The Grammar of English Grammars · Chapter 668F
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F, its name and plur. numb. —final in monosyllables, to be doubled —formation of the plur. of nouns in, and in ff —its sound
Fable, how may be defined —What the term denotes in the Scriptures
Fall short of, make bold with, &c., how the adjective in such phrases is to be explained in parsing
False identification, (under synt. of SAME CASES,) Note exposing the error of
Falsities in sentences, Crit. N. directed against
Feel, its construc. with the infin.
Few and many, form and construc. of. Fewer, see Little
FIGURES, treated —Figure, in gram., what —Figures, distinctive names of some; frequent occurrence of those of rhetoric —Figure of words, signif. of the term —Figure of words, Rules for —suggestions additional to do. —unsettled and variable usage in that which relates to —Figure of orthog., what; what the principal figures of do. —Figure of etymol., what —Figures of etymol., the principal, named and defined —Figure of synt., what —Figures of synt., the principal, named and defined —Figure of rhet., what —Figures of rhet., why certain are called tropes —on what mostly founded —the principal, named and defined —affect the agreem. of pronouns with their antecedents —Figures, how many BROWN deems it needful to define and illustrate —Figures, definitions of sundry, in the lang. of authors, corrected, KEY. Figures, Arabic, in what cases pointed by some
Final f, l, or s, in spelling; other finals than, in do. —ck or c, use of —ll, to what confined —e of a primitive, when omitted; when retained —y of a prim. word before a terminat., how managed —ise or ize, which termination to be taken —Finals, what letters may assume the position of; what may not, and why
Finite verbs, agreem. of, with subjects, a principle of Univ. Gram. —Rules concerning —Fin. verb understood, punct. of First words, initial capital to —faulty practice of grammarians with respect to
Foot, poetic, see Poetic Feet
Foreign words or idioms, unnecessary use of, in opposition to purity
For, with all, as equivalent to although —For as much as, &c., having the nature of conjunctions —For that —For, with perf. part., ("FOR lost") —with ever —before TO and infin. —as introducing its object before an infin.. For, conj., because, from Sax.; anc. expressed for that
Forever, or for ever, its class
Former and latter, nature and applic. of Forms of letters, in type or character —Forms OF VERBS, a knowledge of THE TRUE, nothing more important in gram. than Forsooth, signif. and use of
Friends, the Society of; their employment, in familiar discourse, of the sing. pron. of the second pers. —generally neglect to compound their numeral names of the months and days —their misemployment of thee for thou —their manner of speaking, different from the solemn style —examples of their manner of forming the verb with the pron. thou; their simplificat. of the verb
From, derivation of, from Sax. —From forth, from out, construc. of, explained —Off from, examp. of the use of
Full, in permanent compounds, how written; in temporary do., do. —compounds in, (spoonful, handful, &c.,) how pluralized
Future, contingency, how best expressed
Future tense, FIRST, how formed, and what expresses —SECOND, do., do., and how varied
Futurity, often denoted by the infin., ("The world TO COME")