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 conjunction, is [generally] preceded by a comma."--Hiley's Gram., p. 114. "His narrative, being composed upon so good authority, deserves credit."--Cooper cor. "The hen, being in her nest, was killed and eaten there by the eagle."--Murray cor. "Pronouns, being used in stead of nouns, are subject to the same modifications."--Sanborn cor. "When placed at the beginning of words, they are consonants."--Hallock cor. "Man, starting from his couch, shall sleep no more."--Young. "His and her, followed by a noun, are possessive pronouns; not followed by a noun, they are personal pronouns."--Bullions cor.

"He, with viny crown advancing,   First to the lively pipe his hand address'd."--Collins.

UNDER THE EXCEPTION CONCERNING PARTICIPLES.

"But when they convey the idea of many acting individually, or separately, they are of the plural number."--Day cor. "Two or more singular antecedents connected by and, [when they happen to introduce more than one verb and more than one pronoun,] require verbs and pronouns of the plural number."--Id. "Words ending in y preceded by a consonant change y into i, when a termination is added."--N. Butler cor. "A noun used without an article to limit it, is generally taken in its widest sense."--Ingersoll cor. "Two nouns meaning the same person or thing, frequently come together."--Bucke cor. "Each one must give an account to God for the use, or abuse, of the talents committed to him."--Cooper cor. "Two vowels united in one sound, form a diphthong."--Frost cor. "Three vowels united in one sound, form a triphthong."--Id. "Any word joined to an adverb, is a secondary adverb."--Barrett cor. "The person spoken to, is put in the Second person; the person spoken of, in the Third person."--Cutler cor. "A man devoted to his business, prospers."--Frost cor.

UNDER RULE XII.--OF ADVERBS.

"So, in indirect questions; as, 'Tell me when he will come.'"--Butler cor. "Now, when the verb tells what one person or thing does to an other, it is transitive."--Bullions cor. "Agreeably to your request, I send this letter."--Id. "There seems, therefore, to be no good reason for giving them a different classification."--Id. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant-man seeking good pearls."--Scott's Bible, Smith's, and Bruce's. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea."--Same. "Cease, however, is used as a transitive verb by our best writers."--Webster cor. "Time admits of three natural divisions; namely, Present, Past, and Future."--Day cor. "There are three kinds of comparison; namely, Regular, Irregular, and Adverbial"--Id. "There are five personal pronouns; namely, I, thou, he, she, and it."--Id. "Nouns have three cases: viz., the Nominative, the Possessive, and the Objective."--Bullions cor. "Hence, in studying Grammar, we have to study words."--Frazee cor. "Participles, like verbs, relate to nouns and pronouns."--Miller cor. "The time of the participle, like that of the infinitive, is estimated from the time of the leading verb."--Bullions cor.

"The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego,   And leap exulting, like the bounding roe."--Pope.

UNDER RULE XIII.--OF CONJUNCTIONS.

"But he said, Nay; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them."--Scott's Bible et al. "Their intentions were good: but, wanting prudence, they missed the mark at which they aimed."--''L. Mur. cor. "The verb be often separates the name from its attribute; as, War is expensive.'"--Webster cor. "Either and or denote an alternative; as, 'I will take either road at your pleasure.'"--Id. "Either is also a substitute for a name; as, Either of the roads is good.'"--Id. "But, alas! I fear the consequence."--Day cor. "Or, if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?"--Luke'', xi, 11. "Or, if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?"--ALGER'S BIBLE: Luke, xi, 12. "The infinitive sometimes performs the office of a nominative case; as, 'To enjoy is to obey.'--POPE."--Cutler cor. "The plural is commonly formed by adding s to the singular; as, book, books."--Bullions, P. Lessons, p. 16. "As, 'I were to blame, if I did it.'"--Smart cor.

"Or, if it be thy will and pleasure,   Direct my plough to find a treasure."

UNDER RULE XIV.--OF PREPOSITIONS.

"Pronouns agree with the nouns for which they stand, in gender, number, and person."--Butler and Bullions cor. "In the first two examples, the antecedent is person, or something equivalent; in the last [one], it is thing."--N. Butler cor. "In what character he was admitted, is unknown."--Id. "To what place he was going, is not known."--Id. "In the preceding examples, John, Cæsar, and James, are the subjects."--Id. "Yes is generally used to denote assent, in answer to a question."--Id. "That, in its origin, is the passive participle of the Anglo-Saxon verb thean, [thegan, thicgan, thicgean, or thigan,] to take."--Id. "But, in all these sentences, as and so are adverbs."--Id. "After an interjection or an exclamatory sentence, is usually placed the mark of exclamation."--D. Blair cor. "Intransitive verbs, from their nature, can have no distinction of voice."--Bullions cor. "To the inflection of verbs, belong Voices, Moods, Tenses, Numbers, and Persons."--Id. "As and so, in the antecedent member of a comparison, are properly Adverbs." Better: "As OR so, in the antecedent member of a comparison, is properly an