Rules which determine the poffeffive case, CASE. Rules which determine the objective cafe, 169-175 175-178 CLIMAX. The nature of this figure, The fame cafes of nouns and pronouns are connected by conjunc-. tions, See Nominative Case. Possessive Case. CASE abfolute. See Absolute 194 CHARACTERS. Particular ones used in composition, 270-272 CLAUSE of a sentence explained, 137 Rules to promote it, viz. 288 The due pofition of circumftances, 288 The proper difpofition of relatives, &c. The copulative and disjunctive conjunctions operate differently on the verb, 143-146 COLON. Directions for using it, COMMA. Rules for applying it in all its varieties, COMPARISON. Its rules as a figure of speech, See Adjectives. CONCORD and government explained, CONJUGATION. See verb. CONJUNCTIONS. Their nature and distinctions, Their peculiar ufe and importance, Their power in determining the mood of verbs, In what cafes they influence the form of verbs, and in what cafes 195-203 204 Some of them require correfpondent conjunctions, CONSONANT. Diftinction between its name and nature, is of How to apply confonants most advantageously, 19 D. DASH. In what cases to be applied, DECLENSION. The noun and pronoun declined, But one declension in English, More than one would be ufelefs and improper, 1267 55 55 DERIVATION. Ways in which words are derived from one another, Remarks on the system of Horne Tooke, 130-133 133 Various sources whence the English language is derived, 134–136 E. ELLIPSIS. Its nature and importance, It is frequently unneceffary, It is sometimes improper, 207 207 207 The propriety or impropriety of the Ellipfis, with respect to all Special cafes of improper Ellipfis, 207-210 211 In what cafes Auxiliaries are to be omitted, or repeated, before the EMPHASIS. Nature and neceffity of it explained, Key, 66 224-235 236 The great regulator of Quantity and fometimes of accent, The great rule for managing it, construction, ETYMOLOGY, 84, 85, 104, 108-111 See Article, Noun, and the other parts of Speech. EXERCISES. Of great importance to the student, Exercises, 36. Key, 5 in Syntax, Exercises, 98. Key, 69 in Perfpicuity, Exercises, 128. Key, 100 Key, 141 See Grammatical Exercises. F. FEET. See Poetical Feet. FIGURES of fpeech. Their nature and use, and the rules for ap- 315, 325 137 FINITE verbs. Their nature as diftinguished from verbs in the in- G. GENDER. Three methods, in English, of distinguishing the fex, 48, 49 GENITIVE cafe. Its meaning, 53 173, 174 6 4 4 8 The philofophy of grammar recommended, The grammatical difcuffions, difperfed through the book, peculiar- Objections to the fyftem. See Objections. - Vulgar and glaring errors totally improper, for fuch a work, 3,4 Exercises, 7 They should be introduced into the earliest stages of grammatical Particular directions for ufing them, Exercises, 8 GREEK and Latin." When to be imitated, when to be deviated 54, 85, 88, 104, 109-111 H. H. Particular attention due to the found of this letter, 16, 25, 44 309-344 310 Rules to promote harmony in words themselves, 312 Rules to promote harmony, with regard to the members of fen- HYPHEN. When to be used, and when to be omitted, between two nouns, Its general nature and use, I. 166 270 IDIOMS of other languages may be adopted; but with proper limi- tations, IMPERATIVE mood. See Mood. IMPERSONAL verbs. See Verbs 85, 104, 110, IE INFINITIVE mood. See Moods. INNOVATIONS in fome parts of English grammar are easily made, They should be admitted with caution, 8, 86, 88 INSTRUCTION, moral and religious, fhould be occafionally blend- ed with the elements of learning, INTERJECTION. Its nature and extent, What cafe follows it, Sentences containing it parsed, Rules for applying the point, 7. Exercises, 5, 6 210. Sometimes used as a figure of fpeech, INTERROGATIVE. See Pronoun and Subsequent. IRREGULAR. See Verb. K. KEY. The use of this Key to private learners, Exercises, 5 Exercises, 5 MEANS. The phrases this means and that means vindicated, 156, 160 As they regard Profe. See Harmony. MEMBER of a fentence diftinguished from a Claufe, Members how to be pointed, See Arrangement and Sentences. 251, 256 137 258, 261, 262 METAPHOR. The nature of it-Rules to be observed in using it, METONYMY. The nature of this figure of speech, The Subjunctive mood when, and how, varied in its form, from the Indicative, The existence of a subjunctive mood, in English proved, 103, 104, 202 Various opinions of grammarians, respecting the existence, nature, 202, 203 195, 200 When contingency and futurity concur, the termination Indicative mond different from the Potential, of the 79, 90, 103, 203 Infinitive mood. Its great fimplicity, 75, 76 MOOD. How it is governed and applied, 179 The fign to is often misapplied, 179. When the present, and when the perfect, of the infinitive is to be ufed, 180, 183. Key, 44, 45 This point exemplified, Exercises, 73, 74. Key, 42, 44 The infinitive mood often made abfolute, Imperative mood, variously applied, Extent of the Imperative, ftrictly confidered, 249 MULTITUDE. Nouns of this kind operate variously on the verb, 147 179 261 74, 78, 138 194, 195 N. NATIONS. Different nations have used various contrivances to NEUTER pronoun it, very variously applied, NOMINATIVE cafe. Its nature explained, It follows the verb, in interrogative and imperative fentences, 138 The infinitive mood, or part of a sentence, is often the nominative 139 #139 140 140 NOMINATIVE cafe. In certain circumftances, a verb between Every verb has a nominative cafe, except, &c. 141 A nominative before a participle, &c. forms the cafe abfolute, 141 141, 142 the phrases as follorus, as appears, what are the nominatives to 142 |