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xx ETYMOLOGICAL GLOSSARY OF

der"]. The arrangement
of a sentence like a ladder
so that the meaning rises in
force to the last.1
Cognate (Object) [L. Co-,
"together;" nat- "born "].
The name given to an
object that denotes something akin to (born together
witl) the action denoted by
the Verb (125).
Colon [Gr. colon, "limb"].
The stop marking off a limb
or member of a sentence.
Comma [Gr. comma, a " section "]. The stop marking
off a section of a sentence
(294-308).
Common (Noun). A name
that is common to a class
and not peculiar or proper
to an individual.
Comparative (Degree). The
form of an Adjective denoting that a quality exists in
a greater degree in some one
thing than in some other
with which it is compared.
Complementary[L.comple-,
"fill up"]. That which
completes or fills up (97,
106).
Complete (State). A name
given to an action (whether
Past, Present, or Future)
that was, is, or will be complete (72).
Complex (Sentence) [L. con"together; " plic-, " fold "].
A sentence that is folded
together, or involved. Hence
a sentence containing one
or more Subordinate sentences (250).

Compound (Sentence) [L.
con or corn, "together;"
pon-, "place "]. A sentence
made up of a number of Coordinate sentencesplaced together (247).
Concord. The name given
to syntactical agreement between words, e.g. between
Verb and Subject.
Conjugation [con, "togethel;'"jugatio "joining"].
A number of Verbs joined
together in one class.2
Conjunction [L. con, "together; " junct-, joined "].
A word that joins two
sentences together.
Consequent. The name
given to that part of a
Sentence which expresses
the consequence of the fulfilment of a condition. See
Antecedent and Paragraph
167.
Consonant [L. con, "together; " sonant, "sounding"]. Letters (such asp)
that can only be sounded together with a vowel.
Continuous (State). The
name given to an action
(whether Past, Present, or
Future) that is, was, or will
be continuing or incomplete
(72).
Copula [L. copula, " bond '].
The word " is," so called because it binds or connects
Subject and Predicate in
Logic.
Correlatives. Words that
are related together or
mutually related, e.g.,

1 See Par. 39, How to Write Clearly.
2 Hence to conjugate a Verb is to repeat the inflections belonging
to the class or conjugation. But the Romans used decline and not
contjugate in this sense (Madvig).