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 Traite 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