Relative pronouns, defined
—Relative pronouns, and their compounds, named; declined
—chief constructional peculiarities of
—two faulty special rules given by the grammarians, for construc. of,
noticed
—construc. of, with respect to CASE
—ellips. of, in famil. lang., ("The man I trust;") do., poet.
—Relative and prep. governing it, when should not be omitted
—Relative pron., place of
—clauses, connected, employment of, with same pron. in each
—Rel. pronouns, exclude conjunctions
—derivat. of, from Sax.
—poet, peculiarities with respect to. See also Who, Which, &c.
Repetition, of a noun or pronoun, what construc. it produces —of words, emphatic, punct. —of words, through paucity of lang.; against propriety —of do., as demanded by precision —Repetitions, see Pleonasm
Restrictive and resumptive senses of the rel. pronouns, distinc.
between, expl.
—Restrictive, relation, most approp. expressed by the pron. THAT
—admits not a comma before the relative
—adj., admits not a comma before it
—part., do.
Rhetoric, figure of, defined
—Figures of rhetoric, see Figures
Rhetorical pauses, see Pauses
Rhode Island, the name how acquired; peculiarity of its application
Rhyme, defined —Rhyming syllables, their nature and quality
Rhythm, of verse, defined
—Fancifully explained by E. A. POE, (who without intelligence derives
the term from [Greek: hurithmos])
—sense and signif. of the word
Roman letters, some account of
Rules, of RELATION, what, commonly found in grammars
—of SYNT., those common in grammars ill adapted to their purpose;
examples of such
—of do., exposition of the faulty charac. of those in Eng. grammars
—Rules of grammar, advantage of, in the written language