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=Attributive construction=, S. 7, N. 3; S. 48, N. 6.

+=auf=+, prep., = in, before names of Islands, S. 46, N. 6.

=Auxiliary verbs of tense=, often omitted in subordinate clauses, S. 52, N. 8.

=be=, to, rendered by +müssen+, S. 62, N. 4.

=beginning with=, rendered by +von ... an+, S. 102, N. 4.

+=bleiben=+, conjugated with +sein+, S. 98, N. 5.

=but=, rendered by +sondern+ after a negative, S. 6, N. 10.

=by=, prep., = through, durch, S. 59, N. 13. In connection with the Passive Voice, rendered by +von+, S. 106, N. 23.

=both ... and=, +sowohl ... als auch+, S. 59, N. 11.

=Capital Initial=, when required for pronouns, S. 69, N. 2.

=care=, to take care of, S. 91, N. 7.

=cause= (to) how to render, S. 73, N. 1.

=Collective nouns= in the Singular require the verb to agree with them in the Singular, S. 107, N. 13.

=Colon=, the, its use, S. 36, N. 3.

=Comma=, the, not used to enclose adverbial clauses, etc., S. 15, N. 3.

=command=, to, how to render, S. 73, N. 1.

=Compound expressions=, their importance, S. 33, N. 4.

=Compound forms= with auxiliary and Present Participle or ‘to do’ and Infinitive, how to render into German, S. 32, N. 11.

=Compound Nouns.= Their importance, S. 33, N. 4; their formation, S. 36, N. 7, A and B, and S. 76, N. 22, A, B, C and D; their Gender, S. 36, N. 7, C; compound nouns which have the last component in common are connected with hyphens, S. 71, N. 2.

=Conditional Mood=, the, its use, App. §§ 36 and 37.

=Conjunctive Mood=, the, its use, App. §§ 26-35.

=Construction.= Principal and Coordinate Clauses, App. §§ 1-12. Inverted Construction, App. §§ 13-15. Subordinate Clauses, App. §§ 16-24.

=Construction.= Inverted after quotations, S. 32, N. 5. Attributive construction, S. 7, N. 3, A; S. 48, N. 6. Position of adverbs in Imperative Clauses, S. 68, N. 2.

=Copula=, the, not to be omitted, S. 27, N. 7. The Copula must follow the subject when the latter begins the principal clause, S. 5, N. 2.

=copy=, noun, how to render, S. 132, N. 17.

+=da=+, adv. in combination with a prep. governing the Dat. or Acc., S. 4, N. 5, B. +=Da=+, conj., denotes logical cause, used for rendering ‘as’ and ‘since’, S. 30, N. 4. +=Da=+, adv., in connection with a prep., required in the principal clause when verbs and adjectives governing a prep. are followed by a subordinate clause, S. 87, N. 6.

=Definite Article=, the. When to be repeated, S. 10, N. 9. Its position in connection with adjectives and adverbs, S. 28, N. 9. Before nouns representing a whole class, and before abstract nouns, S. 3, N. 2. Before names of persons preceded by an adj. or a common name, S. 10, N. 2. Used to mark the Gen., Dat., and Acc. of proper names, S. 25, N. 5. Used in stating the price of goods, S. 33, N. 7. Used before objects individualised or singled out, S. 40, N. 9. Used instead of Posses. Adj. Pronouns, S. 43, N. 9, A and B.

=Demonstrative Pronoun=, followed by a relat. pron., how to render, S. 8, N. 1.

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