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-title —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 class —may, can, must, and shall, not to be referred to the class 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. pron., ("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 classed —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 class, pronominal 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. pron. of second pers. for
sing.
—gives the rule that the verb governs the nominative before it
Diæresis, or dialysis, mark, place and use of
—explained
Diesis, or double dagger, for what purpose used. Dimeter, line,
iambic, examples of
—trochaic, do.
—anapæstic, 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 classes, a matter of some difficulty; explanations concerning, for learners —of verbs in Lat., grammarians have disputed respecting
Distributives, of the class pronominal 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 substituted for an other term
Double comparatives and double superlatives, how may be regarded; canon; (LATH. and CHILD)
Double negatives, see Negation, and Negatives
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 Traité des Participes, a copious treatment of the Fr. participle