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Table of Contents . 
Chap. II. The Verbal Hybrids. 
The verbal nouns. Page 
An embarrassing misconception. 157 
How they operate as verbs. 163 
How they operate as nouns— 
I. The usual interpretation. 165 
II. A preferred interpretation. 168 
Their inflectional possibilities. 184 
Their actual inflectional varieties. 187 
(1) The noun with merely verb-like meaning. 188* 
(2) The noun in verbal function. 189 
(3) The Latin gerund. 190 
(4) The Latin supine . 190 
(5) The English form in “ing”. 190 : 
(6) The infinitive . 191 
(7) The Portuguese infinitive. 191 
(8) The subjunctive in substantive function. . 191 
The verbal adjectives. 
Their inflectional varieties. 195- 
(1) The adjective with merely verb-like mean¬ 
ing . 195 
(2) The adjective in verbal function. 195 
(3) The participle . 198 
(4) The subjunctive in adjective function. .. 198 
The verbal adverbs. 202 
Secondary hybrids.✓. 202 
