SECT. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Page.

70

: : :

.:

73

Of the nature of verbs in general.

Of number and person.

Of moods and participles. : : : 74

Remarks on the potential mood.

: 78

: : : 80

Of the tenses. : : :

The conjugation of the auxiliary

verbs to have and to be..::: 86

7. The auxiliary verbs conjugated in

their simple form; with observa-

tions on their peculiar nature and

10.

11.

force..:

99

: 108

8. The conjugation. of regular verbs.

9. Observations on passive verbs. :

Of irregular verbs. : : : : : 111

Of defective verbs; and of the dif

ferent ways in which verbs are

conjugated. : : : : : : : 117

SECT. 1. Of the various ways in which words

are derived from one another.

A sketch of the steps, by which the

English language has risen to its

present state of refinement.

: 130

134

PART III-SYNTAX.

137

Of the syntax of the article.

; : : : : : 166

Of the syntax of the noun.

Of several nouns joined by copulatives. :
Of nouns connected by disjunctives. .: : : 146

: 143

Of nouns of multitude. Y

Of one noun governing another in the posses-

sive case. : ⠀⠀⠀⠀

: :

Of the syntax of the pronoun.

:

Page.

: 147

: : : 169

Of pronouns agreeing with their antecedents. 148

Of the relative being nominative to the verb. 153

Of the relative preceded by nominatives of dif-

ferent persons.

:

156

Of the syntax of the adjective. :

Of the syntax of the verb.

Of the verb's agreement with the nominative

case.

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::::: 139

Of verbs active requiring the objective case. : 175

Of one verb governing another in the infinitive

mood. : : : :

Of verbs related in point of time. : : : : 179

Of the syntax of the participle. :
Of the rules respecting adverbs.

Of the position of adverbs.

:

:

Of the syntax

Of the syntax of conjunctions.

of prepositions.

Of conjunctions connecting the same moods,

tenses, and cases. :: : : :: : : : 194

Of conjunctions requiring the subjunctive

mood, &c. : : : : : : : : : : 195

Of the syntax of interjections.

: : : : : 153

Of comparisons by the conjunction than or as. 205

Directions respecting the ellipsis.

General rule of syntax.

PART IV.PROSODY..

CHAP. 1. Of pronunciation. : : : :

: 224

CHAP. 2. Of versification. : : : : :

OF PUNCTUATION.

:'241

Of the period.

: 267

CHAP, 5. Of the dash, notes of interroga-
tion, exclamation, &c. ::

APPENDIX.

RULES AND OBSERVATIONS FOR PROMOTING PERSPI-

CUITY AND accuraCY IN WRITING.

PART I.

Of Perspicuity and accuracy of expression, with respect to

single words and phrases.

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.

Of the strength of a sentence.

Of figures of speech. : :

CHAP. 1.

CHAP. 2.

СНАР. 3.

CHAP. 4.

CONCLUSION.

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: 315

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 young minds, 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 1. Of the LETTERS.

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

An articulate sound, is the sound of the human voice, formed by the organs of speech.

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.

B

The following is a list of the Roman, Italic, and Old