N.

N, its name and plur. numb.,
    —­of the class liquids,
    —­its sounds,
    —­in what position silent.

Name and title, see Proper Names.

Naming the letters of the alphab., importance of.

Narration, see Discourse.

Nasals, what consonants so called.

Near and nigh, see Like.

Need, as an uninflected third pers. sing. of the verb,
    —­has perh. become an auxiliary of the pot. mood,
    —­to what tenses must be understood to belong, if to be recognized as
      an auxil. of the pot. mood,
    —­that good writers sometimes inflect the verb, and sometimes do not,
      and that they sometimes use to after it, and sometimes do not, how
      may be accounted for
    —­three authorized forms of expression, with respect to the verb.
      Needs, as an adv., its composition

Needless, mixing of characters in printing, bad effect of
    —­capitals; effect of
    —­articles, to be omitted
    —­ellipses, the supposition of, a common error among grammarians
    —­use of participles for nouns, or nouns for participles
    —­words, ineleg.
    —­possessive or art. before a part., how corrected
    —­periods, or other points, after certain numeral expressions
    —­abbreviations, offend against taste
    —­dashes inserted, how to be treated

Negation, expressed in the early Eng. by multiplied negatives; such manner of expression now obsolete and improper
    —­Effect on a negation, of two negatives in the same clause

Negatives, the comm. rule of the grammars, that “two negatives, in Eng., destroy each other, or &c.,” whether a correct one

Neither, see Either

Neuter verb, defined
    —­Neuter verbs, the active-trans. verbs are so called in most
      grammars and dictionaries; the absurdity of this
    —­extent of this class of verbs; their existence in any lang. denied by
      some grammarians
    —­Neut. verb BE, conjugated
    —­Neuter verbs, made from active-transitives, (am come, is gone,
      &c.;) these called by some, “neuter passives”
    —­of passive form, (am grown, are flown, &c.,) as errors of
      conjugat., or of synt.
    —­do., how may be distinguished from pass. verbs
    —­do., DR. PRIESTL. mistaken notions concerning their nature and
      propriety
    —­Neut. verbs, and their participles, take the same case after as
      before them
    —­Neuter verb between two nominatives, its agreem.

Nevertheless, its composition and class