C, name and plur. numb. of —sounds of —where silent —with cedilla placed under (ç) —written for a number —Ch, sounds of —Arch, sound of, before a vowel, and before a conson. —Ck, final, for double c
Cadence, explained —faulty, precept against, by RIPP. —MURR. direction concerning
Cadmus, carried the Phoenician alphabet into Greece
Cæsura, signif. and application of
—Cæsural or divisional pause; demi-cæsuras, or minor rests;
(see Pauses)
Can, verb, varied
—derivation and signif. of
—Can not and cannot, with what distinction used
—Cannot, with a verb of avoiding, or with BUT
—Can, could, would, as principal verbs, by poet. use
Capital letters, capitals, for what used; how marked for the printer, in
manuscript
—what things are exhibited wholly in,
—Rules for the use of,
—use of, in comp. prop, names,
—needless,
—lavish use of, its effect,
—discrepancies with respect to, abound in books.
Cardinal numeral, distinguished from its corresponding ordinal,
—should follow the ordinal, in a specification of a part of a
series, ("The first TWO,").
Caret, in what used, and for what purpose.
Cases, in grammar, what,
—named and defined,
—nom. and obj., alike in form, how distinguished,
—on what founded, and to what parts of speech belong.
—(See Nominative Case, &c.)
—Cases, whether infinitives, participles, &c., can take the nature
of,
—what is the proper number of, to be assigned to Eng. nouns,
—what authorities for the true doctrine of three,
—discordant doctrine of sundry grammarians concerning the numb, of,
—WEBST. and MURR. opposite instructions concerning do.
—Cases, whether personal pronouns have two, only,
—rules for the construc. of,
—whether a noun may be in two, at once,
—whether Eng. verbs govern two,
—whether in Eng., as in Lat., when a verb governs two, the pass.
retains the latter case.
—Cases, same, (see Same Cases.)
—Cases, what kinds of words take different, after them.
—Case of noun or pron. after part. governed by prep., whether
undetermined; err. of SANB. and BULL. hereon expos.; GREE. false
teaching, do.,
—doubtful, after participles, in what kind of examples found; canon
concerning do.
Case, technical term with printers, ("Letters of the lower case.")