Synæresis, explained.
Synchysis, what was so termed by some of the ancients; is different from hyperbaton; its import in gram.; its literal signif.
Syncope, explained.
Synecdoche, (comprehension,) explained. —Synecd., agreem. of pron. with anteced., in cases of.
Synonymous, words so accounted, PREC. concerning the use of.
Syntactical parsing, see Parsing.
SYNTAX.
—Synt., of what treats,
—the relation of words, the most important principle of; defects of
the grammars in treating of do.,
—false exhibitions of grammarians with respect to the scope and parts
of,
—character of the rules of, found in most grammars,
—divided by some grammarians into concord and governm., and yet
treated by them without regard to such division,
—common fault of grammarians, noticed, of joining together diff. parts
of speech in the same rule of,
—do., of making the rules of, double or triple in their form,
—whether the principles of etymol. affect those of.
—All synt., on what founded.
—Why BROWN deemed it needful to add to his code of synt. a GENERAL
RULE and CRITICAL NOTES. Figures of syntax.
T.
T, name and plur. numb. of,
—substitution of, for ed, how far allowable,
—sounds of,
—is seldom silent; in what words not sounded. Th, ([Greek: Th],
[Greek: alt-th], or [Greek: alt2-th], Gr.,) what represents; how was
represented in Anglo-Sax., and to what sounds applied; the two sounds
of. To a Tee, the colloq. phrase, explained.
Tautology of expression or of sentiment, a fault opposed to precision.