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(II. 81-88):-That express quality, 80 (II. 89-92):-Some of those
derived from miscellaneous nouns, 82 (II. 93-95):-Changes of
form to which Greek and Latin prefixes are liable, 102 (II. 164);
also, 73 (II. 77).

-Prehend,
-Prehension, f

Latin Eng. suffixes, 89 (II. 127).

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Prepositions, explained for young learners, xxi. (7); and xxviii. :—
Are often of a mongrel character, or used adverbially, xxviii.
(bottom of the page):-Lists of long-established, and of such as
having more recently become prepositions, are less generally
acknowledged, lii.:-How prepositions enter into construction,
xxxiv.; and MANUAL, 110:-Etymological development of, 42 (II.
9); and 151, 152 (II. 275–278):-Definition of, 151 (II. 276):-
The use of, is to form with the objective, either a logical adverb,
or a logical adjective, MANUAL, 110:-Some instances of propriety
and impropriety in the use of, 153 (II. 279):—The place of, gene-
rally, but not always, before the noun governed, 168 (III. 17):—
Government of nouns by, 177 (III. 46, 47):-Logical preposition
individual, 195 (III. 74):-Exercises for inserting proper prepo-
sitions, MANUAL, 52-54:-Exercises on government by, MANUAL,
79, 80.
Present, the tense so named, its formation in the indicative mood, 138
(II.252,253):-In the potential mood,141 (II.257); and 143 (II.261).
Present-future, a tense of the subjunctive mood, 145 (II. 265, 266).
-Press, a Latin Eng. suffix, 89 (II. 127).

Preter-, a Latin Eng. prefix. 72 (II. 74).

Preterimperfect, Preterperfect, Preterpluperfect, explained as terms,
139 (II. 254):-Exercises for forming, Manual, 49.

Preterit, term applied to the form of a verb which denotes past time,
ix.; and 138 (II. 254):—Irregular preterits, xliv.-l.; and 124 (II.
235-250):-Exercises for forming it from the infinitive, MANUAL,

47.

Preterit-present, a tense of the subjunctive mood, 147 (II. 267).
Prim-,

Primum-, Latin Eng. prefixes, 76 (II. 81).

-Prise, a Norman Eng. suffix, 89 (II. 127).
Pro-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 72 (II. 74).

Promiscuous Exercises in Syntax, MANUAL, 96, 101.

Pronunciation, first elements of, 2 (I. 2-14):-How far at variance
with spelling, 4 (I. 15-20):--Law of, by which the first syllable of
nothing, breakfast, knowledge, &c., is shortened, 103 (II. 167):—
See also Accent; and pages 243-266, comprising Part IV. of the
Principles:-Exercises in Pronunciation are furnished by the
Exercises in Orthography, MANUAL, 31-44, and interpreted by
the correspondent parts of the KEY.

Pronouns, explained for young learners, iv. :-The personal pronouns
declined, vii.:-The personal pronouns possessive distinguished
from the adjective pronouns possessive, xxii., xxiii.; and 115 (II.

206):-Relative pronouns, xxiii. :-Relative pronouns used inter-
rogatively, and demonstratively, ib. :-Relative pronouns shown to
be conjunctions as much as pronouns, ib.:-How to distinguish
that, when used as a demonstrative, when used as a relative and
conjunction, and when used simply as a conjunction, xxiv. :-Rela-
tive pronouns indefinite, ib.; used adjectively, ib.; used interro-
gatively, ib.:-Distributive pronouns, xxv.:-Indefinite pronouns,
ib.; indefinite pronouns reciprocal, ib.:-The several kinds of pro-
nouns recapitulated, ib.:-Lists of, No. 4, page 1. :-Etymological
development of pronouns, 40 (II. 6):—Pronouns defined, 107 (II.
170); and 109 (II. 177):—Principle of practical distribution into
kinds, 109 (II. 178):-Concord of pronouns with their corre-
lative nouns, 168 (III. 19); when the correlatives are not all of
the third person, 169 (III. 20); when the correlative is of the
common gender, 169 (III. 21); when the correlative is a rational
being, and when a brute creature, or a thing neuter, 169 (III. 23):
-The relatives which and whose liable to be used adjectively, 170
(III. 24):—Logical pronouns individual, 194 (III. 72):—Pre-
cedence of the first person over the second, and the second over the
third, when pronouns are joined in construction, 201 (III. 85):-
Exercises for properly using them, MANUAL, 70–74.

Proper, a term applied to nouns or names, iii.; and 107 (II. 172).
Prosody, object of, explained, 243 (IV. 1, 2):—Exercises in, MANUAL,

147-150.

Proto-, a Greco-Lat. Eng. prefix, 76 (II. 81); and 101 (II. 163).
Ps, initial letters that indicate Greco-Latin origin, 50 (II. 17).
Pseudo-, a Greco-Lat. Eng. prefix, 81 (II. 91).

-Pter,

-Pteral,

-Ptote,

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Greco-Lat. Eng. suffixes, 99 (II. 159).

-Pugn, a Norman Eng. suffix, 89 (II. 127).
-Pulse, a Latin Eng. suffix, 88 (II. 125).
Punctuation, the several points used in, 34 (I. 43-45):-Principles of,
investigated, 220 (III. 119-127):--The principles applied under
the general divisions of Grammatical and Rhetorical punctuation-
to the ordinary uses of the full stop and comma, 232 (III. 128),
233 (III. 130), and 237 (III. 138, 139);-to the comma distinguish-
ing parts of speech in series, 233 (III. 129);—to the comma dis-
tinguishing one intended sense from another, 233 (III. 131), and
237 (III. 139);-to the relative uses of the full stop, colon, semi-
colon, and comma, 233 (III. 132-134), and 238 (ÎII. 140);—to
the pointing-off of intervening clauses, and adverbial or conjunc-
tional clauses, 235 (III. 135);—to the comma indicating gramma-
tical ellipsis, 236 (III. 136);-to the use of parentheses, 236
(III. 137);-to the use of the interrogation point, 239 (III. 142);
-to the use of the exclamation point, 240 (III. 143);-to the use
of the dash, 241 (III. 144):-Grammatical points not always indi-
cative of the best rhetorical pauses, 238 (III. 141):-Concluding
views of the whole subject, 241 (III. 145, 146):-Exercises for
improvement in, MANUAL, 124-145.

Pur-, a Norman Eng. prefix, 68 (II. 65).
-Pute, a Latin Eng. suffix, 89 (II. 127).
Pyro-, a Greco-Lat. Eng. prefix, 83 (II. 94).
Pyrrhic, the foot in verse so called, 254 (IV. 18).

Q, how in general pronounced in union with its inseparable attendant
u, 5 (I. 15):-how accompanied when its sound is final in a word,
58 (II. 38).

Quantitative, the rhythm which may be so called, distinguished from
syllabic rhythm, 248 (IV. 8).

Quantity, marks of long and short, 35 (I. 46):-What its state or
conditions in the English language, 249 (IV. 9):-Application of
the marks of quantity with a new meaning, 252 (IV. 14).

Quadr-,

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-Quire,

-Quisition,

Latin Eng. prefixes, 77 (II. 85).

Latin Eng. suffixes, 89 (II. 128).

Quoth, an old verb, 129 (II. 244).

R, its sounds, 3 (I. 11), and 8 (I. 19; "An exceptive principle," &c.,
line 7 from the top of page 8):-Exercises in the various ortho-
graphy of its sounds, MANUAL, 35-37, and 42:-Etymological cha-
racter of words terminating in it, 59 (II. 39).

Re, its etymological character in the terminations, bre, cre, gre, tre, 53
(fourth line from the top).

Re-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 72 (II. 74); and 79 (II. 87).

Reciprocal, the compound personal pronouns so called, xxiii.; and
110 (II. 178).

Rect-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 80 (II. 90).

-Rect, a Latin Eng. suffix, 89 (II. 129).

Regular, in what sense applied to the pluralizing of nouns, 110 (II.
181)-In what sense, to the feminizing of nouns masculine, 113
(II. 197)-In what sense, to the formation of adjectives into the
degrees of comparison, 118 (II. 215):-In what sense to verbs, 121
(II. 228).

Relation, a general name for that which suggests intellection, 210
(III. 95):-All words whatever are signs of understood relations,
107 (foot-note).

Relative, epithet of certain pronouns which are conjunctions as well
as pronouns; see Pronouns :-How to detach a relative sentence
from the sentence of which it is a part, 169 (III. 22).

Retro-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 72 (II. 74).

Rh, a consonant digraph indicating Greek derivation, 50 (II. 17).
Rhage, a Greco-Lat. Eng. suffix, 99 (II. 159).

Rhetoric, difference between it, and Grammar and Logic, i. (Introd.
a fable), and 181 (III. 54-56):-See also MANUAL, 1 (Ans. to the
first additional quest.) Interference of, with Logic and Grammar,
210 (III. 95):-Influence of, in varying the forms of sentences,
211 (III. 96-101):-As being the cause of grammatical ellipsis,
to be guarded against when the clearness of grammatical construc-
tion is endangered, 213 (III. 102-113):-Effects of, further traced
with reference to Punctuation, 239 (ÏÍI. 142–146):—Anomalies of
Logic and Grammar occasionally justified by it, 217 (III. 114-118):
-Exercise discriminating Rhetoric from Grammar, Manual, 94.

-Ræa, Greco-Lat. Eng. suffixes, 99 (II. 159).

-Rhoids,

Rhythm, its nature explained, 248 (IV. 8).
-Rick, a Saxon Eng. suffix, 69 (II. 70).

--Ride, a Latin Eng. suffix, 89 (II. 129).

Right, term applied to the nominative case of nouns in contradistinc-
tion to oblique, 114 (II. 203).

-Rol, a Norman Eng. suffix, 71 (II. 73).
-Rupt, a Latin Eng. suffix, 89 (II. 129).

S, its proper sound, 3 (I. 7) :—Exercise in the various orthography of
its proper sound, MANUAL, 38:-Its other sounds, 10 (I. 19, “Thus
s, c, t," &c., to the bottom of the page, namely, page 10):-Etymo-
logical character of words terminating in it, 60 (II. 40).

Saxon, shown to be the parent of the English language, and still the
essential part of it, 46 (II. 12: "The Gothic, the parent," &c.,
ninth line from the top of page 46):-Saxon-English and Latin-
English contrasted, 48 (foot-note) :-Saxon prefixes, 63 (II. 46–62):
-Saxon suffixes, 69 (II. 69-72).

Scanning, examples of, 254 (IV. 18), and 260 (IV, 26):—Exercises
in, MANUAL, 147-150.

-Scend, a Latin Eng. suffix, 89 (II. 130).

Scene, difference in the meaning of, when applied by ancient and by
modern dramatic poets, and how an Act was determined, 262 (foot-
note).

-Scii, a Greco-Lat. Eng. suffix, 99 (II. (160).

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Greco-Lat. Eng. suffixes, 96 (II. 147), and 99 (II. 160).

-Scope,

-Scopy,

--Scribe,

-Script,

} Lat. Eng. suffixes, 89 (II. 130).

Se-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 72 (II. 74).

-Sea, a suffix in English names of places, 70 (II. 71).

Second person, its common use in the plural when the person referred
to is singular, 123 (II. 231, "and it is probable," &c., eleventh line
from the top of the page, 123).

-Sect,

-Section,

Latin Eng. suffixes, 89 (I1. 130).

Sema-, Semat-, a Greco-Lat. Eng. prefix, 82 (II. 94).
Semi-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 76 (II. 81).

Sentences; distinction between what grammar and what logic requires
for the correctness of sentences, 162 (III. 1), and 182 (III. 55, 56):
-Strict logical form of a sentence, and variations from it through
the interference of rhetoric, 210 (III. 95–101):-Construction of,
further investigated, 220 (III. 119–127).

Sept-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 78 (II. 85, 86).

-Sequent,
-Sequence,
-Sert,

-Sertation,
-Serve,

} Latin Eng. suffixes, 89 (II. 130).

Latin and Norman Eng. suffixes from various roots, 89
(II. 131).

Sesqui-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 78 (II.87).

Sex-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 77 (II. 85). It will be seen to be alto-
gether distinct from the suffix in Sussex, Essex, &c.; which words
originally mean South Saxons, East Saxons, &c.

Sh, a digraph proper to one of the simple consonant sounds, 6 (I. 18),
and 3 (1.8)-Exercise in the various orthography of the sound,
namely, that heard in SHE, MANUAL, 38:-Etymological character
of words in which the digraph occurs, 50 (II. 15).

Shall, a verb, conjugated, xi. :-Its classification as a verb irregular,
129 (II. 244):-Is a sign sometimes of the indicative, sometimes of
the potential mood, 141 (II. 257).

Shall and Will, the proper use of, discriminated, 139 (II. 255), and
141 (II. 258).

-Ship, a Saxon Eng. suffix, 69 (II. 69).

Should, a verb, conjugated, see Shall:-its modern indication of tense
or time, 129 (II. 244); 141 (II. 258); and 143 (II. 261).
Should and Would, the proper use of, discriminated, 143 (II. 261);
and 144 (II. 263).

-Side, a Latin Eng. suffix, of different origin and meaning, 90 (II.
132).

-Sign, a Norman Eng. suffix, ib.

Sinistr-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 82 (II. 92).

-Sion, a common termination of words derived from Latin and
Norman nouns substantive, 58 (II. 36).

-Sist, a Latin Eng. suffix, 90 (II. 132).

Slides of the voice; see Modulation, or Inflection.
Soli-, a Latin Eng. prefix, 76 (II. 83).

-Solve, } Latin Eng. suffixes, 90 (II. 133).

-Solution,

-Some, a Saxon Eng. suffix, 69 (II. 69).

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