CHAP. I.

PART I. ORTHOGRAPHY.
Of letters.

SECT. I.

CHAP. 2.

CHAP. 3.

2.

Page.

Of the nature of the letters, and of

a perfect alphabet. : : : : 13

General obfervations on the founds

of the letters. : : : :: 21

3. The nature of articulation explained. 31

Of fyllables, and the rules for

arranging them. : : : : 35

Of words in general, and the

rules for spelling them.

:

: 36

СНАР. 6.

SECT. I.

2.

Of verbs.

Page.

69

Of the nature of verbs in general.

Of number and person. : : : : 73

3. Of moods and participles.

4.

5.

6.

7.

: : :

Remarks on the potential mood. :

Of the tenfes.

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74

78

80

The conjugation of the auxiliary

verbs to have and to be. : : : 86

The auxiliary verbs conjugated in

their fimple form; with obferva-

tions on their peculiar nature and

force. : : : : : : : : 95

8. The conjugation of regular verbs.

9. Obfervations on paffive verbs. : : 108

Of irregular verbs. : : : : : III

Of defective verbs; and of the dif-

10.

II.

ferent ways in

conjugated. : :

Of adverbs.

: 99

which verbs are

CHAP. 7.

CHAP. 8.

:

CHAP. 9.

CHAP. 10.

Of the fyntax of the noun.

Of feveral nouns joined by copulatives.

Of nouns connected by disjunctives. :

Of nouns of multitude. : :

: :

:

Page.

: 147

Of one noun governing another in the poffeffive

cafe. : : : : : :- : : ::: : 169

Of the fyntax of the pronoun.

Of pronouns agreeing with their antecedents. : 148
Of the relative being nominative to the verb.
: 153
Of the relative preceded by nominatives of diffe-
rent perfons.

: : : : : : : : : 155

Of the fyntax of the adjective.

Of the fyntax of the verb.

: : : : 156

:

Of the verb's agreement with the nominative cafe. 139

Of verbs active requiring the objective cafe. 175

Of one verb governing another in the infinitive

mood.

Of verbs related in point of time. : :

: : : : :- : :

Of the fyntax of the participle.

Of the rules refpecting adverbs.

Of the pofition of adverbs.

:

Of two negatives. : : : : :

Of the fyntax of prepofitions.

Of the fyntax of conjunctions.

: : 178

: : 179

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:: 183

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:

99 : 186

Of conjunctions connecting the fame moods,

tenfes, and cafes. : : :: ::: : : 194

Of conjunctions requiring the fubjunctive mood,

&c. : : : ::: : : : : : : 195
: : : : 153

Of the fyntax of interjections.
Of comparisons by the conjunction than or as.
Directions refpecting the ellipfis. : : :
General rule of syntax. : : : :
An example of grammatical resolution.

PART. IV.PROSODY.

CHAP. I. Of pronunciation.

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205

: 207

: 211

: 215

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СНАР. 3.

:

: : 265

CHAP. 4.

:

:

: : 266

CHAP. 5.

Of the colon.

Of the period.

Of the dash, notes of interroga-

tion, exclamation, &c. : : 267

APPENDIX.

RULES AND OBSERVATIONS FOR PROMOTING PERSPI-

CUITY AND ACCURACY IN WRITING.

PART I.

Of Perfpicuity and accuracy of expreffion, with refped to

fingle words and phrases.

Of perfpicuity and accuracy of expression, with respect to the

conftruction of fentences.

CHAP. I.

CHAP. 2.

CHAP. 3.

CHAP. 4.

CONCLUSION.

Of the clearness of a sentence. 287

Of the unity of a sentence.

Of the strength of a fentence.

Of figures of fpeech.

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: 293

297

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: : 315

: : 327

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

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

It is divided into four parts, viz. ORTHOGRAPHY, ETYMOLOGY, SYNTAX, and PROSODY.

This divifion may be rendered more intelligible to young minds, by obferving, in other words, that Grammar treats, firf, of the form and found of the letters, the combination of letters into fyllables, and syllables into words; secondly, of the different forts of words, their various modifications, and their derivation; thirdly, of the union and right order of words in the formation of a sentence; and lastly, of the juft pronunciation, and poetical conftruction of fentences.

SECT. I. Of the nature of the letters, and of a perfect alphabet.

An articulate found, is the found of the human voice, formed by the organs of speech.

Orthography teaches the nature and powers of letters, and the just method of spelling words. A letter is the first principle or leaft part of a word.

The letters of the English language, called the English Alphabet, are twenty-fix in number.

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