# The Grammar of English Grammars/Index
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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
Abbreviations, frequent in writt. lang.
Able, ible, class of adjectives in, numerous in Eng.; difficulty with resp. to the prop. form and signif. of; to what able most properly
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
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
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
Active, in reference to verbs, in what sense may be used
Active-transitive verb, defined --Act.-trans. verbs gov. obj. case

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or part., has some noun or pron. for its object
Active-intransitive verb, defined --Act.-intrans. verb, with prep. and its object, put in the pass.
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
ADJECTIVES, Etymol. of
Adjectives, common, probable numb. of, in Eng.
Adjectives, compound, analogies of their formation, traced
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
Adjectives, pronominal, list of
Adjectives, proper, peculiarities of, considered
Adjuncts of nominative in the agreement of a verb
Admitting, allowing, &c., appar. independent, to what may relate
ADVERBS, Etymol. of

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ant
Affectation of fine writing, PREC. against
Ago and since, difference between
AGREEMENT, of words, defined
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
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
Amphibrach, defined
Amphimac, amphimacer, or Cretic, defined.
An, conjunc., obsolete for if ("Nay, AN thou 'lt mouthe," &c., SHAK.,)
An, a, art., one and the same
Analysis, "to analyze a sentence," what --Analysis of sentences shown in five different methods; which method
Anapest, defined
Anapestic verse, treated
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,)
Anglo-Saxon dialect, and accessions thereto, as forming the modern Eng. lang.
An other, see Other
Antecedent, proper sense of the term

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--suppressed
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,
Apposition, Synt.
Archaism, what
Aristotle, division of the Greek letters
Arithmetical numbers, relation of the terms in
ARRANGEMENT of words, term defined
ARTICLES, Etymol. of
Articulate or elementary sound, nature of
Articulation, as defined by COMST.; do. by BOLLES --Articulation, how differs from pronunciation
As, as subject or object of a verb, its CLASS

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do. As, as relative,
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
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.
Bacchy, described
BE, how varied
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
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
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
C.
C, name and plur. numb. of
Cadence, explained
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
Capital letters, capitals, for what used; how marked for the printer, in

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manuscript
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,
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.,
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.
Circumflex, inflection, (see Inflection,)
Classes under the parts of speech, what meant by.
Classification of words, explanations to assist beginners in making,
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,
Colon, from what takes its name,
Comma, from what takes its name,
Commanding, desiring, expecting, &c., verbs of, to what actions or events, refer.
Commandments, the ten, how expressed as to forms of verb,
Common gender, unnecessary and improper term in Eng. gram.
Common noun, defined,
Comparative degree, defined. --Compar. degree, why BROWN presents a new definit. of, in place of

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one,
Comparison, defined --Comparison, degrees of, named and defined
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
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
Compound word, defined, Compounds, permanent, consolidated; temporary, formed by hyphen
Concord, (see Agreement.) --Concords and governments, examples of false ones from the
Concrete terms for abstract qualities, poet. use of
Confusion of senses, in use of pron., to be avoided
Conjugation of a verb, defined
CONJUNCTIONS, Etymol. of
Conjunctive adverbs, what office perform; what classes of words embrace

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Connected terms, two, limited by a third, what both must be
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
Correlatives, combinations of, ("Father's son,") how to be regarded
Corresponding, or corresponsive conjunctions, in what manner used
Cum with an ablative, Lat., ("Dux CUM aliquibus," &c.,) the construc. imitated in Eng.
Curves, or marks of parenthesis
Customary actions require to be expressed by indic. pres.
D.
D, name and plur. numb.
Dactyl, defined
Dactylic verse
Dare, construc. with infin. foll.
Dash, the mark, explanation of --LOWTH et al. make no mention of
Dates, ordinarily abbreviated; how best written
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
Defective verb, what verb so called
Definite article, defined --Definite art., its demonstrative character
Definition, defined --A perfect definition, what --Definitions, needful qualities of certain, in gram.
Definitives, what, in Eng., and how to be classed
Degrees of comparison, see Comparison
Deity, names of, use of capitals in
Demonstratives, from the class, pronominal adjectives
Derivation, as a topic of gram., what explains
Desiring, verbs of; see Commanding
Desisting, verbs of; with part., in stead of infin.
Despauter, (Despauterius Joannes,) grammarian, when died
Diæresis, or dialysis, mark, place and use of
Diesis, or double dagger, for what purpose

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used. Dimeter, line, iambic, examples of --trochaic, do. --anapæstic, do. --dactylic, do.
Diphthong, defined --Diphthongs, distinction of
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
Distributives, of the class pronominal adjectives --Distributive term sing. in apposit. with a plur.
Division, literary, see Literary Division
Do, verb, how varied:
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.
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.
Each, pronom. adj., always of the third pers. sing.; its agreements. Each other, see Other
Ecphoneme, or note of exclamation
Ecphonesis, defined
Either and neither, pronom. adjectives, relate to two only
Either
Elegiac stanza, description of
Elementary sound, or elements of speech, defined. See Sounds
Ellipsis, figure defined
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:
Enallage, defined
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
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

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-of words, leaving the classification doubtful, Crit. N. concerning
Eroteme, its form in Greek
Erotesis, explained
Errors, incorrigible, Crit. N. concerning
ETYMOLOGY
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.
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.
Fable, how may be defined
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
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
Finite verbs, agreem. of, with subjects, a principle of Univ. Gram.
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
Friends, the Society of; their employment, in familiar discourse, of the sing. pron. of the second pers.

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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
Futurity, often denoted by the infin., ("The world TO COME")
G.
G, its name and plur.
Gardiner, W., his new analysis of the Eng. alphab., noticed
Genders, term defined --Genders, the diff., named and defined
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
Gerund, Lat., explanation of
Giving, paying, procuring, &c., verbs of, with ellips. of to or for before the objective of the person
GOVERNMENT, of words, defined
Grecism, literal, in Eng., ("Before Abraham was, I AM") comp.
GRAMMAR, defined
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
H.
H, its name and plur. numb.
Hand, or index, use of
Handwriting, script letters in
Harmonical pauses, see Pauses
Have, verb, how varied
He and she, sometimes used as nouns
Hear, with objective, and an infin. without to --with infin. alone, perhaps ellipt, ("I HAVE HEARD TELL") --Heard, verb, why irregular
Hebrew letters, some account of; names, characters, and significations of

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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
Hyperbaton, explained
Hyperbole, defined --Hyperboles, by what commonly expressed
Hypermeter, meaning of, in scansion
Hyphen, its uses
Hypobacchy, or antibacchy, defined
I.
I, lett., self-naming; its plur.
Iambic verse, treated --Iamb. verse, stress where laid in; effect of a short syll. added to
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,
Idioms or peculiarities of expression, when to be approved or valued
If, the Biblical use of, to express an emphat. negation
Ignorance, literary, Crit. N. concerning
Imagery, or Vision, explained
Imperative mood, defined --Imperat. mood, why so called; in what manner applied
Imperfect tense, defined --Imperf. tense, the form, how far applicable to the Eng. tense so
Imperfect participle, or first part., defined
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

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ses shown in the verb
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
Inflections, defined
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
Interrogative sentences, agreem. of verbs in
INTERJECTIONS, Etymol. of
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
Italic letters, Italics, some account of
J.
J, its name and plur. numb.

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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
Jumbling together of the active voice and the passive, the manner of some --Jumbling, senseless, Crit. N. censuring
K.
K, its name and plur.
Kind, sort, with these or those improp. preceding
L.
L, its name and plur. numb.
Labial letters, how articulated
Language, the primitive sense of the term, what embraced; signif. of do., as now used
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.)
Let, verb, its construc, with an infin. following
LETTERS, in the Eng. alphabet, numb. of, and numb. of sounds which they represent
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
Little, lesser, less, different uses and import of --Little, much, &c., preceded by not, too, or other such adv., how
LOVE, verb active-trans., CONJUGATED affirmatively
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

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(I,) u; 1055, b; 1053, L:
M.
M, its name and plur. numb.,
Macron, or macrotone, mark, its use.
Make, verb, whether to should be suppressed, and be, inserted, after, ("MAKE yourself BE heard," BLAIR,)
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,
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.
Member, or clause, defined. --Memb. and clause, generally used as synonymous, are discriminated
Metaphor, defined,
Methinks, explanation of; the lexicographers on the word.
Metonymy, defined, --Meton., on what founded,
Metres, more found in actual use, than those acknowledged in the ordinary schemes of prosody. Metre, see Verse.
Milton, MURR. proposed amendment of the "unintelligible" language of a certain passage of, criticised,
Miss or Misses, Mr. or Messrs., what the proper applicat. of, when name and title are to be used together, in a plur. sense.
Mistaken, to be, irregularity of the verb; its import as applied to persons, and as applied to things.
Mimesis, explained; droll examples of.
Minus, plus, versus, viâ, Lat., use of, in Eng., in partic. constructions.
Mixing of synt. with etymol., the manner of INGERS., KIRKH., et al., censured. Mixture of the forms of style, inelegance of.
Modifications, defined,
Moloss, defined.
Monometer, scarcely constitutes a line, yet is sometimes so placed. --Monometer line, iambic, examples of, --trochaic, do., --anapestic, do., --dactylic, an examp. of.
Monopersonal verbs, see Impersonal Verbs.
Monotone, what, and how produced in elocution.
Months and days, names of, appar. proper names, and require capitals,
Moods of a verb, term defined,
More and most, in ambiguous construction, ("Some people MORE than them," MURR.,)
Moses, in what characters, is supposed to have written.
Most, for almost, by vulgarism.
Motion, verbs of, with hither, &c., in stead of here.
Much, little, all, &c., as nouns, --preceded by not, too, or other such adv., --This much, in stead of thus much, DR. BLAIR.
Mulkey, W., strictures on his system of orthoëpy.
Multiplication, subject of the verb in, see Abstract Numbers.
Multiplicative numerals, as running on in a series; how written above decuple or tenfold.
Multitude, noun of, see Collective Noun.
Mute or silent, epithet applied to what letters. --Mutes, what so reckoned; of these, which imperfect. --Where a letter must be once mute.
My and mine, thy and thine, as duplicate forms of the poss. case, use of.
N.
N, its name and plur. numb.,
Name and title, see Proper Names.
Naming the letters of the alphab., importance of.
Narration, see Discourse.
Nasals, what consonants so called.
Near and nigh, see Like.
Need, as an uninflected third pers. sing. of the verb, --has perh. become an auxiliary of the pot. mood,

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mes do not,
Needless, mixing of characters in printing, bad effect of
Negation, expressed in the early Eng. by multiplied negatives; such manner of expression now obsolete and improper
Negatives, the comm. rule of the grammars, that "two negatives, in Eng., destroy each other, or &c.," whether a correct one
Neither, see Either
Neuter verb, defined --Neuter verbs, the active-trans. verbs are so called in most
Nevertheless, its composition and class
No or none, pronom. adj. No, as negative adj., "remarkable ambiguity in the use of," noticed by PRIESTL., ("No laws are better than the English;") how the ambiguity may be avoided
Nominative case, defined --Nom. case, how distinguished from the objective in nouns
Nominative sentences, examples of what MURR. erron. so terms; the prop. construc. shown
Nor, see Or.
Not, its place in negative questions
Notwithstanding, import and construc. of; misunderstood by DR. WEBST.
NOUNS, Etymol. of
Numbers, the distinction of, to what belongs, and how applied. (See Plural Number.) Numbers, cardinal, ordinal, &c., (see Cardinal Numbers, &c.) --Numbers, abstract, expressions of multiplication in, ("Twice one IS two," --"Twice two ARE four," &c.,) seven different opinions of
Numerals, numeral adjectives, see Adjectives, Numeral. Numerical figures used for references
O.

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O, lett., as A, E, I, and U, self-naming
Obelisk, or dagger, as mark of reference.
Objective case, defined --Obj. case, how distinguished from the nom. in nouns
Obsolete or antiquated words, use of, as opposed to purity, PREC. against --Things obsolete in Eng., DR. LATHAM'S attempts to revive.
Ocean, figurative representation of, as uttering his voice in tones of varied quantity.
Octometer line, may be reduced to tetrameter
Of and on or upon, difference between.
Old English, characters of its alphabet, shown
Omissions of words that are needful to the sense, Crit. N. against.
Omitting, verbs of, with part. in stead of infin.
One, employment of, as a noun or as a substitute for a noun; how classed by some grammarians
Only, derivation of; class and meaning of, in its several different relations
Onomatopoeia described and exemplified (extr. from SWIFT.)
Or, as expressing an alternation of terms, (Lat., sive.)
Or or our, terminat., number of Eng. words in; how many of these may be written with our; BROWN'S practice and views in respect to this matter.
Oral spelling, the advantage of, to learners.
Order of things or events, the natural, PREC. directing the observance of, in the use of lang.
Orders of verse, see Verse.
Ordinal numeral, (see Numerals.) --Ordinal adjectives may qualify card. numbers; cannot properly be qualified by do.
Orthoëpy, see Pronunciation.
ORTHOGRAPHY

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of,
Ought, principal verb, and not auxiliary, as called by MURR. et al., --originally part of the verb to OWE; now used as defec. verb,
Ourself, anomalous form peculiar to the regal style,
Own, its origin and import; its class and construc., --strangely called a noun by DR. JOH.
P.
P, its name and plur. numb.,
Pairs, words in, punct. of.
Palatals, what consonants so called.
Parables, in the Scriptures, see Allegory.
Paragoge, explained.
Paragraph mark, for what used.
Paralipsis, or apophasis, explained.
Parallels, as marks of reference.
Parenthesis, signif. and twofold application of the term, --Parenthesis, marks of, (see Curves.)
Parsing, defined. --Parsing, its relation to grammar,
Participial adjectives, see Adjectives, Participial.
Participial or verbal noun, defined,
PARTICIPLES, Etymol. of.

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Parts of speech, meaning of the term: --Parts of speech, named and defined:
Passions of the mind, by what tones to be expressed.
Passive verb, defined. --Pass. verbs contrasted with active-trans, verbs, in respect to the
Passive form of an active-intrans. verb followed by a prep. and its objective, ("He WAS LAUGHED AT,"). Passive sense of the act. form of the verb, ("The books continue SELLING,").
Past for future, see Prophecy.
Pauses, term defined. --Pauses, kinds of, named and explained:
Pedantic and sense-dimming style of charlatans &c., as offending against purity.
Pentameter line, iambic, examples of:
Perfect, adj., whether admits of comparison; why its comparis. by adverbs not wholly inadmissible.
Perfect definition, what.
Perfect participle, or second part., defined:
Perfect tense, defined. --Perf. tense of indic., as referring to time relatively fut.
Period, or full stop, its pause. --Period, or circuit, nature of. --Period, probably the oldest of the points; how first used:
Permanent propositions, to be expressed in the pres. tense.
Permitting, &c., verbs of, see Commanding.
Personal pronoun, defined. --Personal pronouns, simple, numb, and specificat. of:

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Personification, defined,
Persons, term defined, --Persons, named and defined,
Perspicuity, as a quality of style, in what consists,
Perversions of Eng. grammar, the design, in part, of BROWN'S code of synt, is to make intelligent judges of,
Phonetics, phonography, phonotopy, BROWN'S estimate of; DR. JOH. cited,
Phrase, defined, --Phrase made the subject of a verb, how to be taken, --Phrases, distinct, conjunctively connected, agreem. of verb with,
Place or position of the different parts of speech, see Article, Noun, Adjective, &c.
Pleonasm, defined, --Pleonasm, when allowable with respect to a pron.,
Pluperfect tense, defined, --Pluperf. tense, what implies when used conditionally; what, in the
Plural number, of nouns, how formed,
Plurality, the idea of; see Unity, &c.
Poetic feet, treated, --(See Iambus, Trochee, &c.) --Poetic foot, of what consists, --Poet. feet, number to be recognized in Eng.,
Poetry, as defined by BLAIR,
Points, or stops, the principal, named, and their forms shown,
Points of the compass, adjectives for; modes of varying them,
Possession, relation of, see Property.
Possessive case, defined, --Poss. case, how formed

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the regular formation of
Potential mood, defined --Potential mood, why so called; by what signs distinguished,
Power of a letter, the powers of the letters, what meant by, when spoken of,
Praxis, defined; lit. signif. of the word, as from the Gr.
Precision, as a quality of style, in what consists,
Prefixes, their management in syllabication, R.:
Preperfect participle, defined --Preperf. part., its form
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HALL'S absurd idea of a divis., noticed
Present tense, defined --Pres. tense, described
Preter, preterimperfect, &c., disused terms for past, imperfect, &c. --Preter, prefix, its meaning
Preterit, defined --Preterit, described
Preventing, verbs of, with part., in stead of infin.
Primitive word, defined --Primitive words regarded as such in Eng., may generally be traced
Principal parts, of a verb, (see Chief Terms)
Priscian, ancient grammarian, delivers the names of most of the Lat. letters
Progressive form of a verb, see Compound &c.
Pronominal adjectives, see Adjectives, Pronominal
PRONOUNS, Etymol. of

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r
Pronunciation, importance of an early habit of distinct
Proof-texts, not to be perverted in the quotation, Crit. N. --not quoted, but invented, by some, in their false illustrations
Proper names begin with capitals --Comm. and proper name associated, how written --Prop. names, derivatives from, do. --(Names of Deity, see Deity.) --Prop. names, application of rule concerning; distinc. between do.
Property, the relation of, how may be otherwise expressed than by the poss. case
Prophecy, the past tenses substituted for the fut., in the lang. of
Propositions, permanent, in what tense should be expressed
Propriety, as a quality of style, in what consists
Prose and verse, in the composition of lang., how differ
PROSODY
Prosthesis, explained
Proverbs, their elliptical character
Provincial expressions, use of, as opposed to purity
PUNCTUATION, arranged under the head of Prosody
Purity, as a quality of style, in what consists
Pyrrhic, defined

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Q.
Q, its name and plur. numb.
Quakers, or Friends, their style of address, see Friends
Qualities of style, treated --See Style Quantity, or time in pronunciation, explained
Questions, can be asked only in the indic. or the pot. mood
Quite, with art. and adj., construc. how differs according to position of art.
Quotation, direct, first word of, written with capital --Quotations of proof-texts, &c., should be literally given --dependent, separated from say, &c., by comma
Quoth and quod, signif. and use of, in ludicrous lang. or in the old writers
R.
R, name and plur. numb.
Radicals, separable and inseparable, what are so called in Eng. derivation
Rath, adv., used only in the compar. deg. --Rather, with the exclusive term of comparis. introduced by than
Reading, to read, in gram., what the signif. of --READ, verb, CONJUGATED affirmatively in Comp. Form
Reciprocal terms, reciprocals, what pronom. adjectives may be so termed --Reciprocals, EACH OTHER, ONE AN OTHER, their nature and import
Reciprocal or reflected verbs, constructions in imitation of the French
Recurrence of a word in different senses, a fault opposed to propriety
Redundant verb, defined --Redund. verbs, why made a separate class
Reference, marks of, ASTERISK, OBELISK, &c., shown; in what order are introduced
Reformers of the Eng. alphabet and orthog., some account of
Rejoice, resolve, incline, &c., import of, in the pass. form
Relations of things, their infinitude and diversity; the nature of RELATION
Relative pronouns, defined --Relative pronouns, and their compounds, named; declined
Repetition, of a noun or pronoun, what c

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onstruc. it produces
Restrictive and resumptive senses of the rel. pronouns, distinc. between, expl.
Rhetoric, figure of, defined --Figures of rhetoric, see Figures
Rhetorical pauses, see Pauses
Rhode Island, the name how acquired; peculiarity of its application
Rhyme, defined --Rhyming syllables, their nature and quality
Rhythm, of verse, defined
Roman letters, some account of
Rules, of RELATION, what, commonly found in grammars
Rush, Dr. J., his new doctrine of the vowels and consonants, in oppos. to the old, how estimated by BROWN
S.
S, its name and plur. numb.
S or es, verbal termin., DR. LOWTH'S account of
Sans, from Fr., signif., and where read
Sabaoth, see Deity
Same cases, construc. of
Sameness of signif., what should be that of the nom. following a verb or part.
Sapphic, verse, described --stanza, composition of; examp. from HOR. --Sapphic verse, difficulty of; Eng. Sapphics few; scansion of; "The
Save, saving, as denoting exception, class and construc. of --Save, derivation of
Saxon, alphabet, some account of
Scanning, or scansion, explained --Why, in scanning, the principal feet are to be preferred to the
Script letters, the alphabet exhibited in --the forms of, their adaptation to the pen
Scripture names, many discrepancies in, found in different editions of the Bible. Scriptures, see Bible
Section, mark, uses of
SEE, verb, irreg., act., CONJUGATED affirmatively
Seeing and provided, as connectives, their class
Seldom, adv., its comparison; use of, as an adj.
Self, in the format, of the comp. pers. pronouns
Self-contradiction, Crit. N. respecting
Self-naming letters
Semicolon, point
Semivowel, defined --Semivowels named; nature of w and y; sound of certain, as
Sense and construc. to be considered, in joining together or writing separately words otherw. liable to be misunderstood
Senseless jumbling, Crit. N. concerning
Sentence, defined --Sentence, its parts, principal and subordinate --Sentences, the two kinds of, named and defined

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of,
Series, of terms, proper use of the articles in,
Set and sit, signif. and employment of.
Sex, to what persons ascribed; why a young child may be spoken of without distinc. of,
Shall, verb, how varied,
Sheridan, T., actor and orthoëpist, his literary reputation; the worth of his writings.
Side, noun, peculiarities of usage in regard to.
Silent, or mute, when a letter is said to be.
Silliness, literary, Crit. N. concerning.
Simile, explained.
Since, improp. use of, for ago,
Sit and set, use and signif. of.
So, as expressing the sense of a preced. word or phrase,
Soever or soe'er, whether a word or only a part of an other word; how explained by WEBST.
Solemn style, as distinguished from the familiar,
Some, classed, --vulg. used for somewhat, or in some degree, ("SOME longer," SANB.). Somehow or other, somewhere or other, what the construc. Somewhere, nowhere, anywhere, &c., their class, and how
Sort, see Kind.
Sound, of a letter, commonly called its power, --elementary, of the voice, defined. --Sounds, simp. or primary, numb. in Eng., --elementary, what meant by; are few in numb.; their combinations may
Speak, to speak, what is meant by.
Speaker, why often speaks of himself in the third pers., --represents himself and others by we,
Species and figure of words, what so called,
SPELLING, defined.
Spondee, defined.
St, unsyllab. suffix, whether, wherever found, is a modern contrac. of the syllable est.
Standards of English orthog., the books proposed as such, abound in errors and inconsistencies.
Stanza, defined. --Stanzas, uniformity of, in the same poem,
Star, or asterisk, use of. --Three stars, or asterism,
Stenotone, or breve, for what used.
Stops, in printing or writing, see Points.
Strength, as a quality of style, in what consists,
Strew, whether, or not, an other mode of spelling strow; whether to be distinguished in utterance from do.; whether reg. or irreg.
STYLE, qualities of, treated.
Subaudition, meaning of the term.

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Subdisjunctive particle, of the Latins, expressed in Eng. by or of alternat.
Subject of a finite verb, what, and how may be known,
Subjunctive mood, defined. --Subj. mood, why so called; what denotes,
Such, corresponding to that, with infin. foll., --with rel. as following, in stead of who or which.
Sui generis, what thing is thus designated.
Superlative degree, defined, --BROWN'S definit. of, and of the other degrees, new; the faulty
Supplied, in parsing, what must be. See also Ellipsis.
Suppression, mark of, see Ellipsis.
Syllabic writing, far inferior to the alphabetic, BLAIR.
Syllabication, Rules of,
SYLLABLES, treated.
Syllepsis, explained,
Synæresis, explained.
Synchysis, what was so termed by some of the ancients; is different from hyperbaton; its import in gram.; its literal signif.
Syncope, explained.
Synecdoche, (comprehension,) explained. --Synecd., agreem. of pron. with anteced., in cases of.
Synonymous, words so accounted, PREC. concerning the use of.
Syntactical parsing, see Parsing.
SYNTAX.
T.
T, name and plur. numb. of,
Tautology of expression or of sentiment, a fault opposed to precision.
Teacher, what should be his aim with respect to gram.
Technical terms, unnec. use of, as opposed to propriety. Technically, words and signs taken, how to be construed.
Tenses, term defined. --Tenses, the difierent, named and defined,

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-Tenses, past and present, occurring together. See Present Tense, Imperf. Tense, &c.
Terminating a sentence with a prep. or other small particle
Terminations, of words, separated in syllabicat.
Terms of relation, see Relation. Tetrameter line, iambic, examples of
Than, as, with ellips. in latter term of comparison
That, its class determined
The, before the species, what may denote
Them, in vulg. use as an adj., for those
Thence, &c., with from prefixed, whether allowable
There, introductory and idiomatic, notions of grammarians concerning; its posit. and use; is a regular adv. of place, and not "without signification,"
They, put indefinitely for men or people
This and that, as explained by CHURCH. --placed before conjoint singulars, ("THIS POWER AND WILL do," &c.,)
Three stars, or asterism, use of
Time, the order and fitness of, to be observed in constructions expressing it
Titles, of books, are printed in capitals
Tmesis, explained
To, as governing infin. mood

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ICKL.,
Tones of the voice, what; why deserving of j particular attention
Topics, different, to be treated in separate paragraphs, PREC. of Unity.
Transposition, of the terms of relat., when a preposition begins or ends a sentence or clause
Tribrach, defined.
Trimeter line, iambic, the measure seldom used alone; examples of,
Trochaic verse, treated --Troch. verse, the stress in --nature of the single-rhymed; error of MURR. et al. concerning the
Trochee, or choree, defined.
Tropes, what figures of rhetoric are so called; signif. of the term.
Trow, its signif., and where occurs; in what person and tenses read.
Truisms and senseless remarks, how to be dealt with in gram.
Tutoyant, to what extent prevalent among the French. See Youyouing, &c.
Type or character, two forms of the letters in every kind of.
U.
U, lett., which (as A, E, I, or O) names itself
Unamendable imperfections sometimes found in ancient writings, remarks in relation to.
Unauthorized words, use of, as opposed to purity, PREC. concerning.
Unbecoming, adj., from participle compounded, error of using transitively words of this form; such error how corrected.
Uncertain, the part of speech left, see Equivocal, &c.
Unco-passive voice, or form, of the verb, ("Is being built,") the use of. conflicts with the older and better usage of the lang.
Underlining words, in preparing manuscripts, to denote Italics &c.
Understood, words said, in technical phrase, to be, what such, (Lat., subaudita)
Ungrammatical language by which grammar itself is professedly taught, sample from MURR.; from PINNEO; et al. e diversis, Gram. of E. Gram., passim.
Unity, as a quality of style, in what consists
Usage, as a law of orthography for particular words --Usage, as it has been, and as it is, the advantage of an exhibition
Useless words, employment of, as opposed to precision.
UTTERANCE, treated
V.
V, name and plur. of:
Value, &c., nouns of, see Time.
Verbal or participial noun, (see Participial, &c.)
VERBS, Etymol. of;

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Verbs, whole numb, of, in Eng.;
Verbosity, as affecting strength
Verse, in oppos. to prose, what --Blank verse, as distinguished from rhyme --Verse, general sense of the term; its derivation and literal signif.; the visible form of verse --Verse, as defined by JOH., WALK., et al.; do. by WEBST. --Verse, Eng., the difficulty of treating the subject of, and from
VERSIFICATION, treated
Vision, or imagery, explained
Vocative case of Lat. and Gr. gram., not known in Eng.
Voice, ACTIVE, and PASSIVE, whether necessary terms in Eng. gram.
Vowel, defined --Vowels named --W and Y, when vowels; comp. --Vowel sounds, or vocal elements, the different, how produced

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expressed by letters; notation of
W.
W, its name and plur. numb.
Wages, noun, plur. by formation; its construe, with a verb.
Walker, J., estimate of his Critical Pronouncing Dictionary
Was, contrary to usage preferred by some to were, in the imperf. sing, of the subj.
We, plur., as representing the speaker and others; how sometimes used in stead of the sing.; sometimes preferred by monarchs to I.
Webster, Dr. N., describes language as comprehending the voice of brutes
Weight, measure, &c., see Time.
Wert, as used in lieu of wast
What, its class and nature
Whatever or whatsoever, its peculiarities of construe., the same as those of what; its use in simp, relation
When, where, or while, in what instance not fit to follow the verb is --When, where, whither, as partaking of the nature of a pron.;
Whether, as an interrog. pron.; as a disjunc. conjunc. --conjunc. corresponsive to or
Which, relative
Whichever, whichsoever, signif. and construc. of
Who, relative
Whoever, and whoso or whosoever, signif. and construc. of
Whole, improp. use of, for all. ("Almost the WHOLE inhabitants," HUME.,).
Why, after nouns of cause, (see When, &c.) --Why, wherefore, therefore, their class.
Will, verb, how varied
Wis, verb, pret. wist, signif. and use of --Had I wist,
With, for and, (see Cum:) --added to adv. of direc., with emphat. imperat. ("Up WITH it"). Withal its class and construc. Without, obsol. use of, for unless or except. Withouten,

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paragog. and poet. form.
Worcester, Dr. J. E., his Universal and Critical Dictionary WORDS, treated.
Worshiper, whether properly written with a single or a double p
Worth, its class and construc.
Worthy, admits not ellips. of prep, of before obj. following
Writing, to write, what meant by
X.
X, its name and plur. num.
Y.
Y, its name and plur. numb.;
Ye, nom. plur., solemn style
Yes, yea, in a simp. affirmation, construc. and class of
You, use of, for thou --You, with was, ("YOU WAS BUILDING,") approved by DR. WEBST. et al., as the better form for the sing. numb. --You, and VERB PLUR., in reference to one person, how to be treated in parsing. Your, facet. in conversation, and how uttered ("Dwells, like YOUR miser, sir," &c., SHAK.,) Yourself, its
Your Majesty, your Highness, &c., see Address.
Youyouing and theethouing, history of
Z.
Z, its name and plur.
Zeugma, (i.e., JUGATIO, vel CONNEXIO, Sanct.,) the various forms of, were named and noticed, but not censured, by the ancient grammarians
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