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.

Ungrammatical language by which grammar itself is professedly taught, sample from MURR.; from PINNEO; et al. e diversis, Gram. of E. Gram., passim.

Unity, as a quality of style, in what consists
    —­required by every sentence
    —­Precepts aiming at offences against. Unity, THE IDEA OF, how
      generally determined, in respect to a collect. noun, whether it
      conveys such idea or not.

Usage, as a law of orthography for particular words
    —­Usage, as it has been, and as it is, the advantage of an exhibition
      of, by the grammarian.

Useless words, employment of, as opposed to precision.

UTTERANCE, treated
    —­Utterance, what, and what includes.

V.

V, name and plur. of: 
    —­written for a number: 
    —­sound of,

Value, &c., nouns of, see Time.

Verbal or participial noun, (see Participial, &c.)
    —­Verbal forms used substantively, by poet pecul.

VERBS, Etymol. of;
    —­Verb, defined: 
    —­why so called: 
    —­a perf. definition of, why difficult to form;
    —­CHIEF TERMS, or PRINCIP.  PARTS, of an Eng. verb, named and defined. 
    —­Verbs.  Classes of, with respect to their FORM, named and defined: 
    —­do., with respect to their signif., do. 
    —­(See Active-Transitive Verb, &c.) Verbs, whole numb, of, in Eng.;
      the regular, far the most numerous; account of the others
    —­how divided with respect to signif. in most grammars and
      dictionaries; BROWN’S division
    —­divided by certain grammarians into act., pass., and neut. 
    —­MURR, on the distribution of
    —­NIX. on do.
    —­Verbs, in Lat., grammarians of old differed respecting the
      distribut. of
    —­different methods of distribut. of, by several other authors, noticed
    —­Verbs, most act., may be used either as trans. or as intrans.
    —­some may be used either in an act. or a neut. sense
    —­act. form of, used in a pass. sense; so also PART. in ing, ("The
      books continue
SELLING”)
    —­Verbs, Modifications of, named
    —­Moods of, named and defined; (see Infinitive Mood, Indic.  Mood,
      &c.)
    —­Tenses of, named and defined; (see Present Tense, Imperf.  Tense,
      &c.)
    —­Persons and numbers of, what
    —­Conjugations of
    —­how principally conjugated
    —­(See Conjugation)
    —­Verbs, Irreg., List of
    —­simp. irreg., numb. of; whence derived
    —­Redundant, List of
    —­Defective, do.
    —­Verbs irreg. and redund., of what character all former lists of,
      have been
    —­Verbs, of asking and teaching, construc. of

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