My and mine, thy and thine, as duplicate forms of the poss. case, use of.
N.
N, its name and plur. numb., —of the class liquids, —its sounds, —in what position silent.
Name and title, see Proper Names.
Naming the letters of the alphab., importance of.
Narration, see Discourse.
Nasals, what consonants so called.
Near and nigh, see Like.
Need, as an uninflected third pers. sing. of the verb,
—has perh. become an auxiliary of the pot. mood,
—to what tenses must be understood to belong, if to be recognized as
an auxil. of the pot. mood,
—that good writers sometimes inflect the verb, and sometimes do not,
and that they sometimes use to after it, and sometimes do not, how
may be accounted for
—three authorized forms of expression, with respect to the verb.
Needs, as an adv., its composition
Needless, mixing of characters in printing, bad effect of
—capitals; effect of
—articles, to be omitted
—ellipses, the supposition of, a common error among grammarians
—use of participles for nouns, or nouns for participles
—words, ineleg.
—possessive or art. before a part., how corrected
—periods, or other points, after certain numeral expressions
—abbreviations, offend against taste
—dashes inserted, how to be treated