The Grammar of English Grammars · Chapter 669G
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G, its name and plur. —its sounds —when silent —Gh, sounds of, and silence
Gardiner, W., his new analysis of the Eng. alphab., noticed
Genders, term defined —Genders, the diff., named and defined —on what founded, and to what belong —Gender, inconsistent views of, as given by many of the grammarians; WELLS and MURR. criticised —confounded with sex by some writers; others otherwise confuse the matter —Common gender, of the old grammarians, the term objectionable with respect to Eng. —Gender, how in many instances determined —figuratively ascribed, how indicated —denoted by he and she prefixed to nouns —denied by MURR. et al. to pronouns of the first and second persons —of pron., the preference of, when joint antecedents are of different genders
General truths and customary actions, to be expressed by the indic. pres.
Generic names, sense and construc. of
"Genitives, double," discovered by our grammarians, the true explanation of all such
Gentile names, nature and construc. of
German language, form of its type —use of the comma less freq. in, than in Eng.
Gerund, Lat., explanation of —what form of an Eng. participle corresponds to —"Gerund in English," how becomes "a substantive," according to DR. ADAM et al., Gerundives, what
Giving, paying, procuring, &c., verbs of, with ellips. of to or for before the objective of the person
GOVERNMENT, of words, defined —to what parts of speech has respect —the rules of, whether to be applied to the governing or the governed words —do., how many in the best Lat. grammars; usual faults in the distribution of these —Governments in Eng. synt. how many —false, examples of, cited from grammarians
Grecism, literal, in Eng., ("Before Abraham was, I AM") comp.
GRAMMAR, defined —An English Grammar, what professes to be —ENGLISH GRAMMAR, what in itself; what knowledge implies —when worthy to be named a science —Grammar, how to be taught, and its principles how made known —the true principles of, in whose possession —a rule of, what —Grammar, how divided; its parts, of what severally treat —what it requires —rightly learned, what ability it confers —what many vain pretenders to, have shown by their works —on questions of, the practice of authors should have more weight than the dogmatism of grammarians. Grammars of different languages, how far must needs differ; strictures on those of PROF. BULL., A grammar designed for English, the chief end of. Grammatical doctrine, the truth of, in what consists
Granting, supposing, &c., see Admitting
Grave accent, as opposed to acute —as preserving the vocality of e
Greek alphabet, characters of, shown and named
Guillemets, or quotation points, what words they distinguish —how applied to a quotation within a quotation —not used in our common Bibles; the defect in what measure relieved