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_Possessive case_, defined, --_Poss case_, how for, --CARD _et al_ attein of, in Eng, --odd notions of soular forularities in the formation of --_Poss case_, PEI on, criticised --ASH and PRIESTL on the plur

--use of the two forms of, in pers pronouns --_of the sirammarians differ with respect to; should not be consideredto DR LOWTH and his followers, --whose doctrine BROWN canvasses, also, WEBSTER'S, WILSON'S, MURRAY'S --_Poss case_, its equivalence to _of_ and the objective, not a _sameness of case_, (in oppos to Nix) --of pronouns, not to be written with apostrophe --of nouns in appos, application of the possessive sign to --by what _governed_ --whether the rule for, has true exceptions --appos of one with an other, (”_For_ DAVID _my_ SERVANT'S _sake_,”) the construc examined --appar in abstract construc, (”_All_ MINE _are_ THINE,”) --as governed by a part, the construc exaovernm of, should be limited to nouns only --whether before a real part, denotes the possession of son_, ooverning word, --how taken by compounds --liable to be added to adjunct of the forhtly added to separate adjectives, (”_The_ GUILTY'S _prayer_,”) --_which_ noun of connected possessives takes --Poss case, place and order of --generally equivalent to prep _of_ and _the objective_, --governed by so not expressed, (”St Paul's,”) --_Possessives, connected_, how to be taken, --Poss _singular_, with _s_ omitted, (”For CONSCIENCE' _sake_”) --_Poss case_ of nouns sing, in _ss_, false teaching of KIRKH _et al_, respecting the formation of --MURR rule for the construc of, why objectionable, --co, --peculiarity of, with respect to correlatives, (”Father's son,”) --_Possessive_ relation between a portion of time and its correlative action, (”THREE YEARS' _hard work_” or, ”_Three years_ OF HARD WORK,”) --_Poss case_, appropriate forreem, (”For OUR PARTS,”) ib, N iv: --needless use of, before a participle, (”In THEIR _pronouncing the Greek_,”) --_Possessive pronouns, my, thy, his_, &c, how often should be inserted, or repeated

_Potential ns_ distinguished, -- questions; why by some included in the subj

--in what tenses used; nature of the imperf tense --formation and inflection of its tenses, shown in the verb LOVE, conjugated,

_Power_ of a letter, the _powers_ of the letters, what meant by, when spoken of, --The _power_ of a letter is not its sound, as MURR et al incorrectly teach --The _simple powers_ of the letters, many irreconcileable doctrines have been advanced thereon; GARDINER'S notions concerning, stated in brief, --RUSH'S explanations of, his pretentious scheme of the alphab how estimated by BROWN --The _just powers_ of the letters, what, and how are to be learned, --_Powers_ of the letters, variable; how beconif of the word, as from the Gr

_Precision_, as a quality of style, in what consists, --Precepts aiainst --conciseness, or brevity, as opposed to

_Prefixes_, their ement in syllabication, R: --Explanation of --i; the _roots_ to which prefixed, not always proper Eng words --_Prefixes_, ENG or ANGLO-SAX, --_Prefixes_, poet, usage with respect to,

_Preperfect participle_, defined --_Preperf part_, its form --its nature and name,

PREPOSITIONS, Etyht use, and a right explan of --HARR explanation of, as cited by LOWTH, stricture on HARR

--its si the parts of speech; how should be explained in parsing, --no sufficient RULE for the synt of, in ra the words on which they depend, (”_Of _” MILC,) --_Prepositions_, what it is, to find the terms of relations of; disput text cited in illustration --the special _adaptation_ of; example of misuse by MURR, remarked on --HARR, on the purpose for which al

formed, and on the nature of their relations; his views controverted by BROWN, --Prepositions and their governed objects, the true determination of; exa views of MURR and his followers concerning this matter

--_Prepositions_, two connected, for what different purposes used --two coether, (”FROM AMONG the _just_,”) --_Prepositions complex_, what their character, and how may be resolved; are occasionally coht be divided into classes; the inutility in parsing of the division into ”_separable_ and _inseparable_;”

HALL'S absurd idea of a divis, noticed --whether ”two in immediate succession require a noun to be understood between them,” (NUTT) --words commonly reckoned, (_in, on, of_, &c,) used after infinitives or participles, in adverbial construc, (”_Houses to eat and drink_ IN”) --_Prepositions_, List of --gram the characteristics of; what BROWN supposes, in oppos to the assertion that ”Every _prep_ requires an obj case after it”

--LENN and BULL on ”_prepositions beco adverbs_,” criticised --MURR on ”_prepositions_ appearing to be adverbs,” criticised --_Preposition_, whether it can be justly said to take a sent for its object --_Prepositions_, words in the list of, sometimes used as other parts of speech --extension of the list of --exa with _a_ --do of unusual ones beginning with _b, c_, or _d_ --_unusual_, quotations illustrating further the list of --_Preposition_, RULE of synt for the _word governed by_ --_Prepositions_, in Eng, govern no other case than the obj; most, may take the imperf part for their obj

--The brief assertion, that ”_Prepositions_ govern the obj case,”

wherein is exceptionable as the sole rule for both terms --_Prepositions_, ellipt construc of, with adjectives, (_in vain, in secret_, &c) --sooverning a perf part, (”_To give it up_ FOR LOST”) --_Prepositions_, Synt of --do, in what consists --what RELATIONS, show; (see _To_ and _For_) --the parsing of; why tolerable writers are liable to err most in their use of --_Preposition_, the true ter or ending a sent or clause, what the construc

--the terms of relation of, what may be; both usually expressed --position of, with respect to the governed word --_Prepositions_, several, dependent on one anteced term, (”_A declaration_ FOR _virtue and_ AGAINST _vice_,” BUTL) --two coether between the same terms of relat; do in the same construc; erron re the latter --_Preposition_, the separating of, from its noun, false doctrine of LOWTH, MURR, _et al_, concerning --_Prepositions_, prop, choice of --do, with respect to the allowable uses of --as adapted into _two_ objects, or to _

--insertion of, when do

--_Prep and its object_, position of, in respect to other words --do, punc of --_Prep_, ellips of, shown --_Prepositions_, derivation of --poet usage with respect to

_Present tense_, defined --_Pres tense_, described --of the indic, used to express general truths --deceased authors spoken of in, and why --for the past, by Grecism; in animated narrative, for do, by enall

--of the indic and the subj, when preceded by _as soon as_, &c, to what _time_, refers --of the infin, what time is expressed by; expedients used to express _fut_ time by --of the INFINITIVE, the ROOT, or RADICAL VERB --of the subj, its use, and how considered by some --_Pres tense_, sometimes improp with the conjunc _that_, (”_Others said_, THAT _it is Elias_”)

_Preter, preterimperfect_, &c, disused terms for _past, i

_Preterit_, defined --_Preterit_, described --its for of, to be encouraged --groundless rule of so second pers of, when the pres

and the pret are alike --not to be used in for_, verbs of, with part, in stead of infin

--what construc is proper for

_Priarded as such in Eng, enerally be traced to ulterior sources

_Principal parts_, of a verb, (see _Chief Terms_) --of a sent, how many, and what