Abbreviations, frequent in writt. lang.
—rule of punct. for.
C, M, D, &c., as numerals, see Letters.
Needless abbreviations, to be avoided
Able, ible, class of adjectives in, numerous in Eng.; difficulty with
resp. to the prop. form and signif. of; to what able most properly
belongs
—application of able to nouns, its propriety doubtf.
—Able or ible, prop. application of, how far determined from Lat.
etymol.
—Able and ible, words of the same meaning in, how formed from
different roots,
About, with infin., as substitute for Lat. fut. part, in rus —About, with of preced., ("OF ABOUT one hundred feet") —About, derivat. of, from Sax.
Abrupt transitions in the Bible
Absolute, when, and in what case, a noun or a pron. is put —Absol., case, defect of the common rule for —in how many ways the nom. case is put —nom. case put, with part., to what often equivalent; what part. frequently understood after nouns put —case, its existence denied by what authors —words put, punct. of,
Abstract numbers, synt. of the phraseology used in speaking of, ("Twice two IS four," or "Twice two ARE four")
Absurd or incompatible expressions, to be avoided
Absurdities of expression, Crit. N. concerning
Acatalectic, when a line is said to be
Accent and quantity, critical observations on