The main parts of a sentence -- Word order in a sentence -- Classification of sentences by structure -- Compound subjects -- Classification of sentences -- According to use and function -- Pronunciation and meaning of words -- Phrases and clauses -- Phrases -- Prepositional phrase -- Adjective phrase -- Adverb phrase -- Clauses -- Adjective clause -- Adverb clause -- Speech improvement -- Nouns, determiners, pronouns and verbs -- Recognizing nouns -- Proper nouns -- Common noun -- Count nouns and non-count nouns -- Collective nouns -- Noun phrases -- Appositives -- Gender of nouns -- Increasing word power --
Forming the plural nouns -- Pronouns -- Personal pronouns -- Demonstrative pronouns -- Reflexive pronouns -- Intensive pronouns -- Interrogative pronouns -- Rules for capitalization -- Rules about proper nouns -- Verbs -- Linking verbs -- Forms of be -- Transitive and intransitive verbs -- Helping verbs -- Tenses of verbs -- Regular verb -- Troublesome verbs -- Complements -- The direct object -- The indirect object -- The objective complement -- The subjective complement -- The predicate adjective -- Voice -- Increasing word power -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Adjectives -- Nouns used as adjectives -- Proper and compound adjectives -- Compound adjectives -- Pronouns used as adjectives -- Demonstrative adjectives -- Interrogative adjectives -- Verbs used as adjectives -- Comparison of adjectives -- Increasing word power -- Adverbs -- Distinguishing adverbs from adjectives -- Everybody has his burden (A folktale from Indonesia) -- Increasing word power -- Prepositions, conjunctions, interjections -- Prepositions -- Prepositional phrase -- Conjunctions -- Interjections -- Increasing word power -- Common mistakes -- Jargon -- Clichés -- Colloquial language -- Choice of words -- Portmanteau -- Homophones -- Malapropisms -- Tautologies -- Double negatives.