sm, use of
_Time_, the order and fitness of, to be observed in constructions
expressing it
--nouns of, with adv. WHEN, as a special relative, following _Time,
measure_, or _weight_, part made possessive of the whole, ("_An_
HOUR'S _time_")
--noun of, not poss., immediately before an other, ("_A_ POUND
WEIGHT,") _Time, place_, &c., the obj. case in expressions of, taken
after the fashion of an adv. _Time, measure, distance_, or _value_,
nouns of, their peculiarity of construc.; the parsing of _Time_, obj.
noun of, qualifying a subsequent adj., ("A _child_ OF _ten years_
OLD,") _Four times, five times_, &c., how to be reckoned. TIMES,
before an other noun, _by way of_ MULTIPLICATION, the nature and
construc. of, discussed; decision. _Times_, in what construc. may be
called the objective of _repetition_, or of _time repeated_. _Time_
in pronunciation, or _quantity_
_Titles_, of books, are printed in capitals
--of office, &c., begin with do.
--merely mentioned as such, are without art.
--_Name and_ TITLE, (see _Proper Names_.) _Side-titles_, use of _dash_
in application to
_Tmesis_, explained
_To_, as governing infin. mood
--do., variously explained by grammarians
--is a sign of inf., but not a part of it
--what BROWN claims for his RULE respecting the _infin. as gov. by the
prep._ TO, &c.; he shows that the doctrine originated not with
himself
--TO _and the verb_, what FISHER (anno 1800) taught respecting; what,
LOWTH, and what, absurdly, MURR., his copyist
--_To_, as governing infin., traced from the Sax. to the Eng. of
WICKL.,
--_To_, before infin., evasive teachings of the later grammarians
concerning its class and construc.
--do., how considered by most Eng. grammarians
--do., how proved to be a prep.
--do., preceded by _for_, anc.
--after _what verbs_, omitted,
--whether to be _repeated_ before infinitives in the same construe.
--sometimes required, and sometimes excluded, after _than_ or _as_
--whether it may be _separated_ from its verb by an adv.; is placed
more elegantly AFTER _an adv._, ("PROPERLY TO _respect_,")
--in what cases has no prop, antec. term of relat.
--_To_ suppressed and _be_ inserted after MAKE, whether correctly
--_To_, prep, or adv., from Anglo-Sax.
--_To_, as prefix to noun, (_to-day, to
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