As, as subject or object of a verb, its CLASS
—with a clause or sentence as anteced., do. As, as relative,
WEBST. absurd explanation of; CHAND. do.; BULL. denial
—to what construc. limited
—peculiarities with respect to position
—declined
—derivation of, from Teuton., DR. JOH.
—As follow, as follows, &c., construction of; MURR., himself
perplexed by TOOKE and CAMPB., delivers dubious instructions
concerning
—Opinion of NIX. and CROMB. concerning. As, as a conjunc., uniting
words in appos.
—between adj. or part. and its noun ("Actions AS such")
—with ellips. of latter term of comparison ("For such AS HE")
—As and than, character and import of
—words connected by, generally put in the same case
—As
—as; as
—so; so (preceded by a negative,)
—as; so
—as (with an infin. following;) correspondents
Asking and exclaiming, simple and appropriate names for the marks of, desirable
Aspirates, see Semivowels
Asterisk, use of. Asterism, do.
Ate, particular words ending in, peculiarities of
Auxiliary, defined —Auxiliary, form of a verb, when preferable to the simp. —verbs, are mostly defective —do., are needful in the conjug. of English verbs —do., inflection of, shown —Auxiliaries used as expletives —Auxiliary, poet. placed after verb
Averse, aversion, whether to be construed with from or to
Avoiding, verbs of, with part. in stead of infin.
Awkwardness, literary, Crit. N. censuring
Ay, I, assentive adv. —Ay, sometimes improp. written for ah