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.
sign, omission oL not a true ellips.
    —­always implies a governing word,
    —­how taken by compounds
    —­liable to be added to adjunct of the former noun
    —­whether it can be rightly added to separate adjectives, ("The
      GUILTY’S prayer,”)
    —­which noun of connected possessives takes
    —­Poss. case, place and order of
    —­generally equivalent to prep. of and the objective,
    —­governed by something not expressed, ("St. Paul’s,”)
    —­Possessives, connected, how to be taken,
    —­Poss. singular, with s omitted, ("For CONSCIENCE’ sake”)
    —­Poss. case of nouns sing, in ss, false teaching of KIRKH. et
      al.
, respecting the formation of
    —­MURR. rule for the construc. of, why objectionable,
    —­compounds embracing, lack uniformity in writing,
    —­peculiarity of, with respect to correlatives, ("Father’s son,”)
    —­Possessive relation between a portion of time and its correlative
      action, ("THREE YEARS’ hard work” or, “Three years OF HARD
      WORK,”)
    —­Poss. case, appropriate form of, to be observed,
    —­plural, with a noun in forced agreem., ("For OUR PARTS,”) ib., N. iv: 
    —­needless use of, before a participle, ("In THEIR pronouncing the
      Greek
,”)
    —­Possessive pronouns, my, thy, his, &c., how often should be
      inserted, or repeated

Potential mood, defined
    —­Potential mood, why so called; by what signs distinguished,
    —­may, like the indic., be used in asking questions; why by some
      included in the subj.
    —­in what tenses used; nature of the imperf. tense
    —­formation and inflection of its tenses, shown in the verb LOVE,
      conjugated,

Power of a letter, the powers of the letters, what meant by, when
spoken of,
    —­The power of a letter is not its sound, as MURR. et al incorrectly
      teach
    —­The simple powers of the letters, many irreconcileable doctrines
      have been advanced thereon; GARDINER’S notions concerning, stated in
      brief,
    —­RUSH’S explanations of, his pretentious scheme of the alphab. how
      estimated by BROWN
    —­The just powers of the letters, what, and how are to be learned,
    —­Powers of the letters, variable; how become so; WALK, cited

Praxis, defined; lit. signif. of the word, as from the Gr.

Precision, as a quality of style, in what consists,
    —­Precepts aiming at offences against
    —­conciseness, or brevity, as opposed to

Prefixes, their management in syllabication, R.: 
    —­Explanation of
    —­import and character of the particles used as, in Eng.; the roots
      to which prefixed, not always proper Eng. words
    —­Prefixes, ENG. or ANGLO-SAX.,
    —­Prefixes, poet, usage with respect to,

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