O.
O, lett., as A, E, I, and U, self-naming
—its plural
—formation of the plur. of nouns in
—sounds properly its own
—where sounded as short u
—do. as obscure e
—diphthongs beginning with
—triphth. do. O, interj., with cap. lett.
—what emotion indicates
—differs from oh
—as denoting earnestness, before nouns or pronouns put absol. by
direct address; is no positive index of the vocative
—O, &c., MURR., erron. doctrine concerning, to what teaching it has
given rise
—O, &c., with a case following, Lat. construc. of, examined
—O, not unfreq. confounded with oh, even by grammarians.
Obelisk, or dagger, as mark of reference.
Objective case, defined
—Obj. case, how distinguished from the nom. in nouns
—before the infin. mood, how taken in Eng.
—as governed by active-trans. verb or part.
—"Active verbs govern the obj. case," MURR., defect of this brief
assertion; its uselessness as a RULE for "the syntax of verbs."
—Obj. case, of how many constructions susceptible
—whether infinitives, participles, &c., can be in
—two nouns in, after a verb, how parsed,
—Whether any verb in Eng. governs two objectives not coupled
—Obj. case as governed by passive verbs, erron. allowed by some
—what verbs not to be employed without
—Obj. case as governed by prep.
—"Prepositions gov. the obj. case," why the brief assertion is
exceptionable, as the sole RULE, in parsing prep.
Obsolete or antiquated words, use of, as opposed to purity, PREC. against
—Things obsolete in Eng., DR. LATHAM'S attempts to revive.
Ocean, figurative representation of, as uttering his voice in tones of varied quantity.
Octometer line, may be reduced to tetrameter —iambic, examples of —trochaic, do —dactylic, example of —Octometer, trochaic, rhyme and termination of; its pauses, and how may be divided; the most common form of.
Of and on or upon, difference between.
Old English, characters of its alphabet, shown —occasional use of do.
Omissions of words that are needful to the sense, Crit. N. against.
Omitting, verbs of, with part. in stead of infin.
One, employment of, as a noun or as a substitute for a noun; how classed
by some grammarians
—may be preceded by the articles, or by adjectives
—like Fr. on or l'on, used indef. for any person; in this sense
preferable to a pers. pron. applied indefinitely
—CHURCH., citation ridiculing the too frequent use of, for pers. pron.
—as pronom. adj., requires verb and pron. in the third pers. sing. to
agree with it. One an other, see Other. One, or a unit, whether
it is a number.
Only, derivation of; class and meaning of, in its several different
relations
—strictures on the instructions of grammarians respecting the
classification and placing of
—ambiguous use of, (as also of but,)
—use of, for but, or except that, not approved of by BROWN
—Not only, not merely
—but, &c., correspondents.
Onomatopoeia described and exemplified (extr. from SWIFT.)
Or, as expressing an alternation of terms, (Lat., sive.)
—in Eng., is frequently equivocal; the ambiguity how avoided
—Or, perh. contracted from other
—Or and nor discriminated
—Or, nor, grammarians dispute which of these words should be adopted
after an other negative than neither or nor; MURR., following
PRIESTL., teaches that either word may be used with equal propriety;
BURN'S doctrine; BROWN, after revising CHURCH., attempts to settle
the question,
—Or ever, ("OR EVER the earth was,") the term explained.
Or or our, terminat., number of Eng. words in; how many of these may be written with our; BROWN'S practice and views in respect to this matter.
Oral spelling, the advantage of, to learners.
Order of things or events, the natural, PREC. directing the observance of, in the use of lang.
Orders of verse, see Verse.
Ordinal numeral, (see Numerals.)
—Ordinal adjectives may qualify card. numbers; cannot properly be
qualified by do.
Orthoëpy, see Pronunciation.
ORTHOGRAPHY
—Orthography, of what treats
—difficulties attending it in Eng.
—DR. JOHNSON'S improvements in
—DR. WEBSTER'S do., in a different direction
—ignorance of, with respect to any word used, what betokens in the
user (See also Spelling.) Orthography, figures of, MIMESIS and
ARCHAISM
—its substantive or pronominal character; (with one.) how classed by
some; may be preceded by the articles
—requires than before the latter term of an exclusive comparison;
yet sometimes perhaps better takes the prep. besides. Each other one
an other, import and just application of,
—misapplication of, frequent in books,
—DR. WEBST. erron. explanation of other, as "a correlative to
each,"
—One and other, frequently used as terms relative and partitive,
appar. demanding a plur. form,
—An other, in stead of another. Somehow or other, somewhere or
other, how other is to be disposed of.
Ought, principal verb, and not auxiliary, as called by MURR. et al., —originally part of the verb to OWE; now used as defec. verb, —its tense, as limited by the infin. which follows.
Ourself, anomalous form peculiar to the regal style,
—peculiar construc. of.
Own, its origin and import; its class and construc.,
—strangely called a noun by DR. JOH.