—­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.