D.

D, name and plur. numb. --sounds of --written for a number

_Dactyl_, defined

_Dactylic verse_ --stress, on what syll. laid; what rhyme it generally forms --is not very common; seldom pure and regular --shown in its eight measures --has been but little noticed by prosodists and grammarians --misconceived and misrepresented Rev. D. BLAIR

_Dare_, construc. with infin. foll. --Use of the form DARE for the third pers. sing.

_Dash_, the mark, explanation of --LOWTH _et al._ make no mention of --Rules for the application of --_Dash_, needless, how to be treated --between quotation and name of the author --applied to side-title --used to signify omission

_Dates_, ordinarily abbreviated; how best written --objectives in, without their prepositions

_Dative case_, faulty relic, in Eng., of old Sax., ("_It ascends_ ME _into_," &c., SHAK.)

_Days_ of the week, names of, to be reckoned prop. names, and written with capital

_Deaf and dumb_ --The _deaf and dumb_, to whom the letters represent no sounds, learn to read and write; what inferred herefrom

_Defective verb_, what verb so called --which tenses of, wanting --_Defective verbs_, whether they should be reckoned a distinct class --_may, can, must_, and _shall_, not to be referred to the class of --_will, beware_, &c., construc. and import of explained --_Defec. verbs_, List of

_Definite article_, defined --_Definite art._, its demonstrative character --used before names of rivers --do. by way of eminence --no rule of agreem. for, in Eng. --prefixed as an adv., to comparatives and superlatives --repeated before every term in a series of adjectives used ellipt. as nouns --used for a poss. pron., ("_Full in_ THE _face_") --position with respect to its noun --required before antecedent to a restricted relative. See also _The_

_Definition_, defined --A _perfect definition_, what --_Definitions_, needful qualities of certain, in gram. --bad, peculiar vice of --Crit. N. on

_Definitives_, what, in Eng., and how to be classed --example to show what is meant by --_Definitive_ word required before antecedent to restricted relative

_Degrees of comparison_, see _Comparison_

_Deity_, names of, use of capitals in --in all languages, masc.; direct names of, do.. The sing. numb, universally employed in reference to the Supreme Being

_Demonstratives_, from the class, pronominal adjectives

_Derivation_, as a topic of gram., what explains --importance of --a knowledge of what languages will throw light on the subject of Eng.

_Desiring_, verbs of; see _Commanding_

_Desisting_, verbs of; with part., in stead of infin.

_Despauter_, (Despauterius Joannes,) grammarian, when died --his Lat. Gram. --his remark on the origin of using plur. pron. of second pers. for sing. --gives the rule that the _verb governs the nominative before it_

_Diæresis_, or _dialysis_, mark, place and use of --explained

_Diesis_, or _double dagger_, for what purpose used. _Dimeter_, line, _iambic_, examples of --_trochaic_, do. --_anapæstic_, do. --_dactylic_, do.

_Diphthong_, defined --_Diphthongs_, distinction of --enumeration and specification of the Eng.

_Discourse_, or _narration_, its nature and requirements

_Disjunctive conjunction_, defined --_Disjunctives_, List of --_Disjunctive_ OR, see _Or_

_Distance_, see _Time_, &c.

_Distribution_, of words into classes, a matter of some difficulty; explanations concerning, for learners --of verbs in Lat., grammarians have disputed respecting

_Distributives_, of the class _pronominal adjectives_ --_Distributive_ term sing. in apposit. with a plur.

_Division, literary_, see _Literary Division_

_Do_, verb, how varied: --particular uses of --in what manner may be substituted for an other term

_Double comparatives_ and _double superlatives_, how may be regarded; canon; (LATH. and CHILD)

_Double negatives_, see _Negation_, and _Negatives_

_Doubling_ of the final consonant before additional syll.; not doubling, before do. --_Double_ letter retained --_Doubling_, certain letters incline to; others, do not

_Doubtful case_ after a part., in what kind of examples found; the construc. to be avoided

_Drink_, verb, grammarians greatly at variance respecting the pret. and the perf. part. of

_Dual_ number, found in Gr. and in Arab., what denotes

_Duplication_, see _Doubling_

_Du Vivier, G._, his _Grammaire des Grammaires_, and his _Traité des

## Participes_, a copious treatment of the Fr. participle

E.

E, (as A, O, I, and U,) self-naming: --how spoken and written --its plur. --sounds properly its own --final, mute, and to what belongs; exceptions --effect on preced. vowel, of _e_ mute after a sing. conson., or after _st_, or _th_ --diphthongs beginning with --triphthongs do.

_Each_, pronom. adj., always of the third pers. sing.; its agreements. _Each other_, see _Other_

_Ecphoneme_, or note of exclamation --occasional introduction into the classics --diversely called by MURR. _et al._ --for what used, and of what a sign --Rules for the application of

_Ecphonesis_, defined

_Either_ and _neither_, pronom. adjectives, relate to two only --M. HARR. on the illegit. use of --their numb. and pers.; what agreements they require, when they are the leading words in their clauses --derivation of, from the Sax.

_Either --or, neither --nor_, corresponsives: --transposed, with repeated disjunction or negat.

_Elegiac stanza_, description of

_Elementary sound_, or _elements of speech_, defined. See _Sounds_

_Ellipsis_, figure defined --either not defined by grammarians in general, or absurdly defined --frequent in comp. sentences --to be supplied in parsing --_supposed_, may change the construc. without affecting the sense --the principle of, as explaining several questionable but customary expressions, ("_Fair and softly_ GOES _far_") --MURR. on "THE _ellipsis_" --_Ellipsis supplied_, EXAMPLES of --Needless _ellipses_, the supposition of, to be avoided --_Ellipses_, faulty, as opposed to perspicuity, PREC. against. _Ellipsis_, or _suppression_, mark of, how figured, and what used to denote

_Elliptical_ construction of nouns, ("_A horse, a horse_," &c., SHAK.)

_Elocution_, defined

_Else, other_, &c., with _than_, in exclusive comparisons --_Else_ or _other_, sometimes construed with _besides_ --_Else_, derivation of

_Emphasis_, defined: --comparative view of accent and --as connected with quantity, MURR. --as affecting accent --what the guide to a right. --_Emphatic_ words, not to be multiplied

_Enallage_, defined --signif. of the Gr. word --special application of the term --with what other terms synonymous --the most common forms of, in Eng. --examples of, how differ from solecisms --too much latitude was given to the fig. by Despauter, and by others

_Enallixis_, see _Enallage_

_Ending_ of a sentence with an adv., a prep., or any inconsid. word or phrase, PREC. concerning

_English Grammar_, see _Grammar_

_English language_, some account of its origin --its character --its simplicity and facility asserted by LOWTH --its chief defect, according to DR. JOH.

_Enumeration_ of numbers, see _Addition_

_Epicene nouns_, see _Generic Names_ _Epithets_, new compound, poets frequently form

_Equivalence_, the argument of, has often led into errors

_Equivocal_, or _ambiguous construc._ of cases, to be avoided --of rel. pron., by misplacement --of prep. with converted part., how amended --of the word _but_, ("_There cannot be_ BUT _one_," &c.) --of words, leaving the classification doubtful, Crit. N. concerning --_Equiv._, or _ambig_. expressions, as opposed to propriety, PREC. against

_Eroteme_, its form in Greek --derivation; fitness of the name --diversely called by MURR. _et al_. --its use --Rules for do. --its value as a sign of pause --retained by a quoted question

_Erotesis_, explained

_Errors, incorrigible_, Crit. N. concerning

ETYMOLOGY --_Etymol._, of what treats --when and how should be taught --_figures of_, term defined; the principal do., named and defined --_Etymology_ and meaning of words, HARRIS on the usefulness of disquisitions into

_Ever_, contrac., _e'er_; so in comp. rel. pronouns --_Ever a one_, contrac. by the comm. people into _e'er a one_ --_Ever_ and _never_, opposite to each other in sense, yet freq. confounded and misapplied; canon on the employment of --_Ever so_, (prop., _everso_,) signif. of --_Ever so wisely_, its propriety determined, against the false phraseology _never so wisely_ --_Ever_, derivation of, from Sax.

_Example_, as used in teaching, meaning of --_Examples_, use of capitals in

_Exception_, noun, and _except_, verb, whether more properly followed by _from_ or by _to_

_Exclamation_, note of, (see _Ecphoneme_) --_Exclamation_, nom. absolute by --the _case_ of nouns used in

_Exclusive_ and _inclusive terms_ of a comparison

_Exercise_, in grammar, what

_Expecting_, &c., verbs of, see _Commanding_

_Extended_ compositions, gradation of the parts in

F.

F, its name and plur. numb. --final in monosyllables, to be doubled --formation of the plur. of nouns in, and in _ff_ --its sound

_Fable_, how may be defined --What the term denotes in the Scriptures

_Fall short of, make bold with_, &c., how the adjective in such phrases is to be explained in parsing

_False identification_, (under synt. of SAME CASES,) Note exposing the error of

_Falsities_ in sentences, Crit. N. directed against

_Feel_, its construc. with the infin.

_Few_ and _many_, form and construc. of. _Fewer_, see _Little_

FIGURES, treated --_Figure_, in gram., what --_Figures_, distinctive names of some; frequent occurrence of those of rhetoric --_Figure of words_, signif. of the term --_Figure of words_, Rules for --suggestions additional to do. --unsettled and variable usage in that which relates to --_Figure of orthog._, what; what the principal _figures of_ do. --_Figure of etymol._, what --_Figures of etymol._, the principal, named and defined --_Figure of synt._, what --_Figures of synt._, the principal, named and defined --_Figure of rhet._, what --_Figures of rhet._, why certain are called _tropes_ --on what mostly founded --the principal, named and defined --affect the agreem. of pronouns with their antecedents --_Figures_, how many BROWN deems it needful to define and illustrate --_Figures_, definitions of sundry, in the lang. of authors, _corrected_, KEY. _Figures_, Arabic, in what cases _pointed_ by some

_Final f, l_, or _s_, in spelling; other finals than, in do. --_ck_ or _c_, use of --_ll_, to what confined --_e_ of a primitive, when omitted; when retained --_y_ of a prim. word before a terminat., how managed --_ise_ or _ize_, which termination to be taken --_Finals_, what letters may assume the position of; what may not, and why

_Finite_ verbs, _agreem. of, with subjects_, a principle of Univ. Gram. --Rules concerning --_Fin. verb_ understood, punct. of _First words_, initial capital to --faulty practice of grammarians with respect to

_Foot, poetic_, see _Poetic Feet_

_Foreign_ words or idioms, unnecessary use of, in opposition to purity

_For_, with _all_, as equivalent to _although_ --_For as much as_, &c., having the nature of conjunctions --_For that_ --_For_, with perf. part., ("FOR _lost_") --with _ever_ --before TO _and infin._ --as introducing its object before an infin.. _For_, conj., _because_, from Sax.; anc. expressed _for that_

_Forever_, or _for ever_, its class

_Former_ and _latter_, nature and applic. of _Forms of letters_, in type or character --_Forms_ OF VERBS, a knowledge of THE TRUE, nothing more important in gram. than _Forsooth_, signif. and use of

_Friends_, the Society of; their employment, in familiar discourse, of the sing. pron. of the second pers. --generally neglect to compound their numeral names of the months and days --their misemployment of _thee_ for _thou_ --their manner of speaking, different from the solemn style --examples of their manner of forming the verb with the pron. _thou_; their simplificat. of the verb

_From_, derivation of, from Sax. --_From forth, from out_, construc. of, explained --_Off from_, examp. of the use of

_Full_, in permanent compounds, how written; in temporary do., do. --compounds in, (_spoonful, handful_, &c.,) how pluralized

_Future, contingency_, how best expressed

_Future tense_, FIRST, how formed, and what expresses --SECOND, do., do., and how varied

_Futurity_, often denoted by the infin., ("_The world_ TO COME")

G.

G, its name and plur. --its sounds --when silent --_Gh_, sounds of, and silence

_Gardiner, W._, his new analysis of the Eng. alphab., noticed

_Genders_, term defined --_Genders_, the diff., named and defined --on what founded, and to what belong --_Gender_, inconsistent views of, as given by many of the grammarians; WELLS and MURR. criticised --confounded with _sex_ by some writers; others otherwise confuse the matter --_Common gender_, of the old grammarians, the term objectionable with respect to Eng. --_Gender_, how in many instances determined --figuratively ascribed, how indicated --denoted by _he_ and _she_ prefixed to nouns --denied by MURR. _et al_. to pronouns of the first and second persons --of pron., the _preference_ of, when joint antecedents are of different genders

_General_ truths and customary actions, to be expressed by the indic. pres.

_Generic_ names, sense and construc. of

"_Genitives, double_," discovered by our grammarians, the true explanation of all such

_Gentile names_, nature and construc. of

_German language_, form of its type --use of the comma less freq. in, than in Eng.

_Gerund_, Lat., explanation of --what form of an Eng. participle corresponds to --"Gerund in English," how becomes "a substantive," according to DR. ADAM _et al._, _Gerundives_, what

_Giving, paying, procuring_, &c., verbs of, with ellips. of _to_ or _for_ before the objective of the person

GOVERNMENT, of words, defined --to what parts of speech has respect --the rules of, whether to be applied to the governing or the governed words --do., how many in the best Lat. grammars; usual faults in the distribution of these --_Governments_ in Eng. synt. how many --false, examples of, cited from grammarians

_Grecism_, literal, in Eng., ("_Before Abraham was_, I AM") comp.

GRAMMAR, defined --An English Grammar, what professes to be --ENGLISH GRAMMAR, what in itself; what knowledge implies --when worthy to be named a science --_Grammar_, how to be taught, and its principles how made known --the true principles of, in whose possession --_a rule of_, what --_Grammar_, how divided; its parts, of what severally treat --what it requires --rightly learned, what ability it confers --what many vain pretenders to, have shown by their works --on questions of, the practice of authors should have more weight than the dogmatism of grammarians. _Grammars of different languages_, how far must needs differ; strictures on those of PROF. BULL., _A grammar designed for English_, the chief end of. _Grammatical doctrine_, the truth of, in what consists

_Granting, supposing_, &c., see _Admitting_

_Grave accent_, as opposed to _acute_ --as preserving the vocality of _e_

_Greek_ alphabet, characters of, shown and named

_Guillemets_, or _quotation points_, what words they distinguish --how applied to a quotation within a quotation --not used in our common Bibles; the defect in what measure relieved

H.

H, its name and plur. numb. --its sound --in what words silent --in what positions do. --_an_ used formerly before all words beginning with

_Hand_, or _index_, use of

_Handwriting_, script letters in

_Harmonical pauses_, see _Pauses_

_Have_, verb, how varied --derivation of; with perf. part., import of the tense --_Had_, with _better, rather_, &c., before the infin.

_He_ and _she_, sometimes used as nouns --as prefixed to nouns to denote gend. --whether to be connected by a hyphen to the nouns to which prefixed

_Hear_, with objective, and an infin. without _to_ --with infin. alone, perhaps ellipt, ("_I_ HAVE HEARD TELL") --_Heard_, verb, why irregular --its pronunc.

_Hebrew_ letters, some account of; names, characters, and significations of --whether they are, or are not, all consonants, long a subject of dispute --The

_Hebrew_ names for the months, were prop. nouns --_Hebrew_, what pointing adopted in

_Hence, thence, whence_, with _from_ prefixed. "_I'll_ HENCE," see _Adverbs_

_Heptameter_ line, _iambic_, examples of --_trochaic_, do --_dactylic_, do.

_Here, there, where_, force of, when compounded with prepositions --with verb of motion, perh. allowable for _hither, thither, whither_. _Hereof, thereof, whereof_, placed after nouns, what to be called. _Herein, therein_, &c., their class and nature

_Heroic verse_, see _Pentameter_

_Heterogeneous terms_, in general, two such not to be connected by a conjunc.

_Hexameter_ line, _iambic_, examples of --_trochaic_, do --_dactylic_, do.

_Hissing_ sounds, concurrence of, in forming the poss. case, how avoided

_Hold_, noun, after _lay, take_, &c., whether preferably construed with _of, on_, or _upon_

_Hoping_, &c., verbs of, see _Commanding_

_How_, after nouns of manner, its nature --not to be used before _that_, or in stead of it --derivation of, from Anglo-Sax.

_Hyperbaton_, explained --its frequency in poetry; how should be used --is diff. from synchysis

_Hyperbole_, defined --_Hyperboles_, by what commonly expressed

_Hypermeter_, meaning of, in scansion

_Hyphen_, its uses --present use in compound names --Rules for the insertion of, in compounds --signif. of the name --_Hyphen_, abuse of --CHURCH, on the use of, in comp. words --in the _figure_ of an adj., with a change of the synt. and sense --necessary with a verbal noun and an adjunct --do. with comp. participles, converted

_Hypobacchy_, or _antibacchy_, defined