Words, and their division into Parts of Speech,

6, 7

8

127

Compared irregularly,

Construction of,

Used for adjectives, and adjectives for nouns,

Construction of, in apposition,

III. ADJECTIVES, definition and comparison of, Obs. on,

of comparative & superlative, 114, 115

20

IV. PRONOUNS, definition and division of,

Personal, declension of, and observations on,

Construction of,

97

Construction of,

V. VERBS, definition and division of,

Concord of, with its nominative,

with two nouns,

with nominatives of different persons,
with a collective noun,

Used in a sense allied to the passive,

Government of, .

Inflexion of,

When followed by the objective,

Intransitive, definition and characteristic of,

Have no passive; how made transitive,

When used actively,

Auxiliary, what; observations on,

To be, inflexion of,

95

96

29

32

43

90

33

52

91

29

31

90

91

33

48

Indicative and subjunctive, construction of, 111

Infinitive, character of, .

37

Construction of,

110

Tenses, definition, division, and uses of

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VII. PREPOSITIONS, definition and use of, list of,

Observations and exercises on,

Construction of,

VIII. CONJUNCTIONS, uses of, list of,

PART III. SYNTAX.

SYNTAX, general principles of, parts of,

Page.

39

123

42

56

57

57

66

67

116, 117, 118

Different kinds of composition, .

. 160

163

. 163

168

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176

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189

ORDER OF THE RULES OF SYNTAX.

RULE I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

97

A verb with nominatives of different persons,
A verb with a collective noun,

Adjectives of number, the pron. this and that,

When two persons or things are contrasted, &c. 98

Pronouns agree with the nouns, &c.

The relative agrees with its antecedent, .

Special rules and observations under Rule XI.

Substantives signifying the same thing, &c. 102

A verb may have the same case after it as before, 103

The possessive case,

104

When the present participle is used as a noun, 107

The present participle with an article before it, 108

The perfect participle is used after have and be, 109

One verb governs another in the infinitive, 110

The subjunctive mood,

XIX.

XX.

112

XXI.

XXII.

Some conjunctions have corresponding conjunct. 113

Comparative degree and the pronoun other,

114

Adverbs are for the most part placed, &c.

XXVI. Two negatives in the same sentence,

XXVII. Prepositions before names of places,

XXVIII. Certain words and phrases must be followed, &c. 120

XXIX. In the use of verbs, &c.; the order of time, &c. 123

When a member of a sentence refers to two

XXXII. The article A, &c.

XXXIII. An ellipsis is admissible when, &c.

XXXIV. An ellipsis is not allowable when, &c.

Miscellaneous observations,

GRAMMAR.

GRAMMAR is both a SCIENCE and an ART.

As a SCIENCE, it investigates the principles of language in general. When thus used, it is denominated General or UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR; and sometimes COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR.

As an ART, it teaches the right method of applying these principles to a particular language, so as thereby to express our thoughts in a correct and proper manner, according to established usage

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English Language with propriety. It is divided into four parts; namely, Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody.

ORTHOGRAPHY teaches the nature and powers of Letters, and the correct method of spelling words.

A LETTER is a character representing a particular sound of the hu

man voice.

A