[See Preface, 152.] A. ABSOLUTE. Case Absolute-Its nature explained, It belongs to no verb, expressed or implied, How to be parsed, How to be pointed, ACCENT. Its nature and distinctions, Accent dignifies syllables; emphasis, words, Manner of pronouncing the unaccented vowels, denotes the speaker's education, By what marks signified, ACCUSATIVE case. The same as the objective, ADDRESS to the young students, on the use and abuse of their literary attainments, 70, 129 128 201 237 205-209 212 29 246 48 306-310 ADJECTIVE. The definition of it, 52 It is varied only by degrees of Comparison, 52 Whether the positive is a degree of comparison, 52 Various modes of forming the degrees of comparison, 53 How adjectives become nouns, and nouns adjectives, 53,54,150 Though the degrees of comparison are indefinite in num- 54 The superlative of Eminence, and the superlative of Com- ADJECTIVE. Double comparatives and superlatives im- Adjectives having a superlative signification, do not admit Degrees of it often inaccurately applied, In particular cases, the adjective and noun should not be When placed before, when after its noun, A plural adjective pronoun will sometimes associate with In what cases to be omitted, in what repeated, 147 The same word occasionally used as an adverb, an ad- 112. See Words. Adverbs of time not superseded by the tenses of verbs- Adverbs improperly used as adjectives, This point elucidated, (See Verb.) 112 146 Exercises, 63. Key, 32 Rules to determine when the adverb, and when the ad- Its appropriate situation in general, The adverb never commonly precedes the verb, The adverb where improperly used for in which, Exercises, 113 169, 263 171 171, 172 237, 240 65, 66, 69 292, 293 15 15, 17 AFFIRMATION is not the essence of the verb, ALLEGORY. Its nature. Rules for using it properly, ALPHABET. Nature of a perfect one, The English alphabet imperfect, ANTITHESIS. Its nature, 298-It should be discreetly used, 298 matical works, APOSTROPHE. The nature and use of this figure, See Characters. Key, p. iii APPOSITION. Rule respecting the cases of nouns in ap- Nouns in this state how to be pointed, See Nouns. 297 154, 161. Exercises, 71 237 ARRANGEMENT. A skilful arrangement of words and mem- 277, 281 283, 286 40-43, 151 151 152 The article a agrees with nouns in the singular number ARTICLE. When to be omitted, when repeated, 152, 153, 188, 189, 252 Article the used as an epithet of distinction, pronoun, It sometimes governs the participle, 153 153 167 65, 71, 72, 77, 87-94 The same verb is sometimes an auxiliary, sometimes a Their form in the Subjunctive Mood, Auxiliary and principal form a compound tense, AUXILIARY. The auxillary let governs the objective case, When to be omitted, or repeated, 161 190, 191. Keg, 66 109 Auxiliary words abound in English, and in other modern B. THE BIBLE. The present translation of it is the best stan> DR. BLAIR'S recommendation of the study of grammar and composition, C. 146 5,6 CADENCE. Its nature and how to be managed, The close of a sentence should not be abrupt, or unplea- CÆSURA and demi-cæsura. The nature of these poetical pauses explained, CAPITAL letters. Rule respecting the use of them, CASE. Only three in English, 217 286 227, 229 248, 249 Exercises, 125 48 50 51,52, 100 Mode of forming cases in Latin, not applicable to our lan- Reasons in support of an objective case attached to En- 161 The verb to be has the same case before and after it, Rules which determine the possessive case, The same cases of nouns and pronouns are connected by CHARACTERS. Particular ones used in composition, 245, 247 CLAUSE of a sentence explained, CLEARNESS of a sentence. Rules to promote it, viz. COMMA. Rules for applying it in all its varieties, COMPARISON. Its rules as a figure of speech, Comparative members how to be pointed, 125 263 263 266, 267 303 241, 242 235--240 293 238 126 CONJUNCTIONS. Their nature and distinctions, The copulative and disjunctive conjunction operate 'Their power in determining the mood of verbs, 115, 116 In what cases they influence the form of verbs, and in Some of them require correspondent conjuctions, 177, 184, 185 185 185 186, 187, 191, 275, 276 The nature and construction of than and but, explained 94, 179, 184 CONSONANT. Its precise nature and divisions, portance, How to apply consonants most advantageously, 17, 18 18 282, 284 D. DASH. In what cases to be applied, DECLENSION. The noun and pronoun declined, But one declension in English, More than one would be useless and improper, 243 49, 56 50, 51 50, 51 119-122 DERIVATION. Ways in which words are derived from one another, Remarks on the system of Horne Tooke, DERIVATION. Various sources whence the English lan- guage is derived, 122 123-142 DISPOSITION of words and members. See Arrangement. The propriety or impropriety of the Ellipsis, with respect Special cases of improper Ellipsis, 188 188-192 192 In what cases Auxiliaries are to be omitted, or repeated, EMPHASIS. Nature and necessity of it explained, The great Rule for managing it, ENGLISH language. Its own idiom and principles, must See Article, Noun, and the other parts of Speech. 195-203 Key, p. 32 244, 245 EXERCISES. Of great importance to the student, Exercises, iii. iv. in Syntax Exercises, 98. Key, 69 See Grammatical Exercises. F. FEET. See Poetical Feet. FIGURES of speech. Their nature and use, and the rules 287-305 FINITE verbs. Their nature as distinguished from verbs 125 FRENCH idioms. Some of them imitated in English, 138, 153 152, 160, 171, 251 G. GENDER. Three methods, in English, of distinguishing The philosophy of grammar recommended, 44, 45 157, 158 5 4 4,5 The grammar of other languages, and the sentiments of Objections to the system. See Objections. Exercises, iii. iv. Vulgar and glaring errors totally improper for such a work, They should be introduced into the earliest stages of gram- H. H. Particular attention due to the sound of this letter, 16, 23, 41 of a sentence, 282 |