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O, lett., as A, E, I, and U, self-naming, 153,
Obs. 12-its plural, 150, Obs. 1:-forma-
tion of the plur. of nouns in, 243, Obs. 8:
-sounds properly its own, 1047:—where
sounded as short u, ib. :-do. as obscure
e, ib.-diphthongs beginning with, ib.:-
triphth. do., ib.

O, interj., with cap. lett., 166, R. :—what emo-
tion indicates, 447:-differs from oh, 448, t.:
-as denoting earnestness, before nouns or
pronouns put absol. by direct address; is no
positive index of the vocative, 691, Obs. 2.
-0, &c., MURR. erron. doctrine concerning,
to what teaching it has given rise, ib., Obs.
4, et sq.-O, &c., with a case following, Lat.
construc,of, examined, 694, Obs. 11.-0, not
infreq. confounded with oh, even by gram-
marians, 171, Obs. 15; 448, t.; 692, Obs.
6; 695, Obs. 14; comp. 448, n. *.
Obelisk, or dagger, as mark of reference, 804.
Objective case, defined, 258.-Obj. case, how
distinguished from the nom. in nouns, 264,
Obs. 24:-before the infin. mood, how taken
in Eng., 495, Obs. 8:-as governed by active-
trans. verb or part., 517, R.-"Active verbs
govern the obj. case," MURR., defect of this
brief assertion; its uselessness as a RULE for
"the syntax of verbs." ib., Obs. 1; 521, Obs.
13.-Obj. case, of how many constructions
susceptible, 517, Obs. 1:-whether infini-
tives, participles, &c., can be in, 518, Obs. 5:
-two nouns in, after a verb, how parsed,
520, Obs. 8.-Whether any verb in Eng.
governs two objectives not coupled, ib., Obs.
9, 10; 534, Obs. 10.-Obj. case as governed
by passive verbs, erron. allowed by some,
521, Obs. 11; MURR. on this construc., ib.,
Obs. 12; syntac. N. concerning, 522, v:-
what verbs not to be employed without, ib.,
N. i; do. with, N. ii.—Obj. case as governed
by prep., 532, R.-"Prepositions gov. the
obj. case," why the brief assertion is excep-
tionable, as the sole RULE, in parsing prep.,
ib., Obs. 2.

Obsolete or antiquated words, use of, as opposed
to purity, PREC. against, 1062, ii.-Things
obsolete in Eng, DR. LATHAM'S attempts to
revive, 348, n. *.

Ocean, figurative representation of, as uttering
his voice in tones of varied quantity, 162,
Obs. 9.

Octometer line, may be reduced to tetrameter,
850-iambic, examples of, ib. :-trochaic,
do., 862, et sq.-dactylic, example of, 880.
-Octometer, trochaic, rhyme and termina-
tion of, 863, t.; its pauses, and how may be
divided, 864; the most common form of,
ib., b.

Of and on or upon, difference between, 686,
Obs. 18.

Old English, characters of its alphabet, shown,
148: occasional use of do., 164.

Omissions of words that are needful to the sense,
Crit. N. against, 719, x.

Omilting, verbs of, with part. in stead of infin.,
638, Obs. 18.

One, employment of, as a noun or as a substi-
tute for a noun; how classed by some gram-

marians, 275, Obs. 13:-may be preceded
by the articles, or by adjectives, ib., ib. :—
like Fr. on or l'on, used indef. for any person;
in this sense preferable to a pers. pron. ap-
plied indefinitely, ib., ib. :-CHURCH, citation
ridiculing the too frequent use of, for pers.
pron., ib., ib. :-as pronom. adj., requires
verb and pron. in the third pers. sing. to
agreo with it, 576, N. iv. One an other, seo
Other. One, or a unit, whether it is a num
ber, 829, n. *.

Only, derivation of; class and meaning of in
its several different relations, 665, Obs. 26,
659, Obs. 1; 273, Obs. 7:-strictures on the
instructions of grammarians respecting the
classification and placing of, 665, Obs. 27:-
ambiguous use of, (as also of but,) 666, Obs.
29:-use of, for but, or except that, not ap-
proved of by BROWN, ib., ib.-Not only, not
merely-but, &c., correspondents, 679, m.
Onomatopeia described and exemplified, 821;
827, t., (extr. from SWIFT.)

Or, as expressing an alternation of terms, (Lat.,
sive,) 431, Obs. 8; punc., 776, exc. iii:-in
Eng., is frequently equivocal; the ambiguity
how avoided, 431, Obs. 8.-Or, perh. con-
tracted from other, 1057, t.—Or and nor
discriminated, 431, Obs. 7, 8.-Or, nor,
grammarians dispute which of these words
should be adopted after an other nega
tive than neither or nor; MURR., following
PRIESTL., teaches that either word may be
used with equal propriety; BURN's doctrine,
662, Obs. 15, et sq.; BROWN, after revising
CHURCH., attempts to settle the question,
664, Obs. 21.-Ör ever, (“ OR EVER the earth
was,") the term explained, 431, Obs. 4.
Or or our, terminat., number of Eng. words in;
how many of these may be written with our;
BROWN'S practice and views in respect to
this matter, 197, Obs. 4.

Oral spelling, the advantage of, to learners,
182, Obs. 8.

Order of things or events, the natural, PREC.
directing the observance of, in the use of
lang., 1063, m.

Orders of verse, see Verse.
Ordinal numeral, (sce Numerals.)—Ordinal ad-
jectives may qualify card. numbers; cannot
properly be qualified by do., 542, Obs. 12;
280, Obs. 7, (7.)

Orthoëpy, see Pronunciation.
ORTHOGRAPHY, 148-203.—Orthography,
of what treats, 148:-difficulties attending
it in Eng., 193, t.; 196, Obs. 1:-DR. JOHN-
SON'S improvements in, 197, Obs. 2:-DR.
WEBSTER'S do., in a different direction, 202,
Obs. 25-ignorance of, with respect to any
word used, what betokens in the user, 719,
Crit. N. xiv. (See also Spelling.) Orthog-
raphy, figures of, MIMESIS and ARCHAISM, 814.
Other, pronom. adj., 273, Obs. 7:-its sub-
stantive or pronominal character; (with one,)
how classed by some; may be preceded by
the articles, 275, Obs. 13:-requires than
before the latter term of an exclusive com-
parison, 678, N. iv; yet sometimes perhaps
better takes the prep. besides, ib., n.*. Each
other, one an other, import and just applica-
tion of, 275, Obs. 15; 501, Obs. 14; 543.

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