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.
Man. 
      Class.  Lit.,) et al.
    —­our grammarians seem not to have understood the distinc. of long and
      short, e. g., FISHER; so SHERID., WALK., MURR., et al
    —­CHAND. absurd and confused scheme of, noticed
    —­suggestion of WEBST. on, approved

Questions, can be asked only in the indic. or the pot. mood
    —­direct, to be marked by the eroteme
    —­united, how to be marked
    —­indirect, do.
    —­a series of, how may be united and marked
    —­exclamatory, how to be marked
    —­Question, mentioned in due form, how marked
    —­declaratively put, how uttered and marked
    —­in Spanish, doubly marked, ("?Quien llama?";) in Greek, how

Quite, with art. and adj., construc. how differs according to position of art.

Quotation, direct, first word of, written with capital
    —­Quotations of proof-texts, &c., should be literally given
    —­dependent, separated from say, &c., by comma
    —­indep., preceded by colon
    —­Quotat. within a quotat., how usually marked

Quoth and quod, signif. and use of, in ludicrous lang. or in the old writers

R.

R, name and plur. numb.
    —­of the class liquids
    —­sound of; do., how can be varied in utterance
    —­what faults to be avoided in do. 
    —­DR. JOH. account of; WALK. do.

Radicals, separable and inseparable, what are so called in Eng. derivation

Rath, adv., used only in the compar. deg.
    —­Rather, with the exclusive term of comparis. introduced by than
    —­derivation of

Reading, to read, in gram., what the signif. of
    —­READ, verb, CONJUGATED affirmatively in Comp.  Form

Reciprocal terms, reciprocals, what pronom. adjectives may be so termed
    —­Reciprocals, EACH OTHER, ONE AN OTHER, their nature and import
    —­misapplicat. of, frequent in books; WEBST. errs in the signif. and
      applicat. of other.  See also Other

Reciprocal or reflected verbs, constructions in imitation of the French

Recurrence of a word in different senses, a fault opposed to propriety

Redundant verb, defined
    —­Redund. verbs, why made a separate class
    —­treated
    —­List of

Reference, marks of, ASTERISK, OBELISK, &c., shown; in what order are
introduced
    —­what other signs of, may be used. Reference, doubtful, Crit.  N.
      concerning

Reformers of the Eng. alphabet and orthog., some account of

Rejoice, resolve, incline, &c., import of, in the pass. form

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