Preface -- Guide To Relation Between Chapter Headings And Main Outline -- Guide To Outline Of The Text -- 1. Outline Of Structures -- 2. Nature And Scope Of The Synopsis -- 3. A Review Of Former Treatments Of English Syntax -- 4. Subject Expressions In Independent Transitive Clauses -- 5. Predicate Expressions In Independent Transitive Clauses -- 6. Independent Intransitive Clause Types -- 7. Independent Equational Clause Types -- 8. Independent Goal-Action Clause Types -- 9. Attributives To Clauses -- 10. Dependent Exocentric Patterns