characters of its alphabet, shown
--occasional use of do.

_Omissions_ of words that are needful to the sense, Crit. N. against.

_Omitting_, verbs of, with part. in stead of infin.

_One_, employment of, as a noun or as a substitute for a noun; how classed
by some grammarians
--may be preceded by the articles, or by adjectives
--like Fr. _on_ or _l'on_, used indef. for any person; in this sense
preferable to a _pers._ pron. applied indefinitely
--CHURCH., citation ridiculing the too frequent use of, for pers. pron.
--as pronom. adj., requires verb and pron. in the third pers. sing. to
agree with it. _One an other_, see _Other. One_, or _a unit_, whether
it is a _number_.

_Only_, derivation of; class and meaning of, in its several different
relations
--strictures on the instructions of grammarians respecting the
classification and placing of
--ambiguous use of, (as also of _but_,)
--use of, for _but_, or _except that_, not approved of by BROWN
--_Not only, not merely
--but_, &c., correspondents.

_Onomatopoeia_ described and exemplified (extr. from SWIFT.)

_Or_, as expressing an alternation of terms, (Lat., _sive_.)
--in Eng., is frequently equivocal; the ambiguity how avoided
--_Or_, perh. contracted from _other_
--_Or_ and _nor_ discriminated
--_Or, nor_, grammarians dispute which of these words should be adopted
after an other negative than _neither_ or _nor_; MURR., following
PRIESTL., teaches that either word may be used with equal propriety;
BURN'S doctrine; BROWN, after revising CHURCH., attempts to settle
the question,
--_Or ever_, ("OR EVER _the earth was_,") the term explained.

_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.

_Oral_ spelling, the advantage of, to learners.

_Order_ of things or events, the natural, PREC. directing the observance
of, in the use of lang.

_Orders of verse_, see _Verse_.

_Ordinal_ numeral, (see _Numerals._)
--_Ordinal_ adjectives may qualify card. numbers; cannot properly be
_qualified by_ do.

_Orthoepy_, see _Pronunciation_.

ORTHOGRAPHY
--_Orthography_, of what treats
--difficulties attending it in Eng.
--DR. JOHNSON'S improvements in
--DR. WEBSTER'S do., in a different direction
--ignorance of, with respect to an