Essentials of English Grammar: Otto Jespersen

1. Introductory 2. Sounds 3. Evolution of the sound system 4. Evolution of the sound system - Continued 5. Evolution of the sounds system - Concluded 6. Spelling 7. Word-classes 8. The three ranks 9. Junction and nexus 10. Sentence structure 11. Relations of verb to subject and object 12. Passive 13. Predicatives 14. Case 15. Person 16. Definite pronouns 17. Indefinite pronouns 18. Pronouns of totality 19. Gender 20. Number 21. Number - concluded 22. Degree 23. Tense 24. Tense - continued 25. Will and Shall 26. Would and should 27. Mood 28. Affirmation, negation, question 29. Dependent nexus 30. Nexus-substantives 31. The Gerund 32. The infinitive 33. Clauses as primaries 34. Clauses as secondaries 35. Clauses as tertiaries 36. Retrospect

`All readers will find in the work a masterly exposition of the combination of life and logic in the grammar of a living tongue.' - Schoolmaster