The Grammar of English Grammars Part 271

_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 _Traite 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_, p.r.o.nom. adj., always of the third pers. sing.; its agreements.

_Each other_, see _Other_

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

_Ecphonesis_, defined

_Either_ and _neither_, p.r.o.nom. 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 quant.i.ty, 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 lat.i.tude 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 a.s.serted 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. p.r.o.n., by misplacement --of prep. with converted part., how amended --of the word _but_, ("_There cannot be_ BUT _one_," &c.) --of words, leaving the cla.s.sification 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 princ.i.p.al do., named and defined --_Etymology_ and meaning of words, HARRIS on the usefulness of disquisitions into

_Ever_, contrac., _e'er_; so in comp. rel. p.r.o.nouns --_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