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GRAMMATICAL TERMS.

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as a past, present, or future
existence (70).
Indirect (Object). The Noun
or Pronoun denoting the
person or thing regarded as
niot directly but 'only indirectly influenced by the
action of the Verb. But
see Paragraph 118 for a more
satisfactorv test.
Infinitive '(Mood) [L. in,
not;'' finit- "limited''7].
A mood not limited by any
definition of Person or
Number (70).
Inflection. [L. inflecto, "1I
bend "]. The bending of a
word from the simple form,
by means, of var-,'ing the terminitation. See Obliqe below.
Interjection [L. inter-ject-,
" thrown between". An
utterance thrown in between
worts, to express emotion.
Not a Part of Speech.
Intransitive (Verb). (L
in, ' inot '' transiter-,
"passing-across"]. AVerb
whose action is not supposed
to pass across, to any Object.
But see Transiti6 below.
Labials [L. labiuse "lip"]
Lip-letters:f v, p, b, m,
h~w (the -real sound in which)
and w.
Language [L. linyna, Fr.
langne; "tongue "]. The
expression of meaning by
t h e t oneune.
Lingual a [Latin linyna,
" the tongue " ]. Letters
whose sounds are produced
by the tongue: sh, s in
pleastire.

Liquids. Letters of a flowing, liquid sound, as 1, s'.
Metaphor [Gr. meta, "from
one to another "1; phoar,
" carrying "]. The carrying
of a relation from one set
of objects to another e.g.
of the relation of ploughing
from "plough'" and" land,"
to " ship " and " sea." -
Metre [Gr. vietron, " measure "]. The measuring of
language out into verses.
Monosyllable [Gr. mono,
"tonly "] A word of only
one sv'llable.
Mood'[L. mod-, "manner"]
The form of a Verb expressing the msanner of action
(70).
Mutes [L. nsut-, " dumb"]
Letters that are dumb without the aid of a vowel: k
gl, t l, dIs, p, b, am.
Nasal [L. nas-, " nosel]
Cons-onants sounded through
the ease; n, in.
Nominative (Case) [L.
noamina-, "to name "]. An
old Latin term for the Subject, used because the Subject was regarded as a
person or thing named.
Noun [L. nomess, Fr. nom,
"n ame"]. The name of
anything.
Object. The word, or group
of words,7 denoting that
which is regarded as the
object or mark aimed at tbr
the action of a Verb or thine
motion of the Preposition.2
(13). But see Definition in
Para,-Iraph 14.

1 English Tessons for English Peop~le. page, 78.
2 this l)ettnttta, though tu accordance with Etymology, is often
Grammatically inapplicable.