ers; notation of
--_Vowels_, two coming together, where may be parted in syllabication.

W.

W, its name and plur. numb.
--simpler term than _Double-u_ perhaps desirable; DR. WEBST. on the
lett.
--W, when a vowel
--with vowel foll., sound of
--before _h_, how pronounced
--in Eng. never used alone as a vowel
--no diphthongs or triphth. in Eng., beginning with.

_Wages_, noun, plur. by formation; its construe, with a verb.

_Walker, J._, estimate of his Critical Pronouncing Dictionary
--in his lexicography how far followed DR. JOH.

_Was_, contrary to usage preferred by some to _were_, in the imperf. sing,
of the subj.

_We_, plur., as representing the speaker and others; how sometimes used in
stead of the sing.; sometimes preferred by monarchs to _I_.

_Webster, Dr. N._, describes language as comprehending the voice of brutes
--never named the Eng. letters rightly
--his orthography as a _standard_; do. compared with that of DR. JOH.
--the result to himself of his various attempts to reform our orthog.;
the value of his _definitions_.

_Weight, measure_, &c., see _Time_.

_Wert_, as used in lieu of _wast_
--its mood not easy to determine; authorities for a various use of.

_What_, its class and nature
--to what usually applied; its twofold relat. explained
--its numb.; example of solec. in the use of
--as a mere adj., or as a pron. indef.
--its use both as an adj. and as a relative at the same time; do. for
_who_ or _which_, ludic. and vulg.
--declined
--how to be disposed of in etymolog. parsing; how to be parsed
syntactically
--how becomes an interj.
--used appar. for an adv.; uttered exclamatorily before an adj., to be
taken as an adj., ("WHAT PARTIAL _judges are our_," &c.,)
--followed by _that_, by way of pleonasm, ("WHAT _I tell you in
darkness_, THAT," &c.,)
--with _but_ preceding, ("_To find a friend_, BUT WHAT" &c.,)
--vulg. use of, for _that_
--derivation of, from Sax., shown.

_Whatever_ or _whatsoever_, its peculiarities of construe., the same as
those of _what_; its use in simp, relation
--its construc. as a double relative; whether it may be supposed
ellipt.
--its declension.

_When, where_, or _while_, in what instance not fit to follow the verb _is_
--_When, where, whither_, as partaking of the nature of a pron.;
construc, of