Modern English Structures: Form, Function, and Position

Modern English Structures is a clear and accessible text that follows a structural approach to teaching basic English grammar. The book is divided into three parts: what a sentence constituent is, what a sentence constituent does, and where a sentence constituent goes—Form, Function, and Position. The objective of the book is to bring students to a better understanding of sentence constituents and sentence structures, providing them with appropriate terminology to discuss these forms and relationships. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout.The accompanying Modern English Structures Workbook parallels the text and provides useful training both in memorization and in higher-order thinking skills.

Bernard T. O'Dwyer, an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Memorial University, has conducted research and taught in a variety of interdisciplinary areas, as well as in English phonology, morphology, and stylistics. WORDS - STRUCTURE CLASS Pronouns Personal pronouns Reflexive/intensive pronouns Relative pronouns Interrogative pronouns Demonstrative pronouns Reciprocal prnouns Indefinite pronouns Determiners Determiner positions

Auxiliaries Primary auxiliaries Modals Stand-in auxiliar do Prepositions Simple prepositions -ing prepositions Phrasal prepositions Conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Correlative conjunctions Conjunctive adverbs Word Analysis PHRASES Phrases Noun Phrase Adjective Phrase Verb Phrase Tense Aspect Adverb Phrase Participle Phrase Infinitive Phrase Prepositional Phrase Prepositions and particles Absolute Phrase

Phrase Analysis FUNCTION Major Grammatical Functions Grammatical Function Subject Extra-posed subjects Predicate Subject-predicate agreement Mood Voice Direct Object Extra-posed direct object Indirect Object MINOR GRAMMATICAL FUNCTIONS Grammatical Functions Continued Objects of Prepositions Modifiers Adjective modifiers Pronouns by form, adjectives by function Adverb modifiers Prepositional phrase modifiers Apposition Complements Subjective complements Adverb complements Complement vs. modifier Objective complements Connectors CLAUSES Independent Clauses Dependent Clauses Noun clauses Relative Clauses Relative pronoun conjunctions Relative adverb conjunctions Relative adjective clauses Relative adverb clauses Relative restrictive/nonrestrictive clauses Adverb Clases Grammatical functions Relative adverb vs. adverb clauses Clause Analysis GRAMMATICAL POSITIONS Grammatical Position Nominal Verbal Adjectival Adverbial Position vs. Form and Function Pronouns vs. adjectives Prepositions and particles Present participles and gerunds Past participles Subjects: noun, infinitive, and gerund phrases Direct objects; noun, infinitive, and gerund phrases Direct objects: noun, infinitive, and gerund phrases Extra-posed subjects Extra-posed objects Modifiers: infinitives, prepositional phrases, and participles SENTENCES Sentences Sentence structures Sentence types Sentence patterns Sentence Analysis Grammatical Terms Summary Grammatical Functions Summary Irregular Verbs Glossary Bibliography Index