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.

Stanza, defined.
    —­Stanzas, uniformity of, in the same poem,
    —­varieties of,
    —­Elegiac stanza, described.
    —­Stanzas, lyric, examples of,
    —­“A GOOD NAME,” ("two beautiful little stanzas,” BROWN).

Star, or asterisk, use of.
    —­Three stars, or asterism,

Stenotone, or breve, for what used.

Stops, in printing or writing, see Points.

Strength, as a quality of style, in what consists,
    —­essentials of,
    —­Precepts aiming at offences against.

Strew, whether, or not, an other mode of spelling strow; whether to be distinguished in utterance from do.; whether reg. or irreg.

STYLE, qualities of, treated.
    —­Style, as connected with synt., what,
    —­differs from mere words and mere grammar; not regulated entirely by
      rules of construc.,
    —­what relation has to the author himself, and what shows,
    —­general characters of, by what epithets designated. 
    —­What must be remembered by the learner, in forming his style; a
      good style how acquired.
    —­Style, solemn, familiar, &c., as used in gram., what meant by. 
    —­(See Solemn Style.)

Subaudition, meaning of the term. Subdisjunctive particle, of the Latins, expressed in Eng. by or of alternat.

Subject of a finite verb, what, and how may be known,
    —­must be the NOM.  CASE,
    —­what besides a noun or pronoun may be.
    —­Subject phrases, joint, what agreements require.
    —­Subject and predicate, in analysis.  See also Nominative Case.

Subjunctive mood, defined.
    —­Subj. mood, why so called; what denotes,
    —­differing views of grammarians in regard to the numb. and form of its
      tenses. 
    —­The true subj. mood rejected by some late grammarians; strictures
      on WELLS. 
    —­WELD’S erroneous teaching respecting the subj., noticed,
    —­CHAND. do., do. 
    —­Chief characteristical diff. between the indic. and the subj. mood.
    —­Subj. mood described,
    —­its two tenses do., and their forms shown, in the verb LOVE,
      conjugated,
    —­whether ever put after a rel. pronoun,
    —­proper limits of,
    —­how properly employed.
    —­False subj.
    —­Subj. mood, not necessarily governed by if, lest, &c.

Such, corresponding to that, with infin. foll.,
    —­with rel. as following, in stead of who or which.

Sui generis, what thing is thus designated.

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