Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

Gallicisms, defined, 10. Gander, feminine corresponding to, 21.  Gender, nouns of different, 21. Genius, plural of, 21. Genus, plural of, 21.  Gerunds, 50-51. Get, principal parts of, 61. Go, principal parts of, 61.  Good reading, the foundation of good writing and speaking, 8.  GOOD USE, 3-11; defined, 6; conversation and, 7; newspapers and, 7;
  not to be learned from any one book or writer, 7; to be learned
  from good reading, 8; and from dictionaries, 9; and from books
  like the “Foundations of Rhetoric,” 9.
Good, well, distinguished, 109. Goose, masculine corresponding to, 21. Gorgeous, 124. Gotten for got, 61. Grand, 124. Gums for overshoes, 4.

Habit, custom, distinguished, 30. Halo, plural of, 18. Hang, principal parts of, 61. Happen, transpire, distinguished, 96. Hart, feminine of, 21. He, him, himself, proper choice among, 43-45. He, his, him, for mankind in general, 58. Healthy, healthful, wholesome, distinguished, 122-123. Heifer, masculine corresponding to, 21. Her, herself, she, proper choice among, 43-45. Hero, feminine corresponding to, 21.  HILL, A.S., quoted, 6, 8, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 54, 61, 62, 74,
  89, 92, 95, 99, 100, 113, 119, 122, 123, 133, 134, 135, 140, 143, 144.
Him, his, before verbal nouns, 61. Him, himself, he, proper choice among, 43-45. Hind, masculine corresponding to, 21. Hire, let, lease, distinguished, 95. His, him, before verbal nouns, 51. Home, distinguished from house, 23; preposition before, 140. How, 144. Human, humane, distinguished, 123. Hung, hanged, distinguished, 61. Hypothesis, plural of, 21.

I, me, myself, proper choice among, 43-45. Identity, identification, distinguished, 31. Illusion, allusion, delusion, distinguished, 25. Illy, 110. Immigration, emigration, distinguished, 30. Import, importance, distinguished, 81.  Improprieties, defined, 10. Impugn, impute, distinguished, 93. In, at, into, on, distinguished, 134-135. In addition to, words joined to the subject by, 89. Index, plurals of, 19.  Indicative, use of the perfect, 78; indicative or subjunctive, 82-89.  Infinitive, tenses of the, 78-79; adverbs between to and the, 133. Inquire, investigate, distinguished, 100. Insure, secure, distinguished, 100. Intend, calculate, distinguished, 94. Invent, discover, distinguished, 31. Investigate, inquire, distinguished, 100. It, its, before verbal nouns, 51.

Junto, plural of, 18.

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