The King's English / 3rd ed.

PART I; PAGE; CHAPTER I VOCABULARY, pp 1-59; General Principles 1-8; Familiar and far-fetched words , 4; Concrete and abstract expression 5; Circumlocution 6; Short and long words 6; Saxon and Romance words 7; Requirements of different styles 7; Malaprops 8; Neologisms 18; Americanisms ?3; Foreign words 26; Formation 37; Slang ?47; Individual 53; Mutual 56; Unique 58; Aggravate -69; CHAPTER II SYNTAX, pp 0^170; Case " 60; Number -65; Comparatives and superlatives 70 Relatives 75~i°7; Defining and non-defining relative clauses 75; That and who or which 80; And who, and which , 8?>; Case of the relative ?93; Miscellaneous uses of the relative 96; It , that 104; Participle and gerund; Participles; The gerund ; Distinguishing the gerund; Omission of the gerund subiect; Choice between gerund and infinitive Shall and will; The pure system ; The coloured-future syste