XXIX. They employ several verbs that are not used in prose, or are used but

rarely; as, _appal, astound, brook, cower, doff, ken, wend, ween, trow_.

XXX. They sometimes imitate a Greek construction of the infinitive; as,

1. "Who would not sing for Lycidas? he knew

Himself _to sing_, and _build_ the lofty rhyme."

--_Milton_.

2. "For not, _to have been dipp'd_ in Lethè lake,

Could save the son of Thetis _from to die_."

--_Spenser_.

XXXI. They employ the PARTICIPLES more frequently than prose writers, and

in a construction somewhat peculiar; often intensive by accumulation: as,

1. "He came, and, standing in the midst, explain'd

The peace _rejected_, but the truce _obtain'd_."

--_Pope_.

2. "As a poor miserable captive thrall

Comes to the place where he before had sat

Among the prime in splendor, now _depos'd,

Ejected, emptied, gaz'd, unpitied, shunn'd_,

A spectacle of ruin or of scorn."

--_Milton, P. R._, B. i, l. 411.

3. "Though from our birth the faculty divine

Is _chain'd_ and _tortured--cabin'd, cribb'd, confined_."

--_Byron, Pilg._, C. iv, St. 127.

XXXII. In turning participles to adjectives, they sometimes ascribe

actions, or active properties, to things to which they do not literally

belong; as,

"The green leaf quivering in the gale,

The _warbling hill_, the _lowing vale_."

--MALLET: _Union Poems_, p. 26.

XXXIII. They employ several ADVERBS that are not used in prose, or are used

but seldom; as, _oft, haply, inly, blithely, cheerily, deftly, felly,

rifely, starkly_.

XXXIV. They give to adverbs a peculiar location in respect to other words;

as,

1. "Peeping from _forth_ their alleys green."

--_Collins_.

2. "Erect the standard _there_ of ancient Night"

--_Milton_.

3. "The silence _often_ of pure innocence

Persuades, when speaking fails."

--_Shakspeare_.

4. "Where Universal Love _not_ smiles around."

--_Thomson_.

5. "Robs me of that which _not_ enriches him."

--_Shakspeare_.

XXXV. They sometimes omit the introductory adverb _there_: as,

"_Was_ nought around but images of rest."

--_Thomson_.

XXXVI. They briefly compare actions by a kind of compound adverbs, ending

in _like_; as,

"Who bid the stork, _Columbus-like_, explore

Heavens not his own, and worlds unknown before?"

--_Pope_.

XXXVII. They employ the CONJUNCTIONS, _or--or_, and _nor--nor_, as

correspondents; as,

1. "_Or_ by the lazy Scheldt _or_ wandering Po."

--_Goldsmith_.

2. "Wealth heap'd on wealth, _nor_ truth, _nor_ safety buys."

--_Johnson_.

3. "Who by repentance is not satisfied,

Is _nor_ of heaven, _nor_ earth; for these are pleas'd."

--_Shakspeare_.

4. "Toss it, _or_ to the fowls, _or_ to the flames."

--_Young, N. T._, p. 157.

5. "_Nor_ shall the pow'rs of hell, _nor_ wastes of time,

_Or_ vanquish, _or_ destroy."

--_Gibbon's Elegy on Davies_.

XXXVIII. They oftener place PREPOSITIONS and their adjuncts, before the

words on which they depend, than do prose writers; as,

"_Against_ your fame _with_ fondness hate _combines_;

The rival batters, and the lover mines."

--_Dr. Johnson_.

XXXIX. They sometimes place a long or dissyllabic preposition after its

object; as,

1. "When beauty, _Eden's bowers within_,

First stretched the arm to deeds of sin,

When passion burn'd and prudence slept,

The pitying angels bent and wept."

--_James Hogg_.

2. "The Muses fair, _these peaceful shades among_,

With skillful fingers sweep the trembling strings."

--_Lloyd_.

3. "Where Echo walks _steep hills among_,

List'ning to the shepherd's song."

--_J. Warton, U. Poems_, p. 33.

XL. They have occasionally employed certain prepositions for which,

perhaps, it would not be easy to cite prosaic authority; as, _adown, aloft,

aloof, anear, aneath, askant, aslant, aslope, atween, atwixt, besouth,

traverse, thorough, sans_. (See Obs. 10th, and others, at p. 441.)

XLI. They oftener employ INTERJECTIONS than do prose writers; as,

"_O_ let me gaze!--Of gazing there's no end.

_O_ let me think!--Thought too is wilder'd here."

--_Young_.

XLII. They oftener employ ANTIQUATED WORDS and modes of expression; as,

1. "_Withouten_ that, would come _an_ heavier bale."

--_Thomson_.

2. "He was, _to weet_, a little roguish page,

_Save_ sleep and play, who minded nought at all."

--_Id._

3. "Not one _eftsoons_ in view was to be found."

--_Id._

4. "To number up the thousands dwelling here,

_An_ useless were, and eke _an_ endless task."

--_Id._

5. "Of clerks good plenty here you _mote espy_."

--_Id._

6. "But these I _passen_ by with nameless numbers _moe_."

--_Id._

THE END OF APPENDIX FOURTH

INDEX TO THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH GRAMMARS.

[Asterism] _In the following Index, the_ page _of the Grammar is directly

referred to_: Obs. _or_ N. _before a numeral, stands for_ Observation _or_

Observations, _or for_ Note _or_ Notes _of the text_: R. _after a

reference, stands for_ RULE. _The small letter_ n., _with an asterisk or

other mark affixed to it, relates to a_ footnote _with such mark in the

Grammar. Occasionally_, t., m., _or_ b., _or_ u., _or_ l., _accompanies a

reference, to indicate the_ top, middle, _or_ bottom, _or the_ upper _or

the_ lower half, _of the page referred to. Few abbreviations are employed

beyond those of the ordinary grammatical terms. The Index is not intended

to supersede the use of the_ Table of Contents, _which stands after the

Preface. It is occupied wholly with the matter of the_ Grammar _proper;

hence there are in it no references to the_ Introduction Historical and

Critical, _which precedes the didactic portion of the work. In the Table

before-mentioned must be sought the general division of English grammar,

and matters pertaining to praxis, to examination, and to the writing of

exercises_.

A.

A, lett., names itself

--its plur.

--sounds properly its own

--numb. of sounds pertaining to, orthoëpists differ concerning

--diphthongs beginning with,

--triphth. do.

--its true sound to be carefully preserved at end of words,

_A_, as prep, or prefix

--before part, in _ing_.

_A_ and _an_, in Gr. derivatives.

_A_ or _an_, art., see _An, A_

_Abbreviations_, frequent in writt. lang.

--rule of punct. for.

C, M, D, &c., as numerals, see _Letters_.

Needless abbreviations, to be avoided

_Able, ible_, class of adjectives in, numerous in Eng.; difficulty with

resp. to the prop. form and signif. of; to what _able_ most properly

belongs

--application of _able_ to nouns, its propriety doubtf.

--_Able_ or _ible_, prop. application of, how far determined from Lat.

etymol.

--_Able_ and _ible_, words of the same meaning in, how formed from

different roots,

_About_, with infin., as substitute for Lat. fut. part, in _rus_

--_About_, with _of_ preced., ("OF ABOUT _one hundred feet_")

--_About_, derivat. of, from Sax.

_Abrupt_ transitions in the Bible

_Absolute_, when, and in what _case_, a noun or a pron. is put

--_Absol._, case, defect of the common rule for

--in how many ways the nom. case is put

--nom. case put, with part., to what often equivalent; what part.

frequently understood after nouns put

--case, its existence denied by what authors

--words put, punct. of,

_Abstract numbers_, synt. of the phraseology used in speaking of, ("_Twice

two_ IS _four_," or "_Twice two_ ARE _four_")

_Absurd_ or incompatible expressions, to be avoided

_Absurdities_ of expression, Crit. N. concerning

_Acatalectic_, when a line is said to be

_Accent_ and quantity, critical observations on

_Accent_, difficulty with respect to the import of the word

--various definitions of, cited

--_Accent_, confounded by some with _emphasis_

--defined, as commonly understood

--chief or primary and secondary

--_Accent_, by what regulated

--compared with emphasis

--as affected by do.

--is distinct from quantity

--as understood by DR. JOH.

--SHERID. teachings concerning; mostly adopted by MURR.

--what lett. of a word receives the mark of

--stress on a monosyl. more properly _emphasis_ than

--_Accents_, more than one on a word

--DR. ADAM'S view of

_Accentuation_, modern, of Gr. and Lat. words, by what regulated;

SANCTIUS'S rule for, new vers. of

_According to, as to_, resolved. _Accordingly_, whether may be said for the

questionable _according_

_Accusative_ before infin., in Lat. and Gr., of what reckoned the subject

--whether the construc. can in general be imitated in Eng.

--who adopt the Lat. doctrine of

--what our nearest approach to the Lat. construc. of

_Active_, in reference to verbs, in what sense may be used

_Active-transitive verb_, defined

--_Act.-trans. verbs_ gov. obj. case

--place of agent and object in respect to

--_Act.-trans. verb_, or part., has some noun or pron. for its object

--with two words in appos. ("_Proclaim_ THEE KING,")

--with do., neither in appos. nor connected by conjunc., ("_I paid_ HIM

_the_ MONEY,")

--with redund. _me, thee, you_

--should not be used without an object

--should not assume a governm. incompatible with its signif.

_Active-intransitive verb_, defined

--_Act.-intrans. verb_, with prep. and its object, put in the pass.

form

--in pass. form with neut. signif. ("_I_ AM COME,")

--should not be used transitively

_Addison_, undeservedly criticised by BLAIR, for his frequent use of

_that_, as a relative

_Addition, enumeration_, of numbers, by what _number_ of the verb to be

expressed

_Address_, ordinary fashion of, in Eng., the plur. numb.

--has introduced the anomal. compound _yourself_

--_Address_, direct, nom. absol. by

--terms of, _your Majesty, your Highness_, &c., in what construc. used

--general usage of, in Fr.; in Span., Portug., or Germ.

ADJECTIVES, Etymol. of

--Classes of, named and defined

--Modifications of

--Comparison of, reg.; by adverbs; irreg.

--_Adjectives_ in _able_ and _ible_, (see _Able, Ible_.)

--_Adjectives_, number of, in Eng.

--how have been otherwise called

--how distinguished from nouns

--other parts of speech may become

--MURR., on nouns assuming the nature of

--whether nouns plur. can assume the character of

--_Adjectives_ that cannot be compared

--that are compared by means of adverbs

--(See _Comparison, Comparative Deg._, and _Superlative Deg._)

--_Adjectives_ requiring the article _the_

--denoting place or situation, comparison of

--become adverbs

--use of, for adv., improper

--with prep., ellipt., equivalent to adv.

--poet., for nouns

--do., for adverbs

--_Adjectives_, Synt. of

--do., in what consists

--to what relate

--substituted ellipt. for their abstr. nouns

--relate to nouns or pronouns understood

--used with def. art., ellipt., as nouns

--two or more before a noun, order of

--two, joined by hyphens

--denoting unity or plurality, how agree with their nouns

--connected, position of

--differing in numb., connected without repetition of noun ("ONE _or

more letters_,")

--_much, little_, &c., preceded by _too, how_, &c., taken substantively

--_Adjectives_, punct. of

--derivation of, from nouns, from adjectives, &c.

--poet. peculiarities in respect to

--_Adjective_, taken abstractly with infin. or part.

--following a finite verb, without a noun

--do. an infin. or a part.

--position of, in Eng.

--when may either precede or follow its noun

--Whether _adj._ or adv. is required, how determined

--_Adjective_, one superadded to an other, without conjunc., position

of

--when the figure of, affects the sense, what to be done

--should not be represented by a pronoun

--ellipsis of, shown

_Adjectives, common_, probable numb. of, in Eng.

--enumeration of, according to their endings

_Adjectives, compound_, analogies of their formation, traced

--nouns derived from, generally disapproved

_Adjectives, numeral_, kinds of, named

--Cardinal numb. and its corresponding _numeral_, what denote

--Construction and figure of the _numerals_

_Adjectives, participial_, what words to be referred to the class of

--cannot be construed to govern obj. case

_Adjectives, pronominal_, list of

--which, sometimes used adverbially

--which, sometimes used partitively, appar. as nouns

--without nouns expressed, how parsed

--distribution of, by CHURCH See _Other_, &c.

_Adjectives, proper_, peculiarities of, considered

--rule for initial capital in

_Adjuncts_ of nominative in the agreement of a verb

_Admitting, allowing_, &c., appar. independent, to what may relate

ADVERBS, Etymol. of

--_Adverb_, defined

--_Adverbs_, serve to abbreviate expression

--other classes of words sometimes take the nature of

--appar. take the nat. of other parts of speech

--how distinguished from adjectives

--Classes of, named and defined

--proper classification of, by what indicated

--of time, place, and manner, with what connected; of degree, do.

--_conjunctive_ (see _Conjunctive Adverb_:)

--Modifications of

--number of, in Eng.

--Whether _adverb_ or adjective required, how determined

--_Adverbs_, Synt. of

--in what do. consists

--to what relate

--_Adverb_ before a prep. ("CONSIDERABLY _beyond_,")

--_Adverbs_, whether sometimes qualify nouns

--of participles which become nouns, how managed

--_above, then_, &c., as relating directly to a noun, how parsed

--_Adverbs_, of degree, to what adjectives not applicable

--direct use of, for pronouns, inelegant

--position of

--needless use of, for adjectives

--_hither_, &c., for _here_, &c., with verb of motion

--_hence_, &c., with _from_ prefixed

--_when_, &c., not to follow _is_ in a definition ("_Concord is_ WHEN,"

&c.,)

--_ever_ and _never_, to be carefully distinguished

--in _ly_, when preferable to other forms

--_Adverb_, appar. made object of a prep. ("_At_ ONCE,")

--emphatic, with verb of self-motion suppressed ("_I'll_ HENCE,")

--_Adverb_ HOW, misuse of ("_He said_ HOW," &c.,)

--NO, not to be used in reference to a verb or a part.

--_Adverbial_ form or character, words of, how parsed

--_Adverbs_, punct. of

--_Adverb_, ellips. of, shown

--_Adverbs_, derivation of,

--many common Eng., of Anglo-Sax. origin

--poet. peculiarities in the use of

--peculiar use of those of two syllables in _ly_, by MILT. and his

contemporaries

--_Adverbial phrase_, a needless and improper designation in analysis

_Affectation_ of fine writing, PREC. against

_Ago_ and _since_, difference between

AGREEMENT, of words, defined

--with what synonymous

--_Agreement_, how many of the parts of speech in Eng., incapable of;

none necessary between words unrelated

--as differing from relation

--of words in the same construc., not easy to determine

--rules of, as applied to articles, impertinent

--_Agreements_, syntactical, in Eng., specified

--_Agreement_, general principles of

--figurative, of pronouns with antecedents

_Ah_, sometimes departs from usage

_Alexandrine verse_, description of

_Alias_, for the equivocal _or_, use of, in judicial proceedings

_All_, when may be reckoned a noun

_Allegory_, defined

--_Allegory_ includes most parables of Script., and some fables

_Alphabet_, Eng., names and plur. numb. of the letters

--Hebrew, names and characters of, given,

--Greek, do.

--Latin, names of the letters of, scarcely known even to the learned;

account of its letters

--A _perfect alphabet_ in Eng., what it would effect

--Letters of the _alphabet_, when and how used in the sciences

_Alphabetic writing_, its advantage over the syllabic

_Ambiguous, construc._, with respect to the _class_ of a word

--do., with resp. to the _case_ of a word

--_expressions_, PREC. against

_Amen_, use and import of

_Among_ and _amongst, amid_ and _amidst_, different in sense and construc.

from _between_ and _betwixt_

--incompatible with the distributive _one an other_

--derivation of, from Sax.

_Amphibrach_, defined

_Amphimac, amphimacer_, or _Cretic_, defined.

_An_, conjunc., obsolete for _if_ ("_Nay_, AN _thou 'lt mouthe_," &c.,

SHAK.,)

--derivation of, from Sax.

_An, a_, art., one and the same

--preferable form before a particular sound

--_A_ or _an_ before _genus_

--how commonly limits the sense

--belongs to sing. numb. only

--with adjective of numb.

--its effect upon proper and common nouns

--is without agreem.

--Whether _an_ is from _a_ or _a_ from _an_

--_An, a_, origin of

--of proportion

--with numerals

--by what definitives superseded

--implies unity; sometimes precedes collective noun conveying the idea

of plurality

--present usage of, how differs from that of ancient writers

--use of, before _humble_, and its compounds and derivatives

--erroneous use of, as relating to a plural

--not to be used for _the_, to denote emphat. a whole kind

_Analysis_, "to analyze a sentence," what

--_Analysis_ of sentences shown in five different methods; which method

BROWN calls "the best and most thorough"

--_Analysis_, notices of the different methods of

--importance of, in teaching grammar; the truest method of, _parsing_

_Anapest_, defined

_Anapestic verse_, treated

--what syll. of, has stress; first foot of, how may be varied

--what variation of, produces composite verse

--whether a surplus syll. in, may compensate for a deficient one

--what number of syllables in the longest measure of

--_Anapestic verse_ shown in its four measures

--_Anapestic_, measures, why few

--_poetry_, pieces in general short

--(instance of a long piece, L. HUNT'S "Feast of the Poets,")

_And_, discriminated from _or_

--when preferable to _with, or_, or _nor_

--whether emphatic of word or phrase following it ("_Part pays_, AND

_justly_;" &c., POPE,)

--derivation of, from Sax.

_Anglo-Saxon_ dialect, and accessions thereto, as forming the modern Eng.

lang.

_An other_, see _Other_

_Antecedent_, proper sense of the term

--sometimes placed after its pronoun

--sometimes doubly restricted

--of pron., applied figuratively

--sing., with the adj. _many_, and a plur. pron.

--suppressed

--_Antecedents_ of different persons, numbers, and genders,

disjunctively connected, how represented

--joint, agreem. of pron. in ellipt. construct. of

_Antibacchy_, or _hypobacchy_, defined

_Antiquated_ words and modes of expression, more frequent in poetry than in

prose

_Antithesis_, defined

_Aorist_, or indefinite, may be applied to imperf. tense pot. and subjunc.

_Aphæresis_, defined

_Apocope_, defined

_Apophasis_, or _paralipsis_, explained

_Apostrophe_, mark, what denotes; for what sometimes used

--at what period introduced into the poss. case _Apostrophe_, figure,

defined

_Apposition_, Synt.

--agreement between words in

--_Apposition_, what, and from whom received this name

--different from _same cases_ put after verbs and participles not

trans.; false teachings of MURR. _et al_. hereon

--the rule for, to _which_ apposed term applied; whether words in,

should be parsed separately

--common rule and definition of, wherein faulty

--which word of, the _explanatory_ term; _when_ explan. word placed

_first_

--in what case of, either word may be taken as the explan. term,

--why two possessive words cannot be in

--two or more nouns in, where sign of possession put

--whether compat. with, to supply relative and verb between the apposed

words

--_Apposition_, appar., of noun without poss. sign, _with_ pron.

possess. ("YOUR _success as an_ INSTRUCTER,")

--noun or pron. emphat. repeated ("_Cisterns, broken_ CISTERNS," &c.,)

--appar., of a noun to a sentence

--of words differing in numb. ("_Go_ YE _every_ MAN,")

--of proper nouns with appellatives ("_The river_ THAMES,")

--act. verb followed by two words in

--whether requires any other agreem. than that of cases

--words in, punct. of

--of a common with a prop. name, use of capital lett.

_Archaism_, what

_Aristotle_, division of the Greek letters

--what neoterics wiser than; how considers the compounding or

non-compounding of terms

_Arithmetical_ numbers, relation of the terms in

ARRANGEMENT of words, term defined

--_Arrang_. of words, of what importance in synt.; whether it affects

the method of parsing words

ARTICLES, Etymol. of

--_Article_, defined

--_Article_, common noun without; Eng. nouns without, taken

indefinitely partitive

--words of mere _being_, used without

--_Articles_, how often inserted

--needless, to be omitted

--Classes of, named and defined

--Modificat. (_an_ short, to _a_, the only,)

--_Articles_, the frequent use of; freq. misapplication of

--to be distinguished from adjectives, and from each other

--appar. used for adverbs

--_Article_, Eng., its demonstrative character

--do., compared with the Gr. def. art.; no rule for _agreement of_,

appropriate in Eng.

--use of, before names of rivers

--_Articles_, Synt. of

--to what RELATE

--_Article_, with _the poss. and its governing noun_, only _one_, used

--one noun admits of one, only; before an adj., relates to a noun

understood

--why not repeated, as in Fr., before every noun of a series; why the

omission of, cannot constitute a proper ellips.

--position of, with respect to its noun; ditto, with respect to an adj.

and noun

--relative position of, and adj., not a matter of indifference

--excluded by certain pronom. adjectives; what ones precede it; its

position in respect to an adj. of quality, limited by _too, so, as_,

or _how_

--position of, when an adj. is preceded by another adv. than _too, so,

as_, or _how_

--do., when an adj. follows its noun

--whether the insertion or the omission of, can greatly affect the

import of a sentence

--_Article_, repetition of, with nouns connected

--do. with adjectives connected, and, oppos.

--added to each of two or more nouns sing., or a plural put ("THE

_nominative and_ THE _objective_ CASE," or "THE _nominative and

objective_ CASES,")

--use of, in special correspondence of phrases

--do., in correspondence peculiar

--do., in a series of terms

--erroneous use of, before the _species_, for THE; do., when the

_species_ is said to be of the _genus_ ("A JAY _is a sort of_ A

BIRD,")

--not used before names of the virtues, vices, &c., before limited

terms, and before nouns of definite signif.

--do. before titles or names mentioned merely as such

--do. before a part. not taken as a noun

--insertion or omission of, with respect to a comparison or an

alternation made with two nouns

--required in the construc. which converts a part. into a verbal noun

--_Articles_, what the false synt. of, includes

--Ellips. of _article_, shown

--_Articles_, derivation of

--frequently omitted by the poets See also _Definite Article_, and _An,

A_

_Articulate_ or _elementary sound_, nature of

_Articulation_, as defined by COMST.; do. by BOLLES

--_Articulation_, how differs from pronunciation

--the principles of, what they constitute

--a good one, what, in the view of COMST.; do., in what consists,

according to SHERID.; do. importance of; do., how delivers words

_As_, as subject or object of a verb, _its_ CLASS

--with a clause or sentence as anteced., do. _As_, as _relative_,

WEBST. absurd explanation of; CHAND. do.; BULL. denial

--to what construc. limited

--peculiarities with respect to position

--declined

--derivation of, from Teuton., DR. JOH.

--_As follow, as follows_, &c., construction of; MURR., himself

perplexed by TOOKE and CAMPB., delivers dubious instructions

concerning

--Opinion of NIX. and CROMB. concerning. _As_, as a conjunc., uniting

words in appos.

--between adj. or part. and its noun ("_Actions_ AS _such_")

--with ellips. of latter term of comparison ("_For such_ AS HE")

--_As_ and _than_, character and import of

--words connected by, generally put in the same case

--_As

--as; as

--so; so_ (preceded by a negative,)

--_as; so

--as_ (with an infin. following;) correspondents

_Asking_ and _exclaiming_, simple and appropriate _names_ for _the marks

of_, desirable

_Aspirates_, see _Semivowels_

_Asterisk_, use of. _Asterism_, do.

_Ate_, particular words ending in, peculiarities of

_Auxiliary_, defined

--_Auxiliary_, form of a verb, when preferable to the simp.

--verbs, are mostly defective

--do., are needful in the conjug. of English verbs

--do., inflection of, shown

--_Auxiliaries_ used as expletives

--_Auxiliary_, poet. placed after verb

_Averse, aversion_, whether to be construed with _from_ or _to_

_Avoiding_, verbs of, with part. in stead of infin.

_Awkwardness, literary_, Crit. N. censuring

_Ay, I_, assentive adv.

--_Ay_, sometimes improp. written for _ah_

B.

B, its name and plur. number

--its sound

--in what situations silent

_Bacchy_, described

BE, how varied

--CONJUGATED, affirmat.

--Use of the form _be_ for the pres. indic.

--_Be_, ellips. of the infin. often needlessly supposed by ALLEN _et

al._

--whether it should be inserted after the verb _make_

--_Is_, contracted, giving its nom. the same form as that of the poss.

case ("_A_ WIT'S _a feather_," &c., POPE)

_Become_, &c., whether they demand the auxiliary _am_ or _have_

_Besides_, prep., in what cases proper to be used after _else_ or _other_,

in lieu of _than_

_Between_, cannot refer to more than two things

--_Between_ or _betwixt_, how differs in use from _among_ or _amongst_

--_Between, betwixt_, derivation of, from Sax.

_Bible, the Holy_, application of the name

--what is shown by Italics in the text of

--quotations in, how indicated

--abrupt transitions in

--its general accuracy of lang.

--in the lang. of, _ye_ and _you_, in what constructions not found

_Bid_, as commanding, or as promising, its construction with the infin.

_Blair, Dr._, unjustly censures Addison's frequent use of _that_, as a

relative

_Blank verse_, as distinguished from rhyme

_Blunders_, as readily copied, as originated, by makers of school-books

--_literary_, Crit. N. concerning

_Bombast_, as opposed to purity, PREC. against _Books_, mentioned by name,

rule for capitals

_Both_, as conjunc., corresponding to _and_

--as adj.

--derivation of, acc. to DR. MURR.

_Brace_, its purpose

_Breve_, or _stenotone_, for what used

_Brevity_ of expression, sought in the ordinary business of life

_Brokenness_, or _hitching_, as a fault of style, PREC. censuring

_But, save, as well as_, construc. of two nouns connected by

--_But_, how has acquired the signif. of _only_

--in ambiguous construc. ("_There cannot be_ BUT _one_," &c., KAMES)

--as used for _that_, contrary to its import

--derivation of, from Sax.

--_But_ and _save_, whether they ever govern the obj. case as

prepositions

--_Cannot but_, construc. and signif. of

--_Not but_, to what equivalent, and the class of _but_

C.

C, name and plur. numb. of

--sounds of

--where silent

--with cedilla placed under (ç)

--written for a number

--_Ch_, sounds of

--_Arch_, sound of, before a vowel, and before a conson.

--_Ck_, final, for double _c_

_Cadence_, explained

--faulty, precept against, by RIPP.

--MURR. direction concerning

_Cadmus_, carried the Phoenician alphabet into Greece

_Cæsura_, signif. and application of

--_Cæsural_ or _divisional pause_; _demi-cæsuras_, or _minor rests_;

(see _Pauses_)

_Can_, verb, varied

--derivation and signif. of

--_Can not_ and _cannot_, with what distinction used

--_Cannot_, with a verb of _avoiding_, or with BUT

--_Can, could, would_, as principal verbs, by poet. use

_Capital letters, capitals_, for what used; how marked for the printer, in

manuscript

--what things are exhibited wholly in,

--Rules for the use of,

--use of, in comp. prop, names,

--needless,

--lavish use of, its effect,

--discrepancies with respect to, abound in books.

_Cardinal numeral_, distinguished from its corresponding ordinal,

--should _follow_ the ordinal, in a specification of a part of a

series, ("_The first_ TWO,").

_Caret_, in what used, and for what purpose.

_Cases_, in grammar, what,

--named and defined,

--nom. and obj., alike in form, how distinguished,

--on what founded, and to what parts of speech belong.

--(See _Nominative Case_, &c.)

--_Cases_, whether infinitives, participles, &c., can take the nature

of,

--what is the proper number of, to be assigned to Eng. nouns,

--what authorities for the true doctrine of three,

--discordant doctrine of sundry grammarians concerning the numb, of,

--WEBST. and MURR. opposite instructions concerning do.

--_Cases_, whether personal pronouns have two, only,

--rules for the construc. of,

--whether a noun may be in two, at once,

--whether Eng. verbs govern two,

--whether in Eng., as in Lat., when a verb governs two, the pass.

retains the latter case.

--_Cases, same_, (see _Same Cases_.)

--_Cases_, what kinds of words take different, after them.

--_Case_ of noun or pron. after part. governed by prep., whether

undetermined; err. of SANB. and BULL. hereon expos.; GREE. false

teaching, do.,

--_doubtful_, after participles, in what kind of examples found; canon

concerning do.

_Case_, technical term with printers, ("Letters of the _lower case_.")

_Catachresis_, how commonly explained, and what sort of fig.

_Catalectic_, when a measure is said to be.

_Cedilla_, from whom borrowed, and how applied.

_Change_, of numb. in the second pers., ineleg.,

--of the connective of two nominatives appar. requiring a plur. verb,

canon concerning.

--_Changing_ the scene, or deserting the principal subj., in a sent.,

PREC. against.

_Chaucer's_ imperfect measures, DRYDEN'S remarks on.

_Cherokee_ alphabet, some account of.

_Cherubim_ and _seraphim_, Heb. plurals, sometimes mistaken for singulars.

_Chief terms_, or _principal parts_, of a verb, necessary to be first

ascertained.

--_Chief words_ may be distinguished by capitals.

_Circumflex_, inflection, (see _Inflection_,)

--mark, use of.

_Classes_ under the parts of speech, what meant by.

_Classification_ of words, explanations to assist beginners in making,

--DR. WILSON'S observations on.

_Clause_, see _Member_.

_Climax_, defined.

_Cognomination_, relation of the article, in instances of, ("_Alexander the

Great_").

_Collective noun_, defined.

--_Collective nouns_, forms of, sing. and plur.; how understood,

--gend. of, how determined,

--by what relative represented.

--_Collec. noun_, represented by plur. pron.,

--in what two ways may be taken, and with what accord of pron.; the

plur. construc. of, under what fig. of synt. ranked by the old

grammarians,

--whether with a sing. definitive, admits a plur. verb or pronoun.

--_Collec. nouns_ generally admit of plur. form.

--_Collect. noun_, represented by sing. pron. neut.,

--uniformity of numb. to be preserved in words constructed with,

--agreem. of verb with,

--how determined whether it conveys the idea of plurality or not,

--strictures on the rules of ADAM, LOWTH, _et. al._, concerning,

--NIX. notion of the construc. of verb and.

--_Coll. nouns_, partitive of plur., construc. of,

--as expressing collections of persons, or coll. of things, which most

often taken plurally,

--when not plur. in form, whether it admits of plur. adj. before it.

_Colon_, from what takes its name,

--for what used,

--in what year adopted in England,

--its utility maintained against some objectors,

--Rules for the use of,

--used by some between numb. of chap. and that of verse, in quotations

from the Bible.

_Comma_, from what takes its name,

--what denotes,

--less common in Germ. than in Eng.,

--its ancient form,

--Rules for the use of,

--use of, in a series of words.

_Commanding, desiring, expecting_, &c., verbs of, to what actions or

events, refer.

_Commandments_, the ten, how expressed as to _forms_ of verb,

--by what points divided in books,

--example of, versified in iamb. hexameter, by DR. WATTS.

_Common gender_, unnecessary and improper term in Eng. gram.

_Common noun_, defined,

--when admits of no art.,

--with def. art. sometimes becomes proper,

--by personif. often do.

--_Common nouns_ include the classes, _collective, abstract_, and

_verbal_.

--_Common nouns_, their nature and numerical distribution, as

distinguished from proper.

_Comparative degree_, defined.

--_Compar. degree_, why BROWN presents a new definit. of, in place of

his former one,

--true nature of

--whether always required in a comparison of two objects

--with what construc. proper in exclusive comparisons, canon of BROWN

--_Comparatives_, certain, not construed with the conjunc. _than_

--double, how to be considered and treated

--_Comparative_ terminations, to what adjectives not to be applied

--_Compar. degree_ in Gr. and in Lat., construc. of

--poet. connected to the positive

_Comparison_, defined

--_Comparison, degrees of_, named and defined

--what adjectives admit not of

--CHURCH. on the different, (and BROWN on CHURCH.)

--character of BROWN'S definitions of; do. of those of MURR. _et al._,

exhibited

--MURR. definitions of, criticised

--relative nature of

--_Comparison_, regular

--to what adjectives applicable

--when preferable to the comparison by adverbs

--_Comparison_, HARR. on the degrees of; the positive a _degree_

--(in oppos. to HARR. _et al._)

--_Comparison of equality_, what; sometimes involves solec.,

("_Nothing_ SO _uncertain_ AS,")

--_Comparison of equality and of ineq._, canon on

--_Comparison_, adaptation of the terms of, to the deg. to be expressed

--belongs chiefly to comm. adjectives

--_Comparis._, irregular

--_Comparis._, whether to be mentioned in parsing adverbs

--inclusive, and exclusive

--_Comparisons, extra_, their impropriety

--Crit. N. on, See also _Comparative Degree_, and _Superlative Degree_.

_Comparison_ or _contrast_ of things, the resemblance or opposition how

rendered more striking

_Complex prepositions_, how may be formed

_Composite orders_ of verse, what uniformity of construc. they require

--_Composite verse_

--description of; why requires rhythm

--kinds of, unlimited; which preferable

--liable to doubtful scansion

_Composition_, the frequent practice of, necessary, in order to acquire a

good style, _Composition_ of language, two kinds of

_Compound_ or _progressive form_ of verb, how made

--exemplified in the verb READ, conjugated, what verbs do not admit of;

what it implies

--verbs of, having a pass. signif.

_Compound word_, defined, _Compounds_, permanent, consolidated; temporary,

formed by hyphen

--_Comp. words_, not to be needlessly broken

--two or more, not to be split

--when to be written with hyphen; when without it

--_Compounding of words_, unsettled usage respecting; manner of, in

Lat. and Gr.; arbitrary practice of, in Eng., its effect

--does not necessarily preclude their separate use

--propriety of, sometimes difficult to decide

--_Compounds_, orthog. of

--_Compounding_ the words of a reg. phrase, its impropriety

--_Compound adjectives_, see _Adjectives, Compound_.

_Concord_, (see _Agreement_.)

--_Concords_ and _governments_, examples of false ones from the

grammarians

--in Lat., diversely enumerated by the Lat. grammarians

_Concrete _terms for abstract qualities, poet. use of

_Confusion_ of senses, in use of pron., to be avoided

_Conjugation_ of a verb, defined

--what some teachers choose to understand by

--Conjugating a verb, four ways of, named

--_Conjugation_ of an Eng. verb, what the simplest form of

--_Conjug._ of verbs, shown in five Examples

--(See also _Compound_ or _Progressive_, &c.)

--_Conjugat._ negative, how made, interrogative, do.

--interrog. and negative, do.

CONJUNCTIONS, Etymol. of

--_Conjunction_, defined

--_Conjunctions_, how differ from other connectives

--nature and office of; R. F. MOTT quot.

--nature of the connexions made by

--how many in common use

--how parsed

--as "connecting the same moods, &c.," strictures on the doctrine of

MURR. _et al._, concerning

--_Conjunctions_, classes of, named and defined

--(See _Copulative Conjunction, Disjunc. Conj._, and _Corresp.

Conjunc.)

--Conjunctions_, List of

--appar. used as adverbs

--peculiar phrases having the force of

--importance of, as copulative or as disjunctive, to be carefully

observed

--_Conjunctions_, Synt. of

--do., in what consists, (MURR. _et al._ teaching erron.)

--what connect

--declinable words connected by, why in the same case

--power and position of those that connect sentences or clauses

--absurd and contradictory notions concerning the office of, by LENN.,

BULL., _et al._

--two or three coming together, how parsed

--_Conjunction_, followed by a phrase, and not a whole member

--connecting two terms to one

--do. two terms the same in kind or quality

--_Conjunctions_, to be used with due regard to import and idiom

--punct. of

--ellips. of, shown

--derivation of

--are mostly of Anglo-Sax. origin

--H. TOOKE'S derivations of, given

--poet. usage of _or

--or_, and _nor

--nor_

_Conjunctive adverbs_, what office perform; what classes of words embrace

--often relate equally to two verbs in different clauses

--list of

--_whence, whither_, &c., sometimes partake of the nature of pronouns

_Connected terms_, two, limited by a third, what both must be

--should be the same in kind or quality. _Connected_ adjectives, how

should be placed. _Connective_ words, or connectives, kinds of, named

--do., how may be distinguished

_Consonants_, divisions and subdivisions of

--properties of, as _sharp, flat, labial_, &c.

_Construing_, whether differs from parsing

_Continuance_ of action, see _Compound_ or _Progressive_

_Contractions_, in the orthog. and the pronunciation of words

--ocular, in printing poetry, not important

_Correlatives_, combinations of, ("_Father's son_,") how to be regarded

_Corresponding_, or _corresponsive conjunctions_, in what manner used

--named and exemplified in their several pairs

--nature of the terms standing in the relat. of

--the former of two, how parsed

--CHURCH. canon on the use of

--_Or_

--_or_, and _nor_

--_nor_, by poet. usage _Crotchets_, or _brackets_, how used

--confused and inaccurate teaching of WEBST. _et al._, concerning

_Cum_ with an ablative, Lat., ("_Dux_ CUM _aliquibus_," &c.,) the construc.

imitated in Eng.

--canon on do.

_Curves_, or _marks of parenthesis_

--have been in use for centuries

--the use of, not to be discarded

--confused teaching of WEBST. _et al._, respecting do.

--what used to distinguish

--clause enclosed by, how to be uttered; pause of do.

--Rules for the application of

_Customary_ actions require to be expressed by indic. pres.

D.

D, name and plur. numb.

--sounds of

--written for a number

_Dactyl_, defined

_Dactylic verse_

--stress, on what syll. laid; what rhyme it generally forms

--is not very common; seldom pure and regular

--shown in its eight measures

--has been but little noticed by prosodists and grammarians

--misconceived and misrepresented Rev. D. BLAIR

_Dare_, construc. with infin. foll.

--Use of the form DARE for the third pers. sing.

_Dash_, the mark, explanation of

--LOWTH _et al._ make no mention of

--Rules for the application of

--_Dash_, needless, how to be treated

--between quotation and name of the author

--applied to side-title

--used to signify omission

_Dates_, ordinarily abbreviated; how best written

--objectives in, without their prepositions

_Dative case_, faulty relic, in Eng., of old Sax., ("_It ascends_ ME

_into_," &c., SHAK.)

_Days_ of the week, names of, to be reckoned prop. names, and written with

capital

_Deaf and dumb_

--The _deaf and dumb_, to whom the letters represent no sounds, learn

to read and write; what inferred herefrom

_Defective verb_, what verb so called

--which tenses of, wanting

--_Defective verbs_, whether they should be reckoned a distinct class

--_may, can, must_, and _shall_, not to be referred to the class of

--_will, beware_, &c., construc. and import of explained

--_Defec. verbs_, List of

_Definite article_, defined

--_Definite art._, its demonstrative character

--used before names of rivers

--do. by way of eminence

--no rule of agreem. for, in Eng.

--prefixed as an adv., to comparatives and superlatives

--repeated before every term in a series of adjectives used ellipt. as

nouns

--used for a poss. pron., ("_Full in_ THE _face_")

--position with respect to its noun

--required before antecedent to a restricted relative. See also _The_

_Definition_, defined

--A _perfect definition_, what

--_Definitions_, needful qualities of certain, in gram.

--bad, peculiar vice of

--Crit. N. on

_Definitives_, what, in Eng., and how to be classed

--example to show what is meant by

--_Definitive_ word required before antecedent to restricted relative

_Degrees of comparison_, see _Comparison_

_Deity_, names of, use of capitals in

--in all languages, masc.; direct names of, do.. The sing. numb,

universally employed in reference to the Supreme Being

_Demonstratives_, from the class, pronominal adjectives

_Derivation_, as a topic of gram., what explains

--importance of

--a knowledge of what languages will throw light on the subject of Eng.

_Desiring_, verbs of; see _Commanding_

_Desisting_, verbs of; with part., in stead of infin.

_Despauter_, (Despauterius Joannes,) grammarian, when died

--his Lat. Gram.

--his remark on the origin of using plur. pron. of second pers. for

sing.

--gives the rule that the _verb governs the nominative before it_

_Diæresis_, or _dialysis_, mark, place and use of

--explained

_Diesis_, or _double dagger_, for what purpose used. _Dimeter_, line,

_iambic_, examples of

--_trochaic_, do.

--_anapæstic_, do.

--_dactylic_, do.

_Diphthong_, defined

--_Diphthongs_, distinction of

--enumeration and specification of the Eng.

_Discourse_, or _narration_, its nature and requirements

_Disjunctive conjunction_, defined

--_Disjunctives_, List of

--_Disjunctive_ OR, see _Or_

_Distance_, see _Time_, &c.

_Distribution_, of words into classes, a matter of some difficulty;

explanations concerning, for learners

--of verbs in Lat., grammarians have disputed respecting

_Distributives_, of the class _pronominal adjectives_

--_Distributive_ term sing. in apposit. with a plur.

_Division, literary_, see _Literary Division_

_Do_, verb, how varied:

--particular uses of

--in what manner may be substituted for an other term

_Double comparatives_ and _double superlatives_, how may be regarded;

canon; (LATH. and CHILD)

_Double negatives_, see _Negation_, and _Negatives_

_Doubling_ of the final consonant before additional syll.; not doubling,

before do.

--_Double_ letter retained

--_Doubling_, certain letters incline to; others, do not

_Doubtful case_ after a part., in what kind of examples found; the

construc. to be avoided

_Drink_, verb, grammarians greatly at variance respecting the pret. and the

perf. part. of

_Dual_ number, found in Gr. and in Arab., what denotes

_Duplication_, see _Doubling_

_Du Vivier, G._, his _Grammaire des Grammaires_, and his _Traité des

Participes_, a copious treatment of the Fr. participle

E.

E, (as A, O, I, and U,) self-naming:

--how spoken and written

--its plur.

--sounds properly its own

--final, mute, and to what belongs; exceptions

--effect on preced. vowel, of _e_ mute after a sing. conson., or after

_st_, or _th_

--diphthongs beginning with

--triphthongs do.

_Each_, pronom. adj., always of the third pers. sing.; its agreements.

_Each other_, see _Other_

_Ecphoneme_, or note of exclamation

--occasional introduction into the classics

--diversely called by MURR. _et al._

--for what used, and of what a sign

--Rules for the application of

_Ecphonesis_, defined

_Either_ and _neither_, pronom. adjectives, relate to two only

--M. HARR. on the illegit. use of

--their numb. and pers.; what agreements they require, when they are

the leading words in their clauses

--derivation of, from the Sax.

_Either

--or, neither

--nor_, corresponsives:

--transposed, with repeated disjunction or negat.

_Elegiac stanza_, description of

_Elementary sound_, or _elements of speech_, defined. See _Sounds_

_Ellipsis_, figure defined

--either not defined by grammarians in general, or absurdly defined

--frequent in comp. sentences

--to be supplied in parsing

--_supposed_, may change the construc. without affecting the sense

--the principle of, as explaining several questionable but customary

expressions, ("_Fair and softly_ GOES _far_")

--MURR. on "THE _ellipsis_"

--_Ellipsis supplied_, EXAMPLES of

--Needless _ellipses_, the supposition of, to be avoided

--_Ellipses_, faulty, as opposed to perspicuity, PREC. against.

_Ellipsis_, or _suppression_, mark of, how figured, and what used to

denote

_Elliptical_ construction of nouns, ("_A horse, a horse_," &c., SHAK.)

_Elocution_, defined

_Else, other_, &c., with _than_, in exclusive comparisons

--_Else_ or _other_, sometimes construed with _besides_

--_Else_, derivation of

_Emphasis_, defined:

--comparative view of accent and

--as connected with quantity, MURR.

--as affecting accent

--what the guide to a right.

--_Emphatic_ words, not to be multiplied

_Enallage_, defined

--signif. of the Gr. word

--special application of the term

--with what other terms synonymous

--the most common forms of, in Eng.

--examples of, how differ from solecisms

--too much latitude was given to the fig. by Despauter, and by others

_Enallixis_, see _Enallage_

_Ending_ of a sentence with an adv., a prep., or any inconsid. word or

phrase, PREC. concerning

_English Grammar_, see _Grammar_

_English language_, some account of its origin

--its character

--its simplicity and facility asserted by LOWTH

--its chief defect, according to DR. JOH.

_Enumeration_ of numbers, see _Addition_

_Epicene nouns_, see _Generic Names_ _Epithets_, new compound, poets

frequently form

_Equivalence_, the argument of, has often led into errors

_Equivocal_, or _ambiguous construc._ of cases, to be avoided

--of rel. pron., by misplacement

--of prep. with converted part., how amended

--of the word _but_, ("_There cannot be_ BUT _one_," &c.)

--of words, leaving the classification doubtful, Crit. N. concerning

--_Equiv._, or _ambig_. expressions, as opposed to propriety, PREC.

against

_Eroteme_, its form in Greek

--derivation; fitness of the name

--diversely called by MURR. _et al_.

--its use

--Rules for do.

--its value as a sign of pause

--retained by a quoted question

_Erotesis_, explained

_Errors, incorrigible_, Crit. N. concerning

ETYMOLOGY

--_Etymol._, of what treats

--when and how should be taught

--_figures of_, term defined; the principal do., named and defined

--_Etymology_ and meaning of words, HARRIS on the usefulness of

disquisitions into

_Ever_, contrac., _e'er_; so in comp. rel. pronouns

--_Ever a one_, contrac. by the comm. people into _e'er a one_

--_Ever_ and _never_, opposite to each other in sense, yet freq.

confounded and misapplied; canon on the employment of

--_Ever so_, (prop., _everso_,) signif. of

--_Ever so wisely_, its propriety determined, against the false

phraseology _never so wisely_

--_Ever_, derivation of, from Sax.

_Example_, as used in teaching, meaning of

--_Examples_, use of capitals in

_Exception_, noun, and _except_, verb, whether more properly followed by

_from_ or by _to_

_Exclamation_, note of, (see _Ecphoneme_)

--_Exclamation_, nom. absolute by

--the _case_ of nouns used in

_Exclusive_ and _inclusive terms_ of a comparison

_Exercise_, in grammar, what

_Expecting_, &c., verbs of, see _Commanding_

_Extended_ compositions, gradation of the parts in

F.

F, its name and plur. numb.

--final in monosyllables, to be doubled

--formation of the plur. of nouns in, and in _ff_

--its sound

_Fable_, how may be defined

--What the term denotes in the Scriptures

_Fall short of, make bold with_, &c., how the adjective in such phrases is

to be explained in parsing

_False identification_, (under synt. of SAME CASES,) Note exposing the

error of

_Falsities_ in sentences, Crit. N. directed against

_Feel_, its construc. with the infin.

_Few_ and _many_, form and construc. of. _Fewer_, see _Little_

FIGURES, treated

--_Figure_, in gram., what

--_Figures_, distinctive names of some; frequent occurrence of those of

rhetoric

--_Figure of words_, signif. of the term

--_Figure of words_, Rules for

--suggestions additional to do.

--unsettled and variable usage in that which relates to

--_Figure of orthog._, what; what the principal _figures of_ do.

--_Figure of etymol._, what

--_Figures of etymol._, the principal, named and defined

--_Figure of synt._, what

--_Figures of synt._, the principal, named and defined

--_Figure of rhet._, what

--_Figures of rhet._, why certain are called _tropes_

--on what mostly founded

--the principal, named and defined

--affect the agreem. of pronouns with their antecedents

--_Figures_, how many BROWN deems it needful to define and illustrate

--_Figures_, definitions of sundry, in the lang. of authors,

_corrected_, KEY. _Figures_, Arabic, in what cases _pointed_ by some

_Final f, l_, or _s_, in spelling; other finals than, in do.

--_ck_ or _c_, use of

--_ll_, to what confined

--_e_ of a primitive, when omitted; when retained

--_y_ of a prim. word before a terminat., how managed

--_ise_ or _ize_, which termination to be taken

--_Finals_, what letters may assume the position of; what may not, and

why

_Finite_ verbs, _agreem. of, with subjects_, a principle of Univ. Gram.

--Rules concerning

--_Fin. verb_ understood, punct. of _First words_, initial capital to

--faulty practice of grammarians with respect to

_Foot, poetic_, see _Poetic Feet_

_Foreign_ words or idioms, unnecessary use of, in opposition to purity

_For_, with _all_, as equivalent to _although_

--_For as much as_, &c., having the nature of conjunctions

--_For that_

--_For_, with perf. part., ("FOR _lost_")

--with _ever_

--before TO _and infin._

--as introducing its object before an infin.. _For_, conj., _because_,

from Sax.; anc. expressed _for that_

_Forever_, or _for ever_, its class

_Former_ and _latter_, nature and applic. of _Forms of letters_, in type or

character

--_Forms_ OF VERBS, a knowledge of THE TRUE, nothing more important in

gram. than _Forsooth_, signif. and use of

_Friends_, the Society of; their employment, in familiar discourse, of the

sing. pron. of the second pers.

--generally neglect to compound their numeral names of the months and

days

--their misemployment of _thee_ for _thou_

--their manner of speaking, different from the solemn style

--examples of their manner of forming the verb with the pron. _thou_;

their simplificat. of the verb

_From_, derivation of, from Sax.

--_From forth, from out_, construc. of, explained

--_Off from_, examp. of the use of

_Full_, in permanent compounds, how written; in temporary do., do.

--compounds in, (_spoonful, handful_, &c.,) how pluralized

_Future, contingency_, how best expressed

_Future tense_, FIRST, how formed, and what expresses

--SECOND, do., do., and how varied

_Futurity_, often denoted by the infin., ("_The world_ TO COME")

G.

G, its name and plur.

--its sounds

--when silent

--_Gh_, sounds of, and silence

_Gardiner, W._, his new analysis of the Eng. alphab., noticed

_Genders_, term defined

--_Genders_, the diff., named and defined

--on what founded, and to what belong

--_Gender_, inconsistent views of, as given by many of the grammarians;

WELLS and MURR. criticised

--confounded with _sex_ by some writers; others otherwise confuse the

matter

--_Common gender_, of the old grammarians, the term objectionable with

respect to Eng.

--_Gender_, how in many instances determined

--figuratively ascribed, how indicated

--denoted by _he_ and _she_ prefixed to nouns

--denied by MURR. _et al_. to pronouns of the first and second persons

--of pron., the _preference_ of, when joint antecedents are of

different genders

_General_ truths and customary actions, to be expressed by the indic. pres.

_Generic_ names, sense and construc. of

"_Genitives, double_," discovered by our grammarians, the true explanation

of all such

_Gentile names_, nature and construc. of

_German language_, form of its type

--use of the comma less freq. in, than in Eng.

_Gerund_, Lat., explanation of

--what form of an Eng. participle corresponds to

--"Gerund in English," how becomes "a substantive," according to DR.

ADAM _et al._, _Gerundives_, what

_Giving, paying, procuring_, &c., verbs of, with ellips. of _to_ or _for_

before the objective of the person

GOVERNMENT, of words, defined

--to what parts of speech has respect

--the rules of, whether to be applied to the governing or the governed

words

--do., how many in the best Lat. grammars; usual faults in the

distribution of these

--_Governments_ in Eng. synt. how many

--false, examples of, cited from grammarians

_Grecism_, literal, in Eng., ("_Before Abraham was_, I AM") comp.

GRAMMAR, defined

--An English Grammar, what professes to be

--ENGLISH GRAMMAR, what in itself; what knowledge implies

--when worthy to be named a science

--_Grammar_, how to be taught, and its principles how made known

--the true principles of, in whose possession

--_a rule of_, what

--_Grammar_, how divided; its parts, of what severally treat

--what it requires

--rightly learned, what ability it confers

--what many vain pretenders to, have shown by their works

--on questions of, the practice of authors should have more weight than

the dogmatism of grammarians. _Grammars of different languages_, how

far must needs differ; strictures on those of PROF. BULL., _A grammar

designed for English_, the chief end of. _Grammatical doctrine_, the

truth of, in what consists

_Granting, supposing_, &c., see _Admitting_

_Grave accent_, as opposed to _acute_

--as preserving the vocality of _e_

_Greek_ alphabet, characters of, shown and named

_Guillemets_, or _quotation points_, what words they distinguish

--how applied to a quotation within a quotation

--not used in our common Bibles; the defect in what measure relieved

H.

H, its name and plur. numb.

--its sound

--in what words silent

--in what positions do.

--_an_ used formerly before all words beginning with

_Hand_, or _index_, use of

_Handwriting_, script letters in

_Harmonical pauses_, see _Pauses_

_Have_, verb, how varied

--derivation of; with perf. part., import of the tense

--_Had_, with _better, rather_, &c., before the infin.

_He_ and _she_, sometimes used as nouns

--as prefixed to nouns to denote gend.

--whether to be connected by a hyphen to the nouns to which prefixed

_Hear_, with objective, and an infin. without _to_

--with infin. alone, perhaps ellipt, ("_I_ HAVE HEARD TELL")

--_Heard_, verb, why irregular

--its pronunc.

_Hebrew_ letters, some account of; names, characters, and significations of

--whether they are, or are not, all consonants, long a subject of

dispute

--The

_Hebrew_ names for the months, were prop. nouns

--_Hebrew_, what pointing adopted in

_Hence, thence, whence_, with _from_ prefixed. "_I'll_ HENCE," see

_Adverbs_

_Heptameter_ line, _iambic_, examples of

--_trochaic_, do

--_dactylic_, do.

_Here, there, where_, force of, when compounded with prepositions

--with verb of motion, perh. allowable for _hither, thither, whither_.

_Hereof, thereof, whereof_, placed after nouns, what to be called.

_Herein, therein_, &c., their class and nature

_Heroic verse_, see _Pentameter_

_Heterogeneous terms_, in general, two such not to be connected by a

conjunc.

_Hexameter_ line, _iambic_, examples of

--_trochaic_, do

--_dactylic_, do.

_Hissing_ sounds, concurrence of, in forming the poss. case, how avoided

_Hold_, noun, after _lay, take_, &c., whether preferably construed with

_of, on_, or _upon_

_Hoping_, &c., verbs of, see _Commanding_

_How_, after nouns of manner, its nature

--not to be used before _that_, or in stead of it

--derivation of, from Anglo-Sax.

_Hyperbaton_, explained

--its frequency in poetry; how should be used

--is diff. from synchysis

_Hyperbole_, defined

--_Hyperboles_, by what commonly expressed

_Hypermeter_, meaning of, in scansion

_Hyphen_, its uses

--present use in compound names

--Rules for the insertion of, in compounds

--signif. of the name

--_Hyphen_, abuse of

--CHURCH, on the use of, in comp. words

--in the _figure_ of an adj., with a change of the synt. and sense

--necessary with a verbal noun and an adjunct

--do. with comp. participles, converted

_Hypobacchy_, or _antibacchy_, defined

I.

I, lett., self-naming; its plur.

--its usual sounds

--diphthongs beginning with; triphth. do., _I_, pron. with cap. lett.,

_I_, as written for a number. _I_, adv., see _Ay_

_Iambic verse_, treated

--_Iamb. verse_, stress where laid in; effect of a short syll. added to

a line of

--shown in its eight measures

--is seldom pure through a long succession of lines

--some of its diversifications shown. See also _Dimeter, Trimeter_, &c.

_Iambus_, or _iamb_, defined

_Idea of unity_, and of _plurality_, how formed

_Identity of words_, the principle of, considered

--_Identity, proper_, RULE for, ("Same Cases.") _Identification_,

false, N. concerning

_Idioms_ or peculiarities of expression, when to be approved or valued

_If_, the Biblical use of, to express an emphat. negation

--its derivation from Sax.

_Ignorance, literary_, Crit. N. concerning

_Imagery_, or _Vision_, explained

_Imperative mood_, defined

--_Imperat. mood_, why so called; in what manner applied

--its one tense, and the import of do

--its inflection shown in the verb LOVE, conjugated

--what nominatives only it takes

--use of, in the Gr. lang.; do., in Lat., Ital., Fr., and Span

--may have all the persons and numbers

--poet.

_Imperfect tense_, defined

--_Imperf. tense_, the _form_, how far applicable to the Eng. tense so

called

--in its simple form is the _preterit_

--in the pot. and subj. moods, an aorist

--of the indic. and the subj., how distinguished

--of the sub., to express a mere supposition, with indef. time

_Imperfect participle_, or _first part._, defined

--its form

--The _first part._, has been variously called

--why rightly termed _imperfect participle_

--for what forms of the Lat. gram., stands

--is applicable to time pres., past, or fut.; is not always active,

even when derived from an act. verb

--may be turned to a multiplicity of uses

--appar. put absolute, (_Admitting,

--Allowing_, &c.)

--distinguished, with respect to governm., from a particip. noun

--as equivalent to infin. mood; heads of regular equivalence

--how compares with the Lat. gerund

--its nature and construc.

_Impersonal verbs_, so called, their peculiarity of use

--called _monopersonal_ by some

_Impropriety_ of language, what embraces

_In_ and _into_, difference between; nature of the relation expressed by

each; derivation of, from Sax.

_Inclusive_ and _exclusive_ terms of a comparison

_Incorrigible errors_, Crit. N. concerning

_Indefinite article_, see _An, A_ _Indefinite pronouns_, of the class

_pronom. adjectives_

_Independent_, see _Absolute_

_Index_, or _hand_, use of

_Indicative mood_, defined

--_Indic. mood_, why so called; its nature and use

--use of its pres. tense

--do. of its form of the pluperf. in lieu of the pot. pluperf.

--wherein differs characteristically from the subj.; the two moods

continually confounded by writers

--_Indic. mood_, format, and inflec. of its tenses shown in the verb

LOVE, conjug.

--employed to express a conditional circumstance assumed as a fact

_Inelegance_ of language, see _Awkwardness_.

_Infinitive mood_, defined

--_Infin. mood_, so called in oppos. to the other moods

--usually distinguished by the prep. _to_ before it

--its _pres._, the ROOT, or radical verb; what _time_ it expresses

--archaic form in _en_

--its two tenses shown in the verb LOVE, conjug.

--Synt. of

--_Infin. mood_, by what governed; (see _To_:)

--true construc. of, explained by the 18th Rule of the Synt.

--why simple of solution in Eng.; whether ever governed by a prep, in

Fr., Span., or Ital.

--whimsical account of, given by NIX.

--how expressed in the Anglo-Sax. of the 11th century

--why may not, as some grammarians teach, be | considered a noun

--DR. WILS. on the charac. and import of

--to what other terms may be connected

--what in its nature, and for what things chiefly may stand

--taken abstractly, as subject of finite verb

--Loose _infinitives_, improp. in precise language

--_Infin. mood_, position of

--misplacement of, to be avoided

--distinction of voice in, often disregarded, ("_You are to_ BLAME;")

hypercrit. teachings of SANB. and BLAIR hereon

--_Infin._, after _bid, dare_, &c., without TO

--whether used with TO after _have, help_, and _find_

--_Infin._, BY WHAT _governed_, often imposs. to say, according to the

instructions of MURR.

--_Infinitives_ connected, governed by one preposition

--_Infinitive_, ellipsis of, after _to_, whether to be approved

--sometimes doubtful whether transitive or intransitive

--in pause, or in remote dependence, punct. of

--poet. placing of

--Greek construc. of, in poetic use

_Inflections_, defined

--rising and falling, explained; do., as applied to questions

--_notation_ of, in writing and printing

--the rising more numerous than the falling; predominance of the rising

in oral lang.; the falling, for what used, COMST.

--what kind of rules for, have been given by writers

--the rising and the falling, to be used with prop. discrimination;

what should determine the direction of

--_Inflection_, what constitutes the _circumflex_

_Innovation_ extravagant, into the system of synt. or gram., a particular

instance of, noticed

_Inscriptions_ appear best in full capitals

_Instead_, what reckoned, and how best written

_Intending_, &c., verbs of, see _Commanding_.

_Intensive_ nature of comparatives and superlatives, A. MURR.

_Interrogative pronouns_, defined

--what they severally demand

--their use and construc.

--in what differ from relatives

--are always of the third pers.

--declined

--their place in a sentence

--their construc. of cases, to what similar

_Interrogative_ sentences, agreem. of verbs in

INTERJECTIONS, Etymol. of

--_Interjection_, defined

--derivation and signif. of the term; LOWTH'S error in describing the

_interjections_

--_Interjections_, numb. of, in common use

--List of

--_Interjections_, the frequent use of, an indication of

thoughtlessness; expressiveness of some _interjections_ in earnest

utterance, &c.

--should be discriminatively used

--chief characteristics of; referred to the class of _adverbs_ by the

Gr. grammarians

--significant words uttered as, ("_Out! out!_")

--appar. taken substantively

--Synt. of

--absolute construc. of

--have no construc. with cases, as in Lat. and Gr.

--appar., sometimes connected to other words by a prep., or by _that_

--place of

--punct. of

--ellips. of, shown

--derivation of

--frequency of, in poet. lang.

_Inversion_ of terms, sometimes of advantage, in respect to strength and

vivacity of expression.

_Irony_, figure explained

_Is being_, with a perf. part., or the subject of the UNCO-PASSIVE _form of

verbs_, canvassed

_Ise_ or _ize_, which of these terminations to be taken in forming

derivatives under Deriv. of Verbs

_Ish_, termination, whether it may be accounted a degree of comparison

_It_. its chief use

--declined

--to what creatures may be applied

--put for the distance, ("_How far do you call_ IT?" &c., PRIESTL.,)

--without definite reference to an anteced.

--as explet., and referring to something expressed afterwards; faulty

omission of, before verb, in such construc.

--had formerly no variation of cases

--its poss. form ITS, for _of it_, of recent origin, and not found in

the text of the common Bible

--wrongly excluded by some from the list of pers. pronouns:

--its derivation from Sax., traced

_Italic letters, Italics_, some account of

--for what purpose used

--how denoted in preparing manuscripts

J.

J, its name and plur. numb.

--why never doubled

--why never ends a word in Eng.

--impropriety of dividing on the letter, in syllabication

--sounds of,

_Johnson, Dr. S._, his authority in Eng. orthography

_Joint nominatives_, agreem. of verb with

--whether words connected by _with_ can be used as. _Joint

antecedents_, agreem. of pron. with

--of different persons, agreem. of verb or pron. with, in ellipt.

construc.

_Jumbling_ together of the active voice and the passive, the manner of some

--_Jumbling_, senseless, Crit. N. censuring

K.

K, its name and plur.

--in general, not needed in words derived from the learned languages

--its sounds

--when silent

--Two Kays standing together

_Kind, sort_, with _these_ or _those_ improp. preceding

L.

L, its name and plur. numb.

--of the class _liquids_

--final, monosyllables ending in

--final double, to what words peculiar

--its sound; in what words silent

--where doubled

--written for a number

_Labial_ letters, how articulated

_Language_, the primitive sense of the term, what embraced; signif. of do.,

as now used

--in opposition to some grammarians, BROWN confines the term to speech

and writing

--loose explanations of the word by certain slack thinkers; WEBST.

notion of

--SHERID. idea of; KIRKH. wild and contradictory teachings concerning

--_Language_, PROPRIETY of, in what consists; IMPROPRIETY of, what

embraces

--PRECISION of, in what consists; Precepts concerning its opposites

--_Language_, Eng., (see _English Language_)

--_Languages_, uniform SERIES OF GRAMMARS for teaching the Eng., Lat.,

and Gr., that of DR. BULL., noticed

_Lay, pay_, and _say_, how written in the pret. and the perf. part.

_Leading principles_ in the construc. of sentences, in what embraced in the

Grammar

_Least parts_ of language, as written, as spoken, &c., what constituents so

called

_Legal_ phraseology, in contrast with that of common life

_Less_, improper use of, for _fewer_, ("_No_ LESS _than three

dictionaries_," DR. WEBST.)

_Lest_, use of, for THAT, without due regard to its import, ("_I feared_

LEST," &c.)

--derivation of, from Sax.

_Let_, verb, its construc, with an infin. following

LETTERS, in the Eng. alphabet, numb. of, and numb. of sounds which they

represent

--a knowledge of, in what consists

--infinite variety in, yet the letters always THE SAME

--different sorts of types, or styles of, used in Eng.

--names of, in Eng.; do., sing, and plur.

--Classes of, named and defined

--_powers_ of

--the JUST POWERS of, (see _Power_)

--Forms of, and their distinctions, in the Eng. lang.

--different sorts of, to be kept distinct

--slanting strokes of the Roman, described

--_Italic_, chief use of

--_capital_, employment of

--_small_, do.

--_Letters_, history of

--the names of, are words of a peculiar kind

--the names and powers of, not always identical

--general neglect of learning to write the names of, in Eng.

--importance of learning to write do.

--erron. teaching with respect to certain names of

--_Letters_ of the Heb. alphabet given, with their names, and the

significations of do.

--of the Gr. alphabet, with their names

--of the Lat. alphab., their names nearly lost

--of do., as now printed

--_Letters_, the twenty-six, possible combinations and mutations of

--of the alphab., _read by their names_, how taken

--do., written _for numbers_, what their nature; omission of _period_

after such letters

--DAY'S account of do.

--_Letters_, the SOUNDS of, treated

--_Letters_, the small, period of their adoption

--used for references

--_Letter_, definition of

--_Letter_, the sound of, called its POWER; yet its _power_ not

necessarily identified with its _sound_

--A _letter_, in what consists _Like, near, nigh_, appar.,

prepositions; why _not placed_ by BROWN with the prep. _Lily, W._,

grammarian, his arrangement of Lat. syntax

_Lines, poetic_, technical denominations of

_Liquids_, what letters so called

_Literary division_ of a work, common order of, downwards, and throughout;

but all literary works not thus divided. _Literary blunders_, Crit. N.

concerning

--_awkwardness_, do.

--_ignorance_, do.

--_silliness_, do.

_Little, lesser, less_, different uses and import of

--_Little, much_, &c., preceded by _not, too_, or other such adv., how

taken

--_Less_, improp. used as an adj. of number; does not signify _fewer_;

not to be used in the sense of do.

--_Less, least_, adv., to be parsed separately, in the comparison of

adjectives and adverbs

LOVE, verb active-trans., CONJUGATED _affirmatively_

--BE LOVED, pass., do.

--LOVE, conjug. negatively

--do., interrogatively

--do., interrogatively and negatively

_Low_ and provincial expressions, use of, as opp. to purity, PREC. against

_Ly_, most common terminal of Eng. adverbs; added to nouns to form

adjectives

(I,) u; 1055, b; 1053, L:

--when adverbs ending in, are preferable to those of other forms.

M.

M, its name and plur. numb.,

--of the class _liquids_,

--its sounds,

--when silent,

--as written for a number.

_Macron_, or _macrotone_, mark, its use.

_Make_, verb, whether _to_ should be suppressed, and _be_, inserted, after,

("MAKE _yourself_ BE _heard_," BLAIR,)

--its construc. with infin. following.

_Man_ and _woman_, comp. nouns in, (_man-servant, woman-servant_, &c.,) how

pluralized.

_Many a_, with noun sing. represented by a plur. pronoun.

_Marks_, or _points_, used in literary composition, the principal;

occasional. See _Punctuation_.

_May_, verb, how varied,

--derivation and uses of.

_Mean, means_, use and construc. of.

_Measure_, &c., see _Time. Measure, poetical_, see _Verse_.

_Melody_ or beauty of a sentence, words necessary to, rarely to be omitted.