Wren & Martin

Wren & Martin refers to a single book High

School English Grammar and Composition
or collectively, a series of English grammar
textbooks written jointly by P. C. Wren and
H. Martin.[1] Written primarily for the
children of British officers residing in India,
these books were widely adopted by
Indian and Pakistani schools in the post-
colonial era and missionary schools in
Burma. The books were published in 1935,
with a discussion on composition added
later. The content in the books is largely
based on The Manual of English Grammar
and Composition by J. C. Nesfield.
 High School English Grammar And Composition

Author P. C. Wren
H. Martin

Cover artist Wren and Martin

Country British India

Language English

Subject English

Publication date 1935

Pages 376
Based on Nesfield's Manual of
English Grammar and
Composition

Other books in this series are Elementary

English Grammar, A First Book of English
Grammar and Composition, High School
English Grammar and Composition and A
Final Course of Grammar & Composition.
The series of textbooks is still in use at
many Indian schools. While semantic
change has dated the original books, they
continue to enjoy considerable popularity
and updated versions are now in common
use. Copies of the different versions of
this series are available online.[2]
References
1. Bhatia, Sidharth (July 11, 2009).
"Looking for my copy of Wren &
Martin" . DNA.
2. Wren, P.C.; Martin, H.; Prasada Rao,
N.D.V. (1973–2010). High School
English Grammar & Composition .
New Delhi: S. Chand. ISBN 81-219-
2197-X.

CONTENTS BOOK I. GRAMMAR CHAPTER

1. THE SENTENCE 2. SUBJECT AND
PREDICATE 3. THE PHRASE AND THE
CLAUSE 4. PARTS OF SPEECH 5. THE
NOUN: KINDS OF NOUNS 6. THE NOUN:
GENDER 7. THE NOUN: NUMBER 8. THE
NOUN: CASE 9. THE ADJECTIVE 10.
COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES 11.
ADJECTIVES USED AS NOUNS 12.
POSITION OF THE ADJECTIVES 13. THE
CORRECT USE OF SOME ADJECTIVES 14.
ARTICLES 15. PERSONAL PRONOUNS 16.
REFLEXIVE AND EMPHATIC PRONOUNS
17. DEMONSTRATIVE, INDEFINITE AND
DISTRIBUTIVE PRONOUNS I8. RELATIVE
PRONOUNS 19. INTERROGATIVE
PRONOUNS 20. THE VERB -- 65 21. VERBS
OF INCOMPLETE PREDICATION 22.
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE 23. MOOD
24. TENSES: INTRODUCTION 25. THE
USES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST
TENSES 26. THE FUTURE 27. THE VERB:
PERSON AND NUMBER 28. THE
INFINITIVE 29. THE PARTICIPLE 30. THE
GERUND 31. IRREGULAR VERBS 32.
AUXILIARIES AND MODALS 33.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB LOVE 34.
THE ADVERB 35. COMPARISON OF
ADVERBS 36. FORMATION OF ADVEBS 37.
POSITION OF ADVERBS 38. THE
PREPOSITION 39. WORDS FOLLOWED BY
PREPOSITIONS 40. THE CONJUNCTION
41. SOME CONJUNCTIONS AND THEIR
USES 42. THE INTERJECTION 43. THE
SAME WORD USED AS DIFFERENT PARTS
OF SPEECH Wren and Martin grammar
book is used as a standard reference book
across India and was used across
generations for improving the
communication skills of students in
English.

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