"_O_ let me gaze!--Of gazing there's no end.
_O_ let me think!--Thought too is wilder'd here."
--_Young_.
XLII. They oftener employ ANTIQUATED WORDS and modes of expression; as,
1. "_Withouten_ that, would come _an_ heavier bale."
--_Thomson_.
2. "He was, _to weet_, a little roguish page, _Save_ sleep and play, who minded nought at all."
--_Id._
3. "Not one _eftsoons_ in view was to be found."
--_Id._
4. "To number up the thousands dwelling here, _An_ useless were, and eke _an_ endless task."
--_Id._
5. "Of clerks good plenty here you _mote espy_."
--_Id._
6. "But these I _passen_ by with nameless numbers _moe_."
--_Id._
THE END OF APPENDIX FOURTH
INDEX TO THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH GRAMMARS.
[Asterism] _In the following Index, the_ page _of the Grammar is directly referred to_: Obs. _or_ N. _before a numeral, stands for_ Observation _or_ Observations, _or for_ Note _or_ Notes _of the text_: R. _after a reference, stands for_ RULE. _The small letter_ n., _with an asterisk or other mark affixed to it, relates to a_ footnote _with such mark in the Grammar. Occasionally_, t., m., _or_ b., _or_ u., _or_ l., _accompanies a reference, to indicate the_ top, middle, _or_ bottom, _or the_ upper _or the_ lower half, _of the page referred to. Few abbreviations are employed beyond those of the ordinary grammatical terms. The Index is not intended to supersede the use of the_ Table of Contents, _which stands after the Preface. It is occupied wholly with the matter of the_ Grammar _proper; hence there are in it no references to the_ Introduction Historical and Critical, _which precedes the didactic portion of the work. In the Table before-mentioned must be sought the general division of English grammar, and matters pertaining to praxis, to examination, and to the writing of exercises_.
A.
A, lett., names itself --its plur.
--sounds properly its own --numb. of sounds pertaining to, orthoepists differ concerning --diphthongs beginning with, --triphth. do.
--its true sound to be carefully preserved at end of words, _A_, as prep, or prefix --before part, in _ing_.
_A_ and _an_, in Gr. derivatives.
_A_ or _an_, art., see _An, A_
_Abbreviations_, frequent in writt. lang.
--rule of punct. for.
C, M, D, &c., as numerals, see _Letters_.
Needless abbreviations, to be avoided
_Able, ible_, class of adjectives in, numerous in Eng.; difficulty with resp. to the prop. form and signif. of; to what _able_ most properly belongs --application of _able_ to nouns, its propriety doubtf.
--_Able_ or _ible_, prop. application of, how far determined from Lat.
etymol.
--_Able_ and _ible_, words of the same meaning in, how formed from different roots,
_About_, with infin., as substitute for Lat. fut. part, in _rus_ --_About_, with _of_ preced., ("OF ABOUT _one hundred feet_") --_About_, derivat. of, from Sax.
_Abrupt_ transitions in the Bible
_Absolute_, when, and in what _case_, a noun or a pron. is put --_Absol._, case, defect of the common rule for --in how many ways the nom. case is put --nom. case put, with part., to what often equivalent; what part.
frequently understood after nouns put --case, its existence denied by what authors --words put, punct. of,
_Abstract numbers_, synt. of the phraseology used in speaking of, ("_Twice two_ IS _four_," or "_Twice two_ ARE _four_")
_Absurd_ or incompatible expressions, to be avoided
_Absurdities_ of expression, Crit. N. concerning
_Acatalectic_, when a line is said to be
_Accent_ and quantity, critical observations on
_Accent_, difficulty with respect to the import of the word --various definitions of, cited --_Accent_, confounded by some with _emphasis_ --defined, as commonly understood --chief or primary and secondary --_Accent_, by what regulated --compared with emphasis --as affected by do.
--is distinct from quantity --as understood by DR. JOH.
--SHERID. teachings concerning; mostly adopted by MURR.
--what lett. of a word receives the mark of --stress on a monosyl. more properly _emphasis_ than --_Accents_, more than one on a word --DR. ADAM'S view of
_Accentuation_, modern, of Gr. and Lat. words, by what regulated; SANCTIUS'S rule for, new vers. of
_According to, as to_, resolved. _Accordingly_, whether may be said for the questionable _according_
_Accusative_ before infin., in Lat. and Gr., of what reckoned the subject --whether the construc. can in general be imitated in Eng.
--who adopt the Lat. doctrine of --what our nearest approach to the Lat. construc. of
_Active_, in reference to verbs, in what sense may be used
_Active-transitive verb_, defined --_Act.-trans. verbs_ gov. obj. case --place of agent and object in respect to --_Act.-trans. verb_, or part., has some noun or pron. for its object --with two words in appos. ("_Proclaim_ THEE KING,") --with do., neither in appos. nor connected by conjunc., ("_I paid_ HIM _the_ MONEY,") --with redund. _me, thee, you_ --should not be used without an object --should not assume a governm. incompatible with its signif.
_Active-intransitive verb_, defined --_Act.-intrans. verb_, with prep. and its object, put in the pass.
form --in pass. form with neut. signif. ("_I_ AM COME,") --should not be used transitively
_Addison_, undeservedly criticised by BLAIR, for his frequent use of _that_, as a relative
_Addition, enumeration_, of numbers, by what _number_ of the verb to be expressed
_Address_, ordinary fashion of, in Eng., the plur. numb.
--has introduced the anomal. compound _yourself_ --_Address_, direct, nom. absol. by --terms of, _your Majesty, your Highness_, &c., in what construc. used --general usage of, in Fr.; in Span., Portug., or Germ.
ADJECTIVES, Etymol. of --Classes of, named and defined --Modifications of --Comparison of, reg.; by adverbs; irreg.
--_Adjectives_ in _able_ and _ible_, (see _Able, Ible_.) --_Adjectives_, number of, in Eng.
--how have been otherwise called --how distinguished from nouns --other parts of speech may become --MURR., on nouns assuming the nature of --whether nouns plur. can assume the character of --_Adjectives_ that cannot be compared --that are compared by means of adverbs --(See _Comparison, Comparative Deg._, and _Superlative Deg._) --_Adjectives_ requiring the article _the_ --denoting place or situation, comparison of --become adverbs --use of, for adv., improper --with prep., ellipt., equivalent to adv.
--poet., for nouns --do., for adverbs --_Adjectives_, Synt. of --do., in what consists --to what relate --substituted ellipt. for their abstr. nouns --relate to nouns or pronouns understood --used with def. art., ellipt., as nouns --two or more before a noun, order of --two, joined by hyphens --denoting unity or plurality, how agree with their nouns --connected, position of --differing in numb., connected without repetition of noun ("ONE _or more letters_,") --_much, little_, &c., preceded by _too, how_, &c., taken substantively --_Adjectives_, punct. of --derivation of, from nouns, from adjectives, &c.
--poet. peculiarities in respect to --_Adjective_, taken abstractly with infin. or part.