CONTENTS.

CHAP. 1.

PART I-ORTHOGRAPHY.

Of letters.

SECT. 1. Of the nature of the letters, and of a per-

CHAP. 2.

CHAP. 3.

fect alphabet.

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Of syllables, and the rules for arrang-

ing them.

Of words in general, and the rules for

spelling them.

PART II-ETYMOLOGY.

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A general view of the parts of speech. 41

СНАР. 1.

CHAP. 2..

Of the articles.

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SECT. 1. Of the nature of adjectives, and the de-

grees of comparison.

2. Remarks on the subject of comparison.

their simple form; with observations

on their peculiar nature and force.

8. The conjugation of regular verbs.

9. Observations on passive verbs:

10. Of irregular verbs..

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11. Of defective verbs; and of the different

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ways in which verbs are conjugated.

SECT. 1. Of the various ways in which words
are derived from one another.

2. A sketch of the steps, by which the

English language has risen to its

present state of refinement..

PART III-SYNTAX.

Of the syntax of the article. .

Of the syntax of the noun.

Of one noun governing another in the possessive case. 169

Of the syntax of the pronoun.

Of pronouns agreeing with their antecedents.

Of the relative being nominative to the verb.

Of the relative preceded by no ninatives of different

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Of the verb's agreement with the nominative case. 139
Of verbs active requiring the objective case.
Of one verb governing another in the infinitive mood. 178
Of verbs related in point of time.

Of the syntax of the participle.

Of the rules respecting adverbs.

Of the position of adverbs.

Of two negatives.

Of the syntax of prepositions.

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Of the syntax of conjunctions.

Of conjunctions connecting the same moods, tenses,

and cases.

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Of conjunctions requiring the subjunctive mood, &e.

BULES AND OBSERVATIONS FOR PROMOTING PERSPICUITY

AND ACCURACY IN WRITING.

PART I.

Of perspicuity and accuracy of expression, with respect to

CHAP. 1.

CHAP. 2.

of perspicuity and accuracy of expression, with respect to

the construction of sentences.

Of the clearness of a sentence.

Of the unity of a sentence.

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ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English language with propriety.

It is divided into four parts, viz. ORTHOGRAPHY, ETYMOLOGY, SYNTAX, and PROSODY.

This division may be rendered more intelligible to the student, by observing, in other words, that Grammar treats, first, of the form and sound of the letters, the combination of letters into syllables, and syllables into words; secondly, of the different sorts of words, their various modifications, and their derivation; thirdly, of the union and right order of words in the formation of a sentence; and lastly, of the just pronunciation, and poetical construction of sentences.

PART I.

ORTHOGRAPHY.

CHAPTER I.

OF THE LETTERS.

SECTION 1. Of the nature of the letters, and of a perfect alphabet.

Orthography teaches the nature and powers of letters, and the just method of spelling words.

A letter is the first principle, or least part, of a word.

The letters of the English language, called the English Alphabet, are twenty-six in number.

These letters are the representatives of certain articulate sounds, the elements of the language. An articulate sound, is the sound of the human voice, formed by the organs of speech.

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