ed from ovv, together, and

ement and government of

Cord which one word has
her, case, and person.
or which one word has over
d, tense, or case.

blage of words forming a as goes; the bird sings

it but one subject, and one

sists of two or more simple her: as, Life is short, and

hed in any language without ative,) and a finite verb: as,

verb may be found by asking

adv. a.

q.m. q. c.

On conditions as moderate; thou shouldst love thy

adv.

q. s. adv

neighbour as sincerely as thou lovest thyself.

It is a conjunction, when it does not refer to an antecedent, and when it unites two sentences; as, You did

You are as sincere as I am.

Such friendship as your's is, I must ever esteem. There are not so many persons in that room as you

suppose.

I esteem John as highly as I esteem Charles.
He presented such documents as were conclusive.
There were not so many persons as I expected.
I received as many letters as were expected.
He went, as well as such persons as were invited.

SECTION 9.

Of Interjections.

INTERJECTIONS are too insignificant Parts of Speech to require any further remark, than, that in familiar conversation they are always inelegant; and only admissible in highly impassioned orations or addresses.

PART III.

SYNTAX.

CHAPTER I.

A GENERAL VIEW OF SYNTAX.

The word SYNTAX is derived from ovv, together, and Taσow, I put in order.

SYNTAX teaches the agreement and government of words in a sentence.

AGREEMENT is the concord which one word has with another in gender, number, case, and person.

GOVERNMENT is the power which one word has over another in directing its mood, tense, or case.

A SENTENCE is an assemblage of words forming a complete sense : as, Thomas goes; the bird sings sweetly.

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.

X

No sentence can be formed in any language without a subject, (that is, a nominative,) and a finite verb: as,

The nominative to any verb may be found by asking the question who? or what?

D

A finite verb is any part of a verb except the infinitive mood, and the three participles; or, a finite verb is any part of a verb that has a nominative to it.

When the verb in a sentence is active there must

also be an object, either expressed, or understood: as,

These examples should be read thus: I, personal pronoun; first singular; nominative to, teach. Teach, irregular active verb, second class; indicative mood; present tense; first singular, to agree with, I. Him, personal pronoun; third singular, object of, teach. I teach, (to be read as above;) Caret, object of, teach. Constantly, adverb; qualifying, teach.

Obs.-The caret cannot, in this sentence, be parsed more fully, as it is uncertain, whether it stands for a substantive: as, grammar;

or, for a personal pronoun: as, him.

wt.

t.

The Nominative in a sentence must be a substantive,

or a substantive pronoun: as, The man goes; he

The same may be said of the Object: as, He teaches

xt.

he teaches him; he teaches whom;

the man;

t.

xt.'

mt. xt.

CHAPTER II.

RULES OF SYNTAX.

To which are appended Exercises containing instances of false Syntax, disposed under the particular Rules.

As the learner will now commence parsing very fully, some Rules will here be laid down to which he should strictly adhere, and in their order.

1. Read the sentence through, correcting the error, or errors. 2. Name the first finite verb; and, then, its nominative; then, the next finite verb, and its nominative; and so on, through the whole sentence or paragraph.

3. Parse fully the first word (consulting the Table of Proofs;) then, the second, and so on through the whole paragraph, taking every word as it comes.

4. Write the paragraph, with lines apart to allow room for the parsing; and let the words not be too crowded, that room may be given for the carets needful to be inserted.

5. Dash the first finite verb, and cross its nominative; the next' and its nominative; and so on.

6. Parse in writing every word in the order in which it occurs:

(This sentence should be read in the following manner: First finite verb, sink; nominative, disappointments; next finite verb, gives; nominative, renewal. Disappointments, substantive; third plural; nominative to, sink. Sink, irregular active verb, third