is
is the largest of any other city?_ Reason? Is a singular or plural
noun demanded by _every_? By _two_? By _various_? By _each_? With
how many objects may _either_ be used? _Neither_? Where should
the adjective or adverb be placed in the sentence? What is meant
by a double negative? Illustrate. What is its effect? What is the
definite article?
VERBS. What is a verb? What is a principal verb? An auxiliary?
Illustrate. What are the principal parts of a verb? Name each.
With what is the s-form used? With which form can no auxiliary
be used? Make a sentence using each of the principal parts of the
verbs, _go, see, begin, come, drink, write_. What is a transitive
verb? Illustrate. An intransitive verb? Illustrate. What is the
difference between active and passive voice? Does a transitive or
does an intransitive verb have both voices? Illustrate the passive
voice. Distinguish between the use of _sit_ and _set_. Of _lay_ and
_lie_. Of _rise_ and _raise_. What is the general rule for the use
of the subjunctive mode? In what way and where does the subjunctive
of _be_ differ from the indicative in its forms? How do other verbs
differ in the form of the subjunctive? In what respects should a
verb agree with its subject? Does the form of the subject always
determine its number? What should be the guide in determining whether
to use a singular or plural verb? What class of subjects may not be
used with _don't, can't_, etc.? What determines whether to use
a singular or a plural verb after _who_, _which_, and _that_? What
form of the verb is used after _you_? After _they_? When are _shall_
and _should_ used with _I_ and _we_? When with other subjects?
What rule governs their use in questions. What form is used in
dependent clauses introduced by _that_, expressed or understood? In
contingent clauses? Distinguish the use of _may_ and _might_ from
_can_ and _could_. What is a "dangling participle"? Is it an error?
May the gerund be correctly used without any grammatical connection
to the rest of the sentence? As the object of a preposition is a
participle or gerund used? Which is used adjectively? Which may
be used in connection with a possessive substantive as a modifier?
When it is dependent on another verb, in what case should the present
infinitive be used? When the perfect infinitive? What is a "split
infinitive"? Need the parts of a compound predicate agree in tense?
CONNECTIVES. By what are independent clauses connected? De
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