Founding Grammars (45 page)

Stiles, Ezra

Stoker, Bram

Story, Joseph

Stowe, Harriet Beecher

structural linguists

Strunk, William, Jr.

style guides

subjects

of missing verb in comparisons

in nominative case

subjunctive mood

substandard label

substantive.
See also
noun

substitutes

Sun
newspaper

Sunday Star

Swinton, William

synonyms

A Synopsis of Words in Twenty Languages
(Webster, Noah)

syntax

definition of

false

issues

Taft, William

“tall talk,” western

The Teacher's Institute
(Fowle)

The Telegraph

tense

future

verbs

than

different than, different from

then
and

thee

them,
as noun modifier

then, than

they

with
everybody

with singular antecedent

thing

thou

thee
and

use of

to

due to

verb separated from

to whom

to be

in Greek, Latin and Sanskrit

nominative case after

pronouns after

unless you be, unless you are

Toronto Globe and Mail

The Travels of Cyrus

Treaty of Paris

Trinity Lane School

trousers

The True English Grammar
(Fowle)

Truss, Lynne

Twain, Mark

Uncle Tom's Cabin
(Stowe)

United States Telegraph

unless you be, unless you are

Usage Panel

Vanderbilt, Cornelius

verbal critics

The Verbalist
(Ayres)

verbs

Anglo-Saxon

classification of

comparisons and subject of missing

conjugation

definition of

mood

new

nominative case after prepositions and

passive

to
separated from

tense

unfamiliar forms

villain

virtue and grammar

vocative case

voting rights

Walker, David

Walker, Edward

War of 1812

was,
with
you

Washington, George

The Washington Post

Webster, John

Webster, Noah.
See also Grammatical Institute of the English Language

American Dictionary of the English Language

American Spelling Book

The American Minerva

The American Spelling Book

A Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases

A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language

Connecticut school of

criticism of

Dissertations

Elements of Useful Knowledge

English language lectures of

essays by

family history and career of

influence of

Murray, L., and

A Philosophical and Practical Grammar

spelling reform and

Synopsis

theories of

Webster, Noah (father)

Webster, Rebecca

Webster, William

Webster's Bible, Common Version

Webster's Second

Webster's Third New International Dictionary

Western Recorder

western “tall talk”

Westminster Assembly's “Shorter Catechism”

which,
compared to
whose

White, E. B.

White, John

White, Richard Grant

criticism of

Every-Day English

in
The Galaxy

The Riverside Shakespeare

theories of

Words and Their Uses

Whitney, Josiah

Whitney, William Dwight

Essentials of English Grammar

review by

who

with nonhumans

use of

Who did she
or
you speak to?

whom
compared to

whom

among
with

incorrect use of

who
compared to

to whom

whose

with nonhumans

which
compared to

Wilberforce, William

Wilde, Oscar

will

will/shall

will/would

Williams, Ralph Olmsted

Wills, Garry

Wilson, Woodrow

Winged Words, or The Diversions of Purley
(Horne Tooke)

Winning of the West
(Roosevelt)

Woe Is I
(O'Conner)

Wolcott, Oliver

women, education of.
See also female; lady

Women's Rights Convention

Worcester, Joseph

Word Study

words

from Anglo-Saxon

bizarre combinations

country words and phrases

feminized

histories

low

misuse of

new

obsolete

offensive words and phrases

origins

overblown

over-genteel or pompous

pairs

primary and secondary classes

with similar meanings

Words and Their Uses
(White, R.)

comments on

popularity of

Words: Their Use and Abuse
(Mathews)

would/will

written language

Wycliffe, John

Yagoda, Ben

Yale

ye

you

use of

was
with

ye
and

between you and I

you and me, you and I

Young Kate
(Lewis)

The Young Lady's Accidence
(Bingham)

 

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Rosemarie Ostler
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a linguist and former librarian, enjoys delving into the rich record of American usage and word invention. Her books about slang and word origins explore the colorful turns of phrase in America's past lexicon. Ostler is the author of
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Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers.
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Contents

      
Title Page

      
Copyright Notice

      
Acknowledgments

      
Preface

1.
   
Grammar for a New Country

2.
   
Grammar for Different Classes of Learners

3.
   
The Value of Grammar

4.
   
Rational Grammar

5.
   
Grammar and Gentility

6.
   
The Science of Grammar

7.
   
Grammar for a New Century

8.
   
The Persistence of Grammar

      
Notes

      
Bibliography

      
Index

      
About the Author

      
Also by Rosemarie Ostler

      
Copyright

 

 

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