter meaning metaphorical Mod.E natural negative never normal Note noun object original participle past past participle person phrase play plural poem possessive possible predicate prefer preposition present pronoun qualifying question quoted reason relative pronoun represented respectively rhyme rule sense sentence Shakespeare simple singular sometimes sound speech spelling stands stanza stop stress suffix syllable taken tense term thing true usage usually verb verse vowel weak word writing written