Elegiac stanza, description of
Elementary sound, or elements of speech, defined. See Sounds
Ellipsis, figure defined
—either not defined by grammarians in general, or absurdly defined
—frequent in comp. sentences
—to be supplied in parsing
—supposed, may change the construc. without affecting the sense
—the principle of, as explaining several questionable but customary
expressions, ("Fair and softly GOES far")
—MURR. on "THE ellipsis"
—Ellipsis supplied, EXAMPLES of
—Needless ellipses, the supposition of, to be avoided
—Ellipses, faulty, as opposed to perspicuity, PREC. against.
Ellipsis, or suppression, mark of, how figured, and what used to
denote
Elliptical construction of nouns, ("A horse, a horse," &c., SHAK.)
Elocution, defined
Else, other, &c., with than, in exclusive comparisons —Else or other, sometimes construed with besides —Else, derivation of
Emphasis, defined: —comparative view of accent and —as connected with quantity, MURR. —as affecting accent —what the guide to a right. —Emphatic words, not to be multiplied
Enallage, defined —signif. of the Gr. word —special application of the term —with what other terms synonymous —the most common forms of, in Eng. —examples of, how differ from solecisms —too much latitude was given to the fig. by Despauter, and by others
Enallixis, see Enallage
Ending of a sentence with an adv., a prep., or any inconsid. word or phrase, PREC. concerning