Finite verbs, agreem. of, with subjects, a principle of Univ.  Gram. 
    —­Rules concerning
    —­Fin. verb understood, punct. of First words, initial capital to
    —­faulty practice of grammarians with respect to

Foot, poetic, see Poetic Feet

Foreign words or idioms, unnecessary use of, in opposition to purity

For, with all, as equivalent to although
    —­For as much as, &c., having the nature of conjunctions
    —­For that
    —­For, with perf. part., ("FOR lost”)
    —­with ever
    —­before TO and infin.
    —­as introducing its object before an infin.. For, conj., because,
      from Sax.; anc. expressed for that

Forever, or for ever, its class

Former and latter, nature and applic. of Forms of letters, in type or
character
    —­Forms OF VERBS, a knowledge of THE TRUE, nothing more important in
      gram. than Forsooth, signif. and use of

Friends, the Society of; their employment, in familiar discourse, of the
sing. pron. of the second pers.
    —­generally neglect to compound their numeral names of the months and
      days
    —­their misemployment of thee for thou
    —­their manner of speaking, different from the solemn style
    —­examples of their manner of forming the verb with the pron. thou;
      their simplificat. of the verb

From, derivation of, from Sax.
    —­From forth, from out, construc. of, explained
    —­Off from, examp. of the use of

Full, in permanent compounds, how written; in temporary do., do.
    —­compounds in, (spoonful, handful, &c.,) how pluralized

Future, contingency, how best expressed

Future tense, FIRST, how formed, and what expresses
    —­SECOND, do., do., and how varied

Futurity, often denoted by the infin., ("The world TO COME”)

G.

G, its name and plur.
    —­its sounds
    —­when silent
    —­Gh, sounds of, and silence

Gardiner, W., his new analysis of the Eng. alphab., noticed

Genders, term defined
    —­Genders, the diff., named and defined
    —­on what founded, and to what belong
    —­Gender, inconsistent views of, as given by many of the grammarians;
      WELLS and MURR. criticised
    —­confounded with sex by some writers; others otherwise confuse the
      matter
    —­Common gender, of the old grammarians, the term objectionable with
      respect to Eng.
    —­Gender, how in many instances determined