P, its name and plur. numb., —its sound, —when silent, —Ph, its sounds.
Pairs, words in, punct. of.
Palatals, what consonants so called.
Parables, in the Scriptures, see Allegory.
Paragoge, explained.
Paragraph mark, for what used.
Paralipsis, or apophasis, explained.
Parallels, as marks of reference.
Parenthesis, signif. and twofold application of the term,
—Parenthesis, marks of, (see Curves.)
—What clause to be inclosed within the curves as a PARENTHESIS, and
what should be its punct.,
—Parentheses, the introduction of, as affecting unity.
Parsing, defined.
—Parsing, its relation to grammar,
—what must be considered in,
—the distinction between etymological and syntactical, to be
maintained, against KIRKH. et al.,
—character of the forms of etymological adopted by BROWN,
—what implied in the right performance of,
—whether different from analysis,
—what to be supplied in.
—Parsing, of a prep., how performed,
—of a phrase, implies its separation,
—the RULES OF GOVERNM., how to be applied in,
—of words, is not varied by mere transposition.
—Parsing, etymological and syntactical, in what order to be taken,
—the SENSE, why necessary to be observed in; what required of the
pupil in syntactical,
—syntactical, EXAMPLE of.
—Parsing or CORRECTING, which exercise perh. the more useful.