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.

Preventing, verbs of, with part., in stead of infin.
    —­what construc. is proper for

Primitive word, defined
    —­Primitive words regarded as such in Eng., may generally be traced
      to ulterior sources

Principal parts, of a verb, (see Chief Terms)
    —­of a sent., how many, and what

Priscian, ancient grammarian, delivers the names of most of the Lat. letters

Progressive form of a verb, see Compound &c.

Pronominal adjectives, see Adjectives, Pronominal

PRONOUNS, Etymol. of
    —­Pronoun, definition of
    —­Pronouns in Eng., number of, and their variations
    —­nature of the representation by; are put substantively, relatively,
      or adjectively; difference in these three modes of substitution
    —­Classes of, named, and defined; (see Personal Pronoun, Relative
      Pron.
, and Interrogative Pron.)
    —­Pronouns, compound, constructional peculiarities of
    —­Pronouns, faultiness and discordance of most Eng. grammars, with
      respect to the classification and treatment of; specification of
      different modes of distribution by diff. authors
    —­Modifications of, named; these properties how distinguished in the
      personal pronouns; do. how ascertained in the relat. and interrog.
      pronouns
    —­Declension of; simp. personals declined; comp. personals do.; comp.
      relatives do.
    —­appar. used for adverbs
    —­Pronouns, Synt. of
    —­Pronoun, agreem. of, with its anteced.
    —­do., with anteced. indefinite
    —­plur., put by enall. for the sing., agreem. of
    —­sometimes disagreeing with the anteced. in one sense, because taking
      it in an other
    —­what the main point with respect to; what application of the rule of
      agreem., in parsing
    —­Pronouns, agreem. of, with their antecedents, as affected by the
      figures of rhetoric
    —­place of
    —­Pronoun, as representing a phrase or sentence
    —­under what circumstances can agree with either of two antecedents
    —­the parsing of, commonly requiring the application of two rules
    —­with suppressed anteced.
    —­needless introduction of, ("PALLAS, HER glass,” BACON)
    —­with change of numb. in the second pers., or promisc. use of ye and
      you
    —­must present the same idea as the anteced., and never confound the
      name with the thing signified
    —­employment of the same, with respect to connected relative clauses
    —­in what instances the noun must be repeated, or inserted in stead
      of
    —­should never be used to represent an adj., ("Be ATTENTIVE;
      without WHICH,” &c.)

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