Abstract nouns, 76

Accent, 51

Accidence, definition of, 66
Address, nominative of, 97, 231
Adjectives, definition of, 103; compared
with verbs, 104; classified, 104; used
as nouns, 106; inflexion of, 112; not
admitting comparison, 113; comparison
of, 114; suffixes forming, 202; followed
by objective, 238, 245; used attribu-
tively and predicatively, 104, 241;
factitive use of, 241; agreement of,
241; order of, 246
Adjective clauses, 194

Adjunct, attributive, 212; adverbial, 215
Adverbs, definition of, 179; classification

of, 180; formation of, 181; used as
adjectives, 183; as nouns, 190; show-
ing case-endings, 182; simple and con-
junctive, 180; yes and no, 181; com-
parison of, 182, 280; from he, who, the,
182; compound, 182; modify certain
parts of speech, 179; syntax of, 269;
distinguished from prepositions, 189;
distinguished from conjunctions, 270;
meaning affected by position, 271
Adverbial adjuncts, 215; clauses, 195;
object, 238

After, different parts of speech, 64
Agency, suffixes marking, 202
Alms, 89

Alphabet, the English, 55; deficient, re-
dundant, inconsistent, 55; origin of,
59; requirements of a perfect, 55;
phonetic, 56

Alternative conjunctions, syntax of, 254
An, a, origin of, 107; uses of, 108; syn-
tax of, 244

Anacoluthon, 266

Analysis, directions for, 216
Analytic languages, 66

And, redundant use of, 274; colloquially
for to, 281

Angles, original home of, 4
Anglo-Saxon, meaning of, 5

Anomaly, in number of nouns, 89

Antecedent to relative, 125; suppressed,

126

Any, 129

Apostrophe in possessive, 98

Apposition, 233; possessive of nouns in,
98
Archaic plural forms, 88

Are, 172

Articles, 107; not a separate part of
speech, 108; chief uses of, 109; syntax
of, 244

Articulate sounds, 62

Aryan race, original home of, 24; family
of languages, 24; its divisions, 26;
European languages outside, 27

As, relative pronoun, 129; adverb, syn-
tax of, 272, 276

'As follow' or 'As follows,' 273
Aspirates, 53

Asyndeton, 276

Attraction, 248, 251, 255

Attribute, 104; misuse of term, 251
Attributive use of adjectives, 104, 241
Aught, 129.

Augmentatives, 202

Auxiliary verbs, 138, 171
Aye, sound of diphthong in, 46

Beef, 13, 88

Better, best, 115
Breaths, 42
Brethren, 88
Bridegroom, 84

Britain, Roman conquest of, 2; English
conquest of, 2

Britons a Keltic race, 2; language of, 2;
what became of the, 4

But, meanings of, 64; as relative, 129;
idiomatic uses of, 191

C, redundant letter, 48
Cambria, 2
Can, 174

Capital letters, when used, 60
Case, definition of, 95; derivation of, 103;
in English and Latin compared, 95; in
nouns and pronouns compared, 96;
how to determine, 100; possessive 97;

Clause, definition of, 213
Cognate objective, 137

Cognates, 208

Collective nouns, 75; syntax of, 242, 253
Common, proper and singular nouns, 73;
gender, nouns of, 80

Comparatives not followed by than, 117
Comparison of adjectives, 112; modes of
marking, 114; irregular, 115; errors of
syntax in, 243; pleonasm in, 116, 244;
of adverbs, 182

Complement of predicate, 138, 211
Complex sentence, 194

Compounds and derivatives, 199
Compound nouns, plurals of, 91; posses-
sive of, 98; relation of parts in, 200;
compound gerund forms, 154, 229
Con, 174

Concord, definition of, 230; of pronouns
and nouns, 246; of relative with ante-
cedent, 247; of verbs and subjects, 253;
rules observed in, 260
Concrete nouns, 76

Conjugation, definition of, 164; of be,
146; of simple tenses, 165; of verb
with auxiliaries, 166

Conjunctions, definition of, 192; join
sentences and words, 192; classifica-
tion of, 193; co-ordinate, 196; sub-
ordinate, 197; derived from other parts
of speech, 197; correlative, 197; alter-
native, syntax of, 254

Conjunctive pronouns, 125; adverbs, 180
Conquest of Britain, Roman, 2; English,
2; Norman, 5

Consonants defined, 39; classified, 43
Co-ordinate conjunctions, 193, 254

Co-ordinating use of relative pronoun,
129, 218

Copula, 177
Could, 174

Cumbria, 2

Cunning, 174

Cymry, 2

Ellipsis, definition of, 216; a cause of
error, 274
Else, 229

'em, old dative plural of he, 122 n.
Emphasis, definition of, 51

-en, feminine suffix, 82; plural suffix, 88;
adjective suffix, 202; verb suffix, 203;
past participle suffix, 159

English conquest of Britain, 2; who they
were, 3; whence they came, 4; lan-
guage formerly pure, 27; now mixed,
27; its constituents, 9
Enlargement of subject, 213; of predi-

Extension, meaning of, 212, 214

Every, etymology, 130; syntax, 242

F, plural of nouns ending in, 87

Factitive verbs, 231; object, 238; use of
adjectives, 241

Family of languages, Aryan, 24; Se-
mitic, 28

Farther, 116

Gaffer and
Gander, 84
ge- in yclept, 164

Gender, comparison of English and other
languages as regards, 80; distinguished
from sex, 80; definition of, 81; modes
of marking, 82; in pronouns, 131; of
nouns in apposition, 233
Genitive, see Possessive; meaning of
word, 235; relations expressed by old,
101; subjective and objective, 236
Gerund, definition of, 152; compound
forms of, 154, 229
Gerundial infinitive, 149

Go, 164; not an auxiliary, 156
Government, definition of, 230

Grammar, definition of, 36; divisions of,
36; an Art or a Science, 32
Greek words in English, 17
Gutturals, 44

Indo-European family of languages, 24;
languages outside, 27; table of, 29
-ine, feminine suffix, 82

Infinitive mood, 149; equivalent to a
noun, 149; without to, 149; simple and
gerundial, 149; prolative, 212; split
infinitive, 266

Inflexions, definition of, 65; in English
only few, 65; mostly of English origin,
66; consequences of loss of, 67; mark-
ing gender, 82; number, 86; case, 96;
comparison, 114; retained in pronouns,
131; in adverbs, 182

Inflexional and non-inflexional languages,

Kine, 88
Kitten, 50

Labials, 44

Lady, 84

Lady-day, absence of possessive s, 101
Languages, table of Indo-European, 29;
spoken and written, 30

Langue d'oïl and langue d'oc, 6
Lappish, 27

Last and latest, 115

'Last two' and 'two last,' 244

Latin element in English, 10; words of
1st period, 10; 2nd period, 11; 3rd
period, 11; 4th period, 13; proportion
of, in vocabulary, 14; in use, 15:

suffixes, 201; prefixes, 203