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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

I, lett., self-naming; its plur.
    —its usual sounds
    —diphthongs beginning with; triphth. do., I, pron. with cap. lett.,
      I, as written for a number. I, adv., see Ay

Iambic verse, treated
    —Iamb. verse, stress where laid in; effect of a short syll. added to
      a line of
    —shown in its eight measures
    —is seldom pure through a long succession of lines
    —some of its diversifications shown. See also Dimeter, Trimeter, &c.

Iambus, or iamb, defined

Idea of unity, and of plurality, how formed

Identity of words, the principle of, considered
    —Identity, proper, RULE for, ("Same Cases.") Identification,
      false, N. concerning

Idioms or peculiarities of expression, when to be approved or valued

If, the Biblical use of, to express an emphat. negation —its derivation from Sax.

Ignorance, literary, Crit. N. concerning

Imagery, or Vision, explained

Imperative mood, defined —Imperat. mood, why so called; in what manner applied —its one tense, and the import of do —its inflection shown in the verb LOVE, conjugated —what nominatives only it takes —use of, in the Gr. lang.; do., in Lat., Ital., Fr., and Span —may have all the persons and numbers —poet.

Imperfect tense, defined
    —Imperf. tense, the form, how far applicable to the Eng. tense so
      called
    —in its simple form is the preterit
    —in the pot. and subj. moods, an aorist
    —of the indic. and the subj., how distinguished
    —of the sub., to express a mere supposition, with indef. time

Imperfect participle, or first part., defined
    —its form
    —The first part., has been variously called
    —why rightly termed imperfect participle
    —for what forms of the Lat. gram., stands
    —is applicable to time pres., past, or fut.; is not always active,
      even when derived from an act. verb
    —may be turned to a multiplicity of uses
    —appar. put absolute, (Admitting,
    —Allowing, &c.)
    —distinguished, with respect to governm., from a particip. noun
    —as equivalent to infin. mood; heads of regular equivalence
    —how compares with the Lat. gerund
    —its nature and construc.

Impersonal verbs, so called, their peculiarity of use —called monopersonal by some

Impropriety of language, what embraces

In and into, difference between; nature of the relation expressed by each; derivation of, from Sax.

Inclusive and exclusive terms of a comparison

Incorrigible errors, Crit. N. concerning

Indefinite article, see An, A Indefinite pronouns, of the class pronom. adjectives

Independent, see Absolute

Index, or hand, use of

Indicative mood, defined
    —Indic. mood, why so called; its nature and use
    —use of its pres. tense
    —do. of its form of the pluperf. in lieu of the pot. pluperf.
    —wherein differs characteristically from the subj.; the two moods
      continually confounded by writers
    —Indic. mood, format, and inflec. of its tenses shown in the verb
      LOVE, conjug.
    —employed to express a conditional circumstance assumed as a fact

Inelegance of language, see Awkwardness.

Infinitive mood, defined
    —Infin. mood, so called in oppos. to the other moods
    —usually distinguished by the prep. to before it
    —its pres., the ROOT, or radical verb; what time it expresses
    —archaic form in en
    —its two tenses shown in the verb LOVE, conjug.
    —Synt. of
    —Infin. mood, by what governed; (see To:)
    —true construc. of, explained by the 18th Rule of the Synt.
    —why simple of solution in Eng.; whether ever governed by a prep, in
      Fr., Span., or Ital.
    —whimsical account of, given by NIX.
    —how expressed in the Anglo-Sax. of the 11th century
    —why may not, as some grammarians teach, be | considered a noun
    —DR. WILS. on the charac. and import of
    —to what other terms may be connected
    —what in its nature, and for what things chiefly may stand
    —taken abstractly, as subject of finite verb
    —Loose infinitives, improp. in precise language
    —Infin. mood, position of
    —misplacement of, to be avoided
    —distinction of voice in, often disregarded, ("You are to BLAME;")
      hypercrit. teachings of SANB. and BLAIR hereon
    —Infin., after bid, dare, &c., without TO
    —whether used with TO after have, help, and find
    —Infin., BY WHAT governed, often imposs. to say, according to the
      instructions of MURR.
    —Infinitives connected, governed by one preposition
    —Infinitive, ellipsis of, after to, whether to be approved
    —sometimes doubtful whether transitive or intransitive
    —in pause, or in remote dependence, punct. of
    —poet. placing of
    —Greek construc. of, in poetic use

Inflections, defined
    —rising and falling, explained; do., as applied to questions
    —notation of, in writing and printing
    —the rising more numerous than the falling; predominance of the rising
      in oral lang.; the falling, for what used, COMST.
    —what kind of rules for, have been given by writers
    —the rising and the falling, to be used with prop. discrimination;
      what should determine the direction of
    —Inflection, what constitutes the circumflex

Innovation extravagant, into the system of synt. or gram., a particular instance of, noticed

Inscriptions appear best in full capitals

Instead, what reckoned, and how best written

Intending, &c., verbs of, see Commanding.

Intensive nature of comparatives and superlatives, A. MURR.

Interrogative pronouns, defined
    —what they severally demand
    —their use and construc.
    —in what differ from relatives
    —are always of the third pers.
    —declined
    —their place in a sentence
    —their construc. of cases, to what similar

Interrogative sentences, agreem. of verbs in

INTERJECTIONS, Etymol. of
    —Interjection, defined
    —derivation and signif. of the term; LOWTH'S error in describing the
      interjections
    —Interjections, numb. of, in common use
    —List of
    —Interjections, the frequent use of, an indication of
      thoughtlessness; expressiveness of some interjections in earnest
      utterance, &c.
    —should be discriminatively used
    —chief characteristics of; referred to the class of adverbs by the
      Gr. grammarians
    —significant words uttered as, ("Out! out!")
    —appar. taken substantively
    —Synt. of
    —absolute construc. of
    —have no construc. with cases, as in Lat. and Gr.
    —appar., sometimes connected to other words by a prep., or by that
    —place of
    —punct. of
    —ellips. of, shown
    —derivation of
    —frequency of, in poet. lang.

Inversion of terms, sometimes of advantage, in respect to strength and vivacity of expression.

Irony, figure explained

Is being, with a perf. part., or the subject of the UNCO-PASSIVE form of verbs, canvassed

Ise or ize, which of these terminations to be taken in forming derivatives under Deriv. of Verbs

Ish, termination, whether it may be accounted a degree of comparison

It. its chief use
    —declined
    —to what creatures may be applied
    —put for the distance, ("How far do you call IT?" &c., PRIESTL.,)
    —without definite reference to an anteced.
    —as explet., and referring to something expressed afterwards; faulty
      omission of, before verb, in such construc.
    —had formerly no variation of cases
    —its poss. form ITS, for of it, of recent origin, and not found in
      the text of the common Bible
    —wrongly excluded by some from the list of pers. pronouns:
    —its derivation from Sax., traced

Italic letters, Italics, some account of —for what purpose used —how denoted in preparing manuscripts

J, its name and plur. numb. —why never doubled —why never ends a word in Eng. —impropriety of dividing on the letter, in syllabication —sounds of,

Johnson, Dr. S., his authority in Eng. orthography

Joint nominatives, agreem. of verb with
    —whether words connected by with can be used as. Joint
      antecedents, agreem. of pron. with
    —of different persons, agreem. of verb or pron. with, in ellipt.
      construc.

Jumbling together of the active voice and the passive, the manner of some —Jumbling, senseless, Crit. N. censuring

K, its name and plur. —in general, not needed in words derived from the learned languages —its sounds —when silent —Two Kays standing together

Kind, sort, with these or those improp. preceding

L, its name and plur. numb. —of the class liquids —final, monosyllables ending in —final double, to what words peculiar —its sound; in what words silent —where doubled —written for a number

Labial letters, how articulated

Language, the primitive sense of the term, what embraced; signif. of do.,
as now used
    —in opposition to some grammarians, BROWN confines the term to speech
      and writing
    —loose explanations of the word by certain slack thinkers; WEBST.
      notion of
    —SHERID. idea of; KIRKH. wild and contradictory teachings concerning
    —Language, PROPRIETY of, in what consists; IMPROPRIETY of, what
      embraces
    —PRECISION of, in what consists; Precepts concerning its opposites
    —Language, Eng., (see English Language)
    —Languages, uniform SERIES OF GRAMMARS for teaching the Eng., Lat.,
      and Gr., that of DR. BULL., noticed

Lay, pay, and say, how written in the pret. and the perf. part.

Leading principles in the construc. of sentences, in what embraced in the Grammar

Least parts of language, as written, as spoken, &c., what constituents so called

Legal phraseology, in contrast with that of common life

Less, improper use of, for fewer, ("No LESS than three dictionaries," DR. WEBST.)

Lest, use of, for THAT, without due regard to its import, ("I feared LEST," &c.) —derivation of, from Sax.

Let, verb, its construc, with an infin. following

LETTERS, in the Eng. alphabet, numb. of, and numb. of sounds which they
represent
    —a knowledge of, in what consists
    —infinite variety in, yet the letters always THE SAME
    —different sorts of types, or styles of, used in Eng.
    —names of, in Eng.; do., sing, and plur.
    —Classes of, named and defined
    —powers of
    —the JUST POWERS of, (see Power)
    —Forms of, and their distinctions, in the Eng. lang.
    —different sorts of, to be kept distinct
    —slanting strokes of the Roman, described
    —Italic, chief use of
    —capital, employment of
    —small, do.
    —Letters, history of
    —the names of, are words of a peculiar kind
    —the names and powers of, not always identical
    —general neglect of learning to write the names of, in Eng.
    —importance of learning to write do.
    —erron. teaching with respect to certain names of
    —Letters of the Heb. alphabet given, with their names, and the
      significations of do.
    —of the Gr. alphabet, with their names
    —of the Lat. alphab., their names nearly lost
    —of do., as now printed
    —Letters,