Parts of speech, 1-5; defined, 4;
how distinguished, 5.
Party for person, 29, 51. PECOCK, BISHOP, 139.
Periodic sentences. See Sentences, Person, of pronouns, 9; of verbs, 13.
Personal pronouns, 9. Pharmacie, 183-184. Phase, 51.
Phenomena, a, 48.
Phrase, 22.
Pincers, plural noun, 45. Pitcher or jug, 28.
Plead for argue, 113.
Plead for pleaded, 80.
Plenty, as adverb, 119. Plural and singular nouns, 45. Point, 51.
Political for politic, 129.
Ponder over, 151.
POPE, ALEXANDER, 30, 202.
Postal for postal card, 58.
Post-card or postal card, 28. Posted, 29.
Predicate of sentence, 21-22.
Prepositions, defined, 3; list of, 3; no inflections, 20; vulgarisms, 141; misused, 142-148; list of words requiring special prepositions, 148; omitted, 149; redundant, 150; in emphatic places, 265; at end of sen- tences, 267-269.
Present use, 27; not a matter of age, 27; not a matter of origin, 27; for verse, for prose, 27. Prettily for pretty, 121. Principal parts of verb, 18. Pro and con, misused, 186. Probate, as verb, 116. Proceeds, plural noun, 45. Pronounced, in French sense, 185. Pronouns, defined, 2; personal, 9; compound personal, 9; demonstra- tive, 9; interrogative, 9; relative, 10; antecedent of relative, 10; recip- rocal,10; distributive, 10; inflections, declensions, 10; number, 10; case,
or objective case, 61-62; before verbal nouns, 62-64; in -self, 64- 65; which or whom, 65; who or whom, 65-66; than whom or than who, 66-67; whose or of which, 67-68; which or that, 68-69; it or that, 69; either or any one, the latter or the last, 69-70; each or all, 70; each other, one another, 70; the one, the other, 71; the one and the ones, 71-72; change from one pronoun to another, 72-74; singular or plural, 75-76; omitted, 77-78; re- dundant, 78; obscurity in use of, 213-218.
Proper words in proper places, 201.
Proposition for proposal, 56. Proven, 92.
Pseudonyme, 184.
Punctuation, uses of, 23.
Radii or radiuses, 48.
Railroad, as verb, 116. Railway or railroad, 28. Raise, as noun, 58; or rise, 81. Reactions, 28. Real clear, 121. Reciprocally, redundant, 124. Recollect of, 141. Redundancy, of articles, 34-36; of pronouns, 78; of adjectives and ad- verbs, 123-125; of prepositions, 150- 151. See also Clearness; Force; Ease.
Referee, as verb, 117. Regular verbs, 14. Relation for relative, 56. Relationship for relation, 56. Relative for relatively, 121. Relative pronouns, 10. Remember of, 141. Repeat, as noun, 58. Reputable use, defined, 29; sources
Riant, 183. Riches, plural noun, 45. Right for very, 28. Rode for ridden, 93.
Round or around, 142. RUSKIN, JOHN, 176, 287.
Sang and sung, 91. Sans doute, 183. Scarcely than, 132. Scissors, plural noun, 45. Scope, 52.
SCOTT, SIR WALTER, 188. Scumbling, 28.
-Self, pronouns in, 9, 64-65. Sensible for sensitive, 129.
Sentence-endings, 108, 267-269. Sentences, defined, 20-21; subject and predicate of, 21-22; copula, 21- 22; simple sentences, 22; compound sentences, 22; complex sentences, 22; phrase, 22; clause, 23; kinds of clauses, 23; punctuation, 23; charac- teristics of a good sentence, 201-202; foreign idioms, 203-205; clearness, 212-230; force, 231-252; how to begin a sentence, 242-243; how to end a sentence, 244-248, 249-252; antithe- sis, 248; climax, 249-252; ease, 253- 269; unity, 270-283; long or short sentences, 285-295; examples of short and long, 286-287; objections to long and to short, 288; advantages of long, 288-291; advantages of short, 291- 295; periodic or loose, 296-301; ad- vantages of periodic, 296-239; advan- tages of loose, 299-301; principles of choice, 302; sentences in a para- graph, 306-312. See Clearness; Ease; Force; Unity.
Series for succession, 52.
Set or sit, 81.
Shall and will. See Will and shall.
She or her, 62.
Shears, plural noun, 45.
SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE, 192. Shew for showed, 80.
Shocked by electricity, 113.
Short sentences. See Sentences.
Short words. See Words.
Showed for shown, 80.
Showering or being showered, 236. Shrank and shrunk, 91.
Significant words, 197. Sightly, 119.
Simple sentences, 22. Singular and plural nouns, 45.
Singular subjects connected by nor
or or, 105.
Size up, 113.
Snew for snowed, 80.
So in negative sentences, 132. Solicitation for solicitude, 56.
Solidly for solid, 122.
Some for somewhat, 119.
Specific expressions. See Words. Spoonsful for spoonfuls, 46.
Sprang and sprung, 91. Start in, 124. State, as verb, 113-114. Statement for assertion, 52. Station or dépôt, 28, 184-185. Steed, 27.
STEELE, SIR RICHARD, 188. STEVENSON, R. L., 249. STEWART, DUGALD, 82. Stimulation for simulus, 56. Stop for stay, 114. Strata, that, 48. Street railway or tramway, 28. Strike oil, 28. Strong verbs, 14. Subject of verb, 8; of sentence, 21-22. Subjunctive mood, defined, 16; cor- rect use of, 99; indicative for, 99-100; incorrect use of, 100-101. Subordinate clauses, 23. Subvention for subsidy, 29. Success, a, 52. Suds, plural noun, 45. Suggestive words, 197. Summons, as verb, 116. Swang for swung, 80. SWINBURNE, А. С., 205. Syllabuses or syllabi, 48.
Tableaux was, 48. Take or take in, 28.
Termini was, 48.
Terrible for terribly, 120.
THACKERAY, W. M., 181.
Than whom or than who, 66-67.
That, or which, 68-69; or it, 69.
The, or a, 33-34; superfluous, 34-36; Unity, 270-283; defined, 201; impor-
United States, the, singular or plural,
omitted, 38, 39; or this, 40.
The latter or the last, 69-70.
The one and the ones, 71-72, 74.
tance of, 270; an affair of thought, 270; in point of form, 270-275; lack of unity from change in point of view, 271; incoherence in other forms, 272-275; unity in point of substance, 275-283; lack of unity from having too much in a sentence, 275-281; lack of unity from having too little in a sentence, 281-283. Up, redundant, 124-125; useful, 125. Us for we, 62.
The two for both, 61.
Their's for theirs, 60.
Them for those, 61.
Then, as adjective, 131.
These sort, 119.
They for them, 62.
This, before verbal nouns, 63-64.
Use, good, 27-31; present, 27; na- tional, 28; reputable, 29.
Usual average, 124.
Verbs, defined, 1; transitive, 12; in- transitive, 12; inflections, conjuga- tions, 12-19; person, 13; tense, 13- 15; regular, weak, or new, 14; irregular, strong, or old, 14; parti- ciple, 14, 17, 18; auxiliary verbs, 14; mood, 15-17; principal parts, 18; verbal nouns, 18; voice, 18-19; predi-
Tramway or street railway, 28.
Translation-English, 203-205.
Will and shall, 83-88; general rule for use of, 83-84; correct use of, in first person, 84; incorrect use of, in first person, 84; correct use of, in second person, 85; correct use of shall in third person, 85; doctrine of cour- tesy, 86; why few mistakes in second and third persons, 86; correct use of, in dependent clauses, 86; incorrect use of, in dependent clauses, 87; use of shall in prediction, 87; correct use of, in interrogative sentences, 88; in- correct use of, in interrogative sen- tences, 88; shall in Early English,
With for at, by, from, to, 147-148. Without for unless, 152. Woke for waked, 93. Women-clerks for woman-clerks, 46. Wordiness. See Redundancy. Words, how to accumulate, 171; over- worked, 172; bookish or living, 173; short or long, 174-180; sources of short, 174; advantages of short, 174- 175; advantages of long, 175-176; big, 176-180; foreign, 181-186; gen-
eral and specific, 187-191; defined, 187; uses of general, 187; technical, 187; general, in poetry and in prose, 188; uses of specific, 188-191; spe-
cific, in poetry and in prose, 189-191;
literal or figurative, 192-196; figures that are not figures, 193-195; what figures may do, 195-196; what makes a good figure, 1963; principles of choice, 197; in sentences, 201.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM, 189, 195, 217, 221.
Worth or worthy, 130. Would and should, 88-90; peculiar
uses of, 88-89; general rule for use of, 89; correct use of, 89; incorrect use of, 89-90; use with like, be will- ing, wish, 90.
« ForrigeFortsæt » |