In, before an adjective, like un, denotes privation; as, indecent, not decent. Before a verb it has its simple meaning.

Inter signifies among or between; as, intervene, or come between. In interdict, or forbid, it has a negative effect.

Intro denotes to within; as, introduce, or lead in.

Ob denotes opposition; as, object, or cast against; obstacle; that is, something in opposition.

Per signifies through or thoroughly; as, pervade; that is, pass through, perfect; that is, thoroughly done.

Pre, before; as, prepare, or procure before-hand.

Post, after; as, post-script, or written after.

Pro denotes forth, forward; as, promote, or move forward, produce, or bring forth.

Preter signifies past or beyond; as, preternatural, or beyond the course of nature.

Re signifies again, or back; as, reprint, or print again, repay or pay back.

Retro signifies backwards; as, retrograde, or going backwards.

Se, apart, or without; as, to secrete, or put aside, secure, or without care. Sub signifies under; as, subscribe, or write under.

Subter signifies under; as, subterfluous, or flowing under; subterfuge, or escape under.

Super, above, or over; as, superadd, add, over, or above.

Trans or tra signifies over or beyond; as, transgress, go over or beyond; it denotes from one place to another; as, transplant, transpose, &c. Ultra signifies beyond; as, ultra marine, or beyond the sea.

The Greek prepositions and participles compounded with English words are a, amphi, anti, apo, hyper, dia, hypo, epi, meto, para, peri, syn, hemi.

A signifies privation; as, anarchy, or the state of being without govern

Epi, upon; as, epidemic, or upon the people.

Meta, denotes change, or transmutation; as, metamorphose, or change the shape.

Para, beyond, on one side; thus, paragraph; that is, a writing by the side, (originally used to mean a marginal note) paradox; that is, an opinion beyond, or on one side,an extraordinary opinion; paraphrase; that is, a phrase that may be placed by the side, an equivalent phrase.

Peri, about, as, periphrases, or a speech in a round about way, a circumlocution.

Syn, sym, syl, with or together; as, synod, or meeting together, sympathy, or feeling together.

Hemi, as well as semi and demi, denotes half, hemisphere, or half of a sphere; semi-circle, or half a circle; demi-god, half a god.

THE third part of grammar is SYNTAX, which treats of the agreement and construction of words in a sentence.

A sentence is an assemblage of words, forming a complete sense.
Sentences are of two kinds, simple and compound.

A simple sentence has in it but one subject, and one finite* verb; as, "Life is short."

A compound sentence consists of two or more simple sentences connected together; as, "Life is short, and art is long." "Idleness produces want, vice, and misery."

As sentences themselves are divided into simple and compound, so the members of sentences may be divided likewise into simple and compound members; for whole sentences, whether simple or compounded, may become members of other sentences, by means of some additional connexion; as in the following example; "The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, my people do not consider." This sentence consists of two compounded members, each of which is subdivided into two simple members, which are properly called clauses.

There are three sorts of simple sentences; the EXPLICATIVE, or explaining; the INTERROGATIVE, or asking; the IMPERATIVE, or commanding.

An explicative sentence is, when a thing is said to be or not to be, to do or not to do, to suffer or not to suffer, in a direct manner; as, "I am; thou writest; Thomas is loved." If the sentence be negative, the adverb not is placed after the auxiliary, or after the verb itself when it has no auxiliary; as, "I did not touch him;" or, "I touched him not."

In an interrogative sentence, or when a question is asked, the nominative case follows the principal verb or the auxiliary; as, "Was it he ?" "Did Alexander conquer the Persians ?"

In an imperative sentence, when a thing is commanded to be, to do, to suffer, or not, the nominative case likewise follows the verb or the auxiliary; as, "Go, thou traitor!" "Do thou go;" "Haste ye away;" unless the verb let be used; as, "Let us be gone."

A phrase is two or more words rightly put together, making sometimes part of a sentence, and sometimes a whole sentence.

The principal parts of a simple sentence are, the subject, the attribute, and the object.

The subject is the thing chiefly spoken of; the attribute is the thing or action affirmed or denied of it; and the object is the thing affected by such action.

The nominative denotes the subject, and usually goes before the verb or attribute; and the word or phrase, denoting the object, follows the

*Finite verbs are those to which number and person appertain. Verbs in the infinitive mood have no respect to number or person.

Note II. When united to an adjective or helping adverb not ending in ly, the word exceeding has ly added to it; as, "exceedingly great; exceedingly well;" but when it is joined to a helping adverb or an adjective having that termination, the ly is omitted; as, "Some men think exceeding clearly, and reason exceeding forcibly." "She appeared, on this occasion, exceeding lovely." "He acted in this business bolder than was expected." "They behaved the noblest, because they were disinterested." They should have been "more boldly," "most nobly."-The adjective pronoun such is often misapplied; as, "He was such an extravagant young man, that he spent his whole patrimony in a few years;" it should be, "so extravagant a young man." "I never before saw such large trees;" "saw trees so large." When we refer to the species or nature of a thing, the word such is properly applied; as, "Such a temper is seldom found:" but when degree is signified, we use the word so; as, "So bad a temper is seldom found."

Examples to be corrected under Note 2, RULE I.

They rejected his advice and conducted themselves exceedingly indiscreetly. He is a person of great abilities and exceeding upright. The conspiracy was easier discovered from its being known to many.Not being fully acquainted with the subject, he could affirm no stronger

is tastes sour! How bitter the plums tasted! He feels happy." In all these sentences, we can, with perfect propriety, substitute some tenses of the verb to be, for the other verbs. But in the following sentences we cannot do this: "The dog smells disagreeably; George feels exquisitely; How pleasantly she looks at us !"

The directions contained in this note are offered as useful, not as complete and unexceptionable. Anomalies in language every where encounter us; but we must not reject rules because they are attended with exceptions.