Nominative, use of.........................

Construction of, as the subject ............89
As the predicate...........104
Independent ..............127

Possessive, how formed, use of.......................................16

Observations on ................................................................17

Construction of...............105, 106

Objective, use of ......

............16

Governed by Transitive Active Verbs......00

By Intransitive Verbs ...........90

By Prepositions. •

Of time, place, weight, value, &c..........92

Parsing of, Method of...

Construction of, in apposition..........

П ARTICLE, Definition and use of.

Construction of.......

'Parsing of the, Method of.

.....

19

III. ADJECTIVE, Definition of, Observations on, Numerals ..............................19

Comparison of, and Observations on...................................... .20

Irregular..

..21

..97

Construction of
Of the Comparative and Superlative....115, 116

Parsing of the, Method of, Exercises on............................

IV. PRONOUNS, Definition and division of

22

Relative, Definition of, &c.

.24

V. VERB, Definition and Division of...

• 29

.......30

Division of, in respect of form....

Voice, Active and Passive defined

Transitive and Intransitive, defined and distinguished........30, 31

Auxiliary, what; Observations on.......

Inflection of...

Observations on....

Moods, Definition and Distinction of..........................

Observations on....

Subjunctive, Construction of ..
Infinitive, Construction of.......

Tenses, Distinction and Definition of.....................................

Observations on....................................

Construction of.................................................

31

32

..................

34

34

34

........35

.....36

....112

....111

.37, 38

..39

124

....

Interrogative form of ...........

55

Classification of, and Observations on.......................66

Parsing of the, Method of, and Exercises on••••

VII. PREPOSITIONS, Definition and use of................................................... ......68

List of, and Observations on .....................................

Parsing, Method of and Exercises on.......

Construction of......

VIII. INTERJECTIONS, List of, Use of, Observations on..........................

Parsing, Method of............

Construction of.....

IX. CONJUNCTIONS, Definition and Division of............

Parsing, Method of..........................

Construction of ..

PARSING. Etymological, Definition of

RULE L.

II.

HI.

IV.

Y.

VI.

VII.

VII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

.XVI.

XVII.

XVIII

XIX.

XX.

XXII.

.132

.132-134

......... 86

.87

A verb must agree with its nominative.....

Special rules under Rule I........................................

A transitive verb in the active voice, &c...

Special rules under Rule II... • • •

Prepositions govern the objective case, &c.

Two or more substantives singular, in connection, &c. . 93

taken separately, &c.................... 94

A verb with nominatives of different persons............95

A verb with a collective noun...

An adjective qualifies the substantive, &c..

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

Pronouns agree with the nouns, &c

.96

.97

...99

The relative agrees with its antecedent, &c............ 101

Special rules and observations under Rule XI......102

Substantives denoting the same thing, &c.103

The predicate substantive after a verb, &c. 104

The possessive case

When the present participle is used as a noun, &c......108

The present participle with an article before it, &c....109

The past participle is used after have and be, &c. 110

The infinitive mood is governed, &c........

The subjunctive mood

..........

Conjunctions connect words or sentences..

111

.....113

XXI. Some conjunctions have corresponding conjunctives....114

Comparative degree, and the pronoun other, &c. 115

XXIII. Double comparatives and superlatives, &c................................116

XXIV. Adverbs modify verbs, &c........

XXV.

Adverbs are for the most part placed, &c.

XXVI. Two negatives in the same sentence, & c•••••• ••• • ...119

XXVII. Prepositions before names of places.... .....................120

XXVIII. Certain words and phrases must be followed, &c........121

XXIX. In the use of verbs, &c. the order of time, &c...........124

When a member of a sentence refers to two different

clauses, it should be, &c................................................................126

XXXI. Case absolute.
..................127

XXXII. The article A, &c......... ........................................128

XXXIII. An ellipsis is admissible when, &c. ...

XXXIV An ellipsis is not allowable when, &c. ...... 131

SYNTAX, Promiscuous Exercises on Rules of...135-146

Miscellaneous Observations................................................146

Improper expressions corrected. .........................................150

PUNCTUATION, Rules for...................................................................................151-157

Composition, different kinds of, Prose.....................160, 161

IV.

V.

VII.

Law of Language................................................................................................. 182

Hints for correct and elegant writing

APPENDIX.

......184

IX.

X.

ΧΙ.

XV.

XVI.
Division of verbs..................................................................... 208

XVII. Moods.....

XVIII. The subjunctive mood.••••••••••• ••..............................................210

XIX. The participle in ing in a passive sense ............................................211

ΧΧ. Two first, three last, &c................................................................................ 215

XXI. First and second

..................................208

GRAMMAR.

1. GRAMMAR is both a SCIENCE and an ART. 2. 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.

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

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

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

5. GRAMMAR is divided into four parts; namely, Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody. 6. Orthography treats of letters and syllables, Etymology, of words; Syntax, of sentences; and Prosody, of elocution and versification.