Difficulties arising to the Learner

24

Derivation of the English language, from the Gothic,

Saxon, and Celtic, an ornament,

24

Existence and action of beings and things,

16

Existence in a state of motion,

16, 18

Existence a verb-neuter, Action a verb-active,

18

English Grammar, and division of

22

Joint and several existence of beings and things,

form the singular and plural of nouns,

Manner of existence and action, an adverb,

18

20

verbs,

46

16

48, 50

52

36

69

84

112

lessons for scanning, parsing, & declamation, 113
Practice, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33,
35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63

Qualities of persons, places, and things,
existence and action used as

14

14

Syllogism, what it is, and manner of forming,

15

66

used in parsing,

17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27

Syntax,

87

66

three general rules of

89

of the verb, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 100, 101, 102

103, 107, 108

of the noun and pronoun, 94, 95, 96, 98, 99,

Theory, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32

34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60
62, 64, 65, &c.

Things and being, extension of

66

and uniformity of languages,

10

12

66 antecede the names by which they are called, 14
Things, existence, and action, correlative terms and
inseparable companions,

16

56

56, 60

58

58, 60

64

66

14

22

26

66

transitive and intransitive,

Words are derived from things, not things from words,

forty thousand in the English language,
primitive or derivitive, simple or compound,

remarks on indicative and subjunctive 67,68

(6 tenses of

70

72

72, 73

irregular verbs,

76

78

83

ERRATA.

Page 12; 12 lines from bottom, for and, read or.

Page 30; bottom line, for since, read hence.

Page 62; 24 lines from bottom, for proposition, read preposition.
Page 89; 15 lines from bottom, for positive, read possessive.

Page 106; 17 lines from bottom, for of, read to.

Page 104; 4 lines from top, for clouds, read shrouds.

Other typographical errors may have occurred, which have in this edition
escaped the notice of the Author, but it is presumed that they will not mate-
rially effect the sense.

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RULES.

1. A Verb must agree with its nominative case, in number and person.

2. Two or more Nouns or Pronouns, in the singular number, connected by AND, must have Verbs, Nouns and Pronouns agreeing with them in the plural number.

3. The conjunction disjunctive has a contrary effect to that of the copulative; for in this instance a Verb, Noun, or Pronoun is always in the singulur number.

4. A Noun of multitude, may have a Verb, Noun or Pronoun agreeing with it of either number.

5. Pronouns must agree with their Nouns in gender and number.

7. Nouns signifying the same thing, agree in case.

8. Every Adjective, and every Adjective Pronoun, and Article, belongs to a Noun expressed or understood.

10. Nouns or Pronouns in the possessive case, are governed by the Nouns possessed.

11. Active Verbs govern the objective case.

12. The infinitive mood is governed by Verbs, Nouns, Pronouns, Participles, and Adjectives.

17. Prepositions govern the objective case.

18. Conjunctions connect the same moods and tenses of Verbs and cases of Nouns.

20. A Noun or Pronoun following THAN, AS, or BUT, is always in the nominitive case to some Verb understood, or in the objective governed, by the Verb or Preposition. NEW RULES. 23. All Nouns of the second person are in the nominitive independent.

24. Nouns of precise time, weight, measure, distance of place, &c. are put in the objective case, without any governing word expressed.