The Grammar of English Grammars Part 270
_Conjunctive adverbs_, what office perform; what cla.s.ses of words embrace --often relate equally to two verbs in different clauses --list of --_whence, whither_, &c., sometimes partake of the nature of p.r.o.nouns _Connected terms_, two, limited by a third, what both must be --should be the same in kind or quality. _Connected_ adjectives, how should be placed. _Connective_ words, or connectives, kinds of, named --do., how may be distinguished
_Consonants_, divisions and subdivisions of --properties of, as _sharp, flat, l.a.b.i.al_, &c.
_Construing_, whether differs from parsing
_Continuance_ of action, see _Compound_ or _Progressive_
_Contractions_, in the orthog. and the p.r.o.nunciation of words --ocular, in printing poetry, not important
_Correlatives_, combinations of, ("_Father's son_,") how to be regarded
_Corresponding_, or _corresponsive conjunctions_, in what manner used --named and exemplified in their several pairs --nature of the terms standing in the relat. of --the former of two, how pa.r.s.ed --CHURCH. canon on the use of --_Or_ --_or_, and _nor_ --_nor_, by poet. usage _Crotchets_, or _brackets_, how used --confused and inaccurate teaching of WEBST. _et al._, concerning
_c.u.m_ with an ablative, Lat., ("_Dux_ c.u.m _aliquibus_," &c.,) the construc.
imitated in Eng.
--canon on do.
_Curves_, or _marks of parenthesis_ --have been in use for centuries --the use of, not to be discarded --confused teaching of WEBST. _et al._, respecting do.
--what used to distinguish --clause enclosed by, how to be uttered; pause of do.
--Rules for the application of
_Customary_ actions require to be expressed by indic. pres.
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-t.i.tle --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 cla.s.s --_may, can, must_, and _shall_, not to be referred to the cla.s.s 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. p.r.o.n., ("_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 cla.s.sed --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 cla.s.s, p.r.o.nominal 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. p.r.o.n. of second pers. for sing.
--gives the rule that the _verb governs the nominative before it_
_Diaeresis_, or _dialysis_, mark, place and use of --explained
_Diesis_, or _double dagger_, for what purpose used. _Dimeter_, line, _iambic_, examples of --_trochaic_, do.
--_anapaestic_, 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 cla.s.ses, a matter of some difficulty; explanations concerning, for learners --of verbs in Lat., grammarians have disputed respecting
_Distributives_, of the cla.s.s _p.r.o.nominal 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 subst.i.tuted for an other term
_Double comparatives_ and _double superlatives_, how may be regarded; canon; (LATH. and CHILD)
_Double negatives_, see _Negation_, and _Negatives_