A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

This book was first published in 1954, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics.

Chapter 1 Introductory; Chapter 2 Simple Nexus as Ordinary Object; Chapter 3 Simple Nexus as Object of Result; Chapter 4 Various Remarks on Nexus-Objects; Chapter 5 Simple Nexus as Regimen of a Preposition; Chapter 6 A Simple Nexus as Tertiary; Chapter 7 Nexus-Substantives; Chapter 8 The Gerund. Substantival Nature; Chapter 9 The Gerund. Verbal Nature; Chapter 10 The Infinitive; Chapter 11 The Infinitives. Subject and Predicative; Chapter 12 Infinitive as Object; Chapter 13; To; -Infinitive as Object; Chapter 14 Infinitive Governed by Prepositions; Chapter 15 The Infinitive as Secondary; Chapter 16 The Infinitive as Tertiary; Chapter 17 Infinitives of Reaction and Specification; Chapter 18 Subject + Infinitive as Object of Main Verb; Chapter 19 Subject + Infinitive in Other Employments; Chapter 20 Final Remarks on Infinitives; Chapter 21 Clauses as Tertiaries; Chapter 22 Implied Dependent Nexus; Chapter 23 Negation; Chapter 24 Requests; Chapter 25 Questions;