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.

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.

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