Dates, ordinarily abbreviated; how best written —objectives in, without their prepositions
Dative case, faulty relic, in Eng., of old Sax., ("It ascends ME into," &c., SHAK.)
Days of the week, names of, to be reckoned prop. names, and written with capital
Deaf and dumb
—The deaf and dumb, to whom the letters represent no sounds, learn
to read and write; what inferred herefrom
Defective verb, what verb so called —which tenses of, wanting —Defective verbs, whether they should be reckoned a distinct class —may, can, must, and shall, not to be referred to the class of —will, beware, &c., construc. and import of explained —Defec. verbs, List of
Definite article, defined
—Definite art., its demonstrative character
—used before names of rivers
—do. by way of eminence
—no rule of agreem. for, in Eng.
—prefixed as an adv., to comparatives and superlatives
—repeated before every term in a series of adjectives used ellipt. as
nouns
—used for a poss. pron., ("Full in THE face")
—position with respect to its noun
—required before antecedent to a restricted relative. See also The
Definition, defined —A perfect definition, what —Definitions, needful qualities of certain, in gram. —bad, peculiar vice of —Crit. N. on
Definitives, what, in Eng., and how to be classed —example to show what is meant by —Definitive word required before antecedent to restricted relative
Degrees of comparison, see Comparison
Deity, names of, use of capitals in
—in all languages, masc.; direct names of, do.. The sing. numb,
universally employed in reference to the Supreme Being