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.
    —­used with def. art., ellipt., as nouns
    —­two or more before a noun, order of
    —­two, joined by hyphens
    —­denoting unity or plurality, how agree with their nouns
    —­connected, position of
    —­differing in numb., connected without repetition of noun ("ONE or
      more letters
,”)
    —­much, little, &c., preceded by too, how, &c., taken substantively
    —­Adjectives, punct. of
    —­derivation of, from nouns, from adjectives, &c.
    —­poet. peculiarities in respect to
    —­Adjective, taken abstractly with infin. or part.
    —­following a finite verb, without a noun
    —­do. an infin. or a part.
    —­position of, in Eng.
    —­when may either precede or follow its noun
    —­Whether adj. or adv. is required, how determined
    —­Adjective, one superadded to an other, without conjunc., position
      of
    —­when the figure of, affects the sense, what to be done
    —­should not be represented by a pronoun
    —­ellipsis of, shown

Adjectives, common, probable numb. of, in Eng.
    —­enumeration of, according to their endings

Adjectives, compound, analogies of their formation, traced
    —­nouns derived from, generally disapproved

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
    —­cannot be construed to govern obj. case

Adjectives, pronominal, list of
    —­which, sometimes used adverbially
    —­which, sometimes used partitively, appar. as nouns
    —­without nouns expressed, how parsed
    —­distribution of, by CHURCH See Other, &c.

Adjectives, proper, peculiarities of, considered
    —­rule for initial capital in

Adjuncts of nominative in the agreement of a verb

Admitting, allowing, &c., appar. independent, to what may relate

ADVERBS, Etymol. of
    —­Adverb, defined
    —­Adverbs, serve to abbreviate expression
    —­other classes of words sometimes take the nature of
    —­appar. take the nat. of other parts of speech
    —­how distinguished from adjectives
    —­Classes of, named and defined
    —­proper classification of, by what indicated
    —­of time, place, and manner, with what connected; of degree, do.
    —­conjunctive (see Conjunctive Adverb:)
    —­Modifications of
    —­number of, in Eng. 
    —­Whether adverb or adjective required, how determined
    —­Adverbs, Synt. of
    —­in what do. consists
    —­to what relate
    —­Adverb before a prep. ("CONSIDERABLY beyond,”)

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