Contractions, in the orthog. and the pronunciation of words
    —­ocular, in printing poetry, not important

Correlatives, combinations of, ("Father’s son,”) how to be regarded

Corresponding, or corresponsive conjunctions, in what manner used
    —­named and exemplified in their several pairs
    —­nature of the terms standing in the relat. of
    —­the former of two, how parsed
    —­CHURCH. canon on the use of
    —­Or
    —­or, and nor
    —­nor, by poet. usage Crotchets, or brackets, how used
    —­confused and inaccurate teaching of WEBST. et al., concerning

Cum with an ablative, Lat., ("Dux CUM aliquibus,” &c.,) the construc. imitated in Eng.
    —­canon on do.

Curves, or marks of parenthesis
    —­have been in use for centuries
    —­the use of, not to be discarded
    —­confused teaching of WEBST. et al., respecting do.
    —­what used to distinguish
    —­clause enclosed by, how to be uttered; pause of do. 
    —­Rules for the application of

Customary actions require to be expressed by indic. pres.

D.

D, name and plur. numb.
    —­sounds of
    —­written for a number

Dactyl, defined

Dactylic verse
    —­stress, on what syll. laid; what rhyme it generally forms
    —­is not very common; seldom pure and regular
    —­shown in its eight measures
    —­has been but little noticed by prosodists and grammarians
    —­misconceived and misrepresented Rev. D. BLAIR

Dare, construc. with infin. foll. 
    —­Use of the form DARE for the third pers. sing.

Dash, the mark, explanation of
    —­LOWTH et al. make no mention of
    —­Rules for the application of
    —­Dash, needless, how to be treated
    —­between quotation and name of the author
    —­applied to side-title
    —­used to signify omission

Dates, ordinarily abbreviated; how best written
    —­objectives in, without their prepositions

Dative case, faulty relic, in Eng., of old Sax., ("It ascends ME into,” &c., SHAK.)

Days of the week, names of, to be reckoned prop. names, and written with capital

Deaf and dumb
    —­The deaf and dumb, to whom the letters represent no sounds, learn
      to read and write; what inferred herefrom

Defective verb, what verb so called
    —­which tenses of, wanting
    —­Defective verbs, whether they should be reckoned a distinct class
    —­may, can, must, and shall, not to be referred to the class of
    —­will, beware, &c., construc. and import of explained
    —­Defec. verbs, List of