singular or plural, 41.

Positive degree. See _Comparison_.

Possessive, appositional, of nouns, 49.
as antecedent of relative, 285.
double, of nouns, 54.
double, of pronouns. See _Personal pronoun_.
objective and subjective, 50.
of compound nouns, 53.
of indefinite pronoun, 303.
omission of _s_ in singular, 52.
origin of _'s_, 51.
syntax of, 278.
with modified noun omitted, 53.
with two objects, 278.

Predicate, complement of, 235.
complete, 245.
definition of, 232.
logical _vs._ simple, 245.
modifiers of, 241.

Prefixes, gender shown by, 32.

Prepositions, certain, with certain words, 332.
classification of, 206.
definition of, 203.
followed by possessive case, 54, 64.
by nominative case, 283.
how to parse, 219.
objects of, 203.
position of, 202.
relations expressed by certain, 208.
same words as other parts of speech, 187, 195, 207.
syntax of, 331.
uses of, 129, 132, 205.
various, with same meaning, 333.

Present tense used as future, 147.

_Pretty_ as adverb, 186.

Pronominal adjectives, interrogative, 105.
relative, 104.
_what_, exclamatory, 105.

Pronouns, 58.
adjective, 89.
_all_, singular and plural, 302.
_any_, usually plural, 300.
_each other_, _one another_, 299.
_either_, _neither_, with verbs, 300.
_none_, usually plural, 301.
_somebody else's_, 303.
definition of, 58.
how to parse, 95.
indefinite, 93.
interrogative, 72.
_who_ as objective, 283.
personal, 59.
after _than_, _as_, 280.
antecedents of, 287.
nominative and objective, forms of, 279.
nominative form of, after _but_, 284.
objective form of, for predicate nominative, 281.
objective form of, in exclamations, 282.
possessive form of, as antecedent of relative, 285.
possessive form of, with gerund, 286.
relative, 74.
agreement of, with antecedent, 291.
anacoluthon with _which_, 295.
_and who_, _and which_, 296.
_as_, _that_, _who_, and _which_ after _same_, 295.
how to parse, 80.
omission of, 87, 293.
restrictive and unrestrictive, 289.
two relatives, same antecedent, 297.
syntax of, 279.
usefulness of, 58.

Proper nouns. See _Nouns_.

Purpose, clauses of, 263.
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