The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

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

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