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THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET ACCOUNTS FOR ITS DEFECTS.
223. In what Orthography con- 231. Value of silent Letters.... 228
224 232. Etymological Facts and
Reasons..
sists
224. Diversities in Orthography 224
225. Inconsistencies of English
233. Analogies of the English
Language
229
226. Different Plans of Reform. 225 234. Change of Pronunciation.. 230
230. Normal Use of the Letters. 228 238. Orthographic Analysis.... 233
244. Classification of Nouns.... 242 246. Additional Facts...
246
Gender in Personification 248
250. Numbers of Nouns....... 249 260.
251. Formation of the Plural... 249
252. Double Forms of the Plural 251
253. Foreign Words.....
254. Additional Statements
Transition from the Anglo-
Saxon Genitive....
261. Number of Cases
256
257
251 262. Import of the Genitive.... 258
252 263. Comparative Etymology .. 259
255. Comparative Etymology .. 254 264. Difference between Ancient
Comparison.....
269
270
268. Derivation of Adjectives.. 265
269. Comparison of Adjectives. 266 277. Comparative Etymology .. 271
270. Simple or Terminational 278. Numerals..
Comparison..
266 279. Importance
271. Compound Comparison.... 266 280. Classification..
272. Irregular Comparison..
273. Irregular Terminations
274. Defective Comparison
283. The Article...
271
272
CHAPTER IV.
THE ARTICLE.
284. Relation of the Articles to
the Proposition...
288. The Pronoun...
273
275 285. The Article "an" or "a".. 275
286. The Article "the" ..----- 276
275 287. Comparative Etymology.. 276
289. Classification....
290. Extent of Pronouns
283
291. Value of Pronouns...
292. Personal Pronouns
nouns in the Anglo-Saxon 281 301. The German Usage..
286
298
305. Self used as an Adjective.. 292 314. Adjective Pronouns
306. "Self" emphatic.....
292 315. Reciprocal Pronouns
301
307. Demonstrative Pronouns .. 292 316. Indeterminate Pronouns... 301
319. Classification of Verbs.... 305 343. Derivation of Auxiliary
318
319
Verbs, in respect to their
mode of Construction... 321
Conjugation of the Auxil-
321
iary Verbs..
346. The Verb Substantive .... 324
347. Conjugation of the Verb "to
be"
Ancient or Strong Conjuga-
tion.....
325
348.
328
CHAPTER VII.
ADVERBS.
Section
361. Adverbs...
362. Origin of Adverbs..
363. Adverbial Pronouns.....
364. Adverbs from Concrete
Substantives ....
368. Comparison of Adverbs... 365
361 369. Classification of Adverbs.. 365
365. Adverbs from Cases...... 362 370. Primitive Adverbs of Place 366
375. Conjunctions..
Conjunctions.....
374 378. Office of Conjunctions .... 376
376. Harris's Classification of 379. Origin of Conjunctions.......... 377
374 380. Two Ways in which Sen-
377. Common Classification.... 376]
381. Interjections...
tences are connected... 379
401. Latin Stem-substantives .. 409 420. Double Forms in Language 445
402. Latin primary Derivative 421. Accidental Coincidences in
the Formation of Words. 447
Words
409