ADJECTIVE. Double comparatives and superlatives improper, 162 comparison, Degrees of it often inaccurately applied, 163 163, 164 In particular cases, the adjective and noun should not be separated, When placed before, when after its noun, 164 164, 165 A plural adjective pronoun will sometimes associate with a singular noun, In what cases to be omitted, in what repeated, How to be pointed, ADJECTIVE pronoun. See Pronoun. ADJUNCTS. Their nature and punctuation, ADVERB. Its nature, origin, and varieties, 165 208 259 258, 263 119-121 The same word occasionally used as an adverb, an adjective, or a substantive, 120. See Words. Adverbs of time not superseded by the tenses of verbs- and why, Adverbs improperly used as adjectives, This point elucidated, 122 162 Exercises, 84. Key, 46 Rules to determine when the adverb, and when the adjective, should be used, Its appropriate situation in general, The adverb never commonly precedes the verb, Exercises, 140 186, 187, 288 188 ANTITHESIS. Its nature, 323-It should be discreetly used, 324 15-17 APOLOGY for the author's frequent additions to his grammatical works, APOSTROPHE, The nature and use of this figure, See Characters. Key, p. 3 323 APPOSITION. Rule respecting the cases of nouns in appo- sition, Nouns in this state how to be pointed, See Nouns. ARRANGEMENT. 169, 177. Exercises, 93 261 A skilful arrangement of words and members, promotes perspicuity, It also promotes the strength of a sentence, 303-308 311-313 44-46, 167 The article a agrees with nouns in the singular number only: sense, 168 When to be omitted, when repeated, 168, 169, 207, 208, 276 168 Article the is sometimes used instead of the possessive pro- The same verb is sometimes an auxiliary, sometimes a prin- This form exemplified, Exercises, 108-112. Key, 74-78 84, 85, 100, 108, 109 Auxiliary and principal form a compound tense, 100 The auxiliaries should, would, &c. refer occasionally to present, past, and future time, 83, 91, 180 AUXILIARY. The auxiliary let governs the objective case, 178 When to be omitted, or repeated, 209, 210, Key, 86 Auxiliary words abound in English, and in other modern tongues, See Verb. 119 B. THE BIBLE. The present translation of it is the best standard of 161 DR. BLAIR'S recommendation of the study of grammar and com- 6,7 C. CADENCE. Its nature, and how to be managed, 238, 239 The close of a sentence should not be abrupt, or un- pleasant, 314 CASURA and demi-cæsura. The nature of these poetical pauses explained, 249, 251 CAPITAL letters. Rules respecting the use of them, 272, 273 Mode of exercising the student in them, Exercises, 154 CASE. Only three in English, 53 Mode of forming cases in Latin, not applicable to our lan- guage, 54 Reasons in support of an objective case attached to English nouns, 54-56, 110 177 The verb to be has the same case before and after it, them, Rules which determine the possessive case, 169-175 CASE. Rules which determine the objective case, 175-178 The same cases of nouns and pronouns are connected by con- 258-264 321 261 COMMA. Rules for applying it in all its varieties, COMPARISON. Its rules as a figure of speech, Comparative members how to be pointed, Their peculiar use and importance, ferently on the verb, Their power in determining the mood of verbs, In what cases they influence the form of verbs, cases they do not, 138 126, 127 128, 129 operate dif- 143-146 104, 194 and in what 195-203 203, 204 204 Some of them require correspondent conjunctions, be applied to the verb, CONSONANT. Its precise nature and divisions, 103, 198-203 18-20 CONSONANT. Distinction between its name and nature, is of great importance, How to apply consonants most advantageously, See Vowels and Consonants. 19 309-312 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, 267 53, 62 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 deri- DISPOSITION of words and members. See Arrangement. 134 136 The propriety or impropriety of the Ellipsis, with respect to all the parts of speech, 207-210 Special cases of improper Ellipses, 211 In what cases Auxiliaries are to be omitted, or repeated, before the principal verb. EMPHASIS. Nature and necessity of it explained, Key, 88 The great regulator of Quantity-and sometimes of Ac- cent, The great rule for managing it, 234-235 236 |