—­Words, the use of, as affecting Purity
    —­do., as affect.  Propriety
    —­do., as affect.  Precision
    —­do., as affect.  Perspicuity
    —­do., as affect.  Strength

Worshiper, whether properly written with a single or a double p

Worth, its class and construc.

Worthy, admits not ellips. of prep, of before obj. following

Writing, to write, what meant by

X.

X, its name and plur. num.
    —­format. of the plur. of nouns in
    —­why never doubled
    —­written for a number
    —­its sounds

Y.

Y, its name and plur. numb.;
    —­borrowed first by the Romans from the Greeks, by whom called Ypsilon
    —­in Eng. is either a vowel or a conson.
    —­classed with the semivowels
    —­final, changed or unchanged before terminations
    —­do., when, by former practice, retained in verbs ending in y,
      before conson. terminations
    —­sounds of
    —­in poet. format. of adjectives

Ye, nom. plur., solemn style
    —­its use as the obj. case
    —­as a mere explet. in burlesque
    —­its use in the lang. of tragedy
    —­used for thee
    —­in the Eng.  Bible not found in the obj. case
    —­Ye and you, promisc. use of, in the same case and the same style,
      ineleg.

Yes, yea, in a simp. affirmation, construc. and class of
    —­derivation of, from Anglo-Sax.

You, use of, for thou
    —­You, with was, ("YOU WAS BUILDING,”) approved by DR. WEBST. et
      al., as the better form for the sing. numb.
    —­You, and VERB PLUR., in reference to one person, how to be
      treated in parsing. Your, facet. in conversation, and how uttered
      ("Dwells, like YOUR miser, sir,” &c., SHAK.,) Yourself, its
      pecul. of construc.

Your Majesty, your Highness, &c., see Address.

Youyouing and theethouing, history of

Z.

Z, its name and plur.
    —­has been called by several names; WALK., on the name
    —­peculiarity of its ordinary form
    —­its sounds described

Zeugma, (i.e., JUGATIO, vel CONNEXIO, Sanct.,) the various forms of,
were named and noticed, but not censured, by the ancient grammarians
    —­constructions of adjectives, referred to the figure, ("ONE or a
      FEW judges,"); do. of verbs, ("But HE NOR I FEEL more,” YOUNG,)

THE END OF THE INDEX,

AND OF THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH GRAMMARS.