3 In this book, well-established colloquial idioms or constructions are mentioned from time to time, but always with a note as to their actual status in the language.[↑]
4 In this book, several old forms and constructions which the student is constantly encountering in the English classics are treated in their proper places,—always with an indication of their difference from the modern standard.[↑]
5 In the technical language of grammar an adjective is said to describe a substantive when it describes the object which the substantive denotes.[↑]
6 Definitive adjectives are often called limiting adjectives. All adjectives, however, limit, even those that also describe.[↑]
7 The usual brief definition of a verb is, “A verb is a word which asserts.” But this definition in strictness applies only to verbs in declarative sentences.[↑]
8 For full inflection see [pp. 300–301].[↑]
9 Compound complex sentences are also called complex compound sentences. For further treatment of such sentences, see [pp. 187], [190], [215–216].[↑]
10 Vixen is really formed from fox (compare the German Füchsin from Fuchs).[↑]
11 Halo, memento, zero also form a plural in es (haloes, etc.).[↑]
12 This list is intended for reference.[↑]