PART III. - SYNTAX. Of the syntax of the article. : : Of the syntax of the noun. Of several nouns joined by copulatives. Of nouns of multitude. : : : : : : : : 147 Of one noun governing another in the posses- sive case. : : : : : : : : : :::: 169 Of pronouns agreeing with their antecedents. Of the relative being nominative to the verb.: : 153 Of the relative preceded by nominatives of differ- ent persons. : : : : : : : : : : : 155 Of the verb's agreement with the nominative case. 139. Of verbs active requiring the objective case. : : 175 Of the syntax of interjections. : : : : : 153 ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH This division may be rendered more intelligible to young minds, by observing, in other words, that Grammar treats, first, of the form and sound of the letters, the combination of letters into syllables, and syllables into words; secondly, of the different sorts 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 just pronunciation, and poetical construction of sentences. PART I. ORTHOGRAPHY. CHAPTER 1. Of the LETTERS. SECT. 1. Of the nature of the letters, and of a perfect alphabet. An articulate sound, is the sound 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 least part of a word. The letters of the English language, called the English Alphabet, are twenty-six in number. B |