CONTENTS.

PART I.

ORTHOGRAPHY.

CHAP. 1. Of letters.

SECT. 1. Of the letters, of language, and a perfect

alphabet

2. General observations on the sounds of the

letters

3. Of the organs of articulation

CHAP. 2. Of syllables, and the rules for

arranging them

CHAP. 3. Of words in general, and the rules

for spelling them...

CHAP. 1.

PART II.

ETYMOLOGY.

A general view of the parts of

speech

CHAP. 2. Of the articles

P

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55

61

67

7. The auxiliary verbs conjugated in their sim-

ple form; with observations on their

peculiar nature and force........

8.

131

141

The conjugation of regular verbs...... .... 147

11.

Pag

15

16

Of defective verbs; and of the different

ways in which verbs are conjugated ... 16:

12. Theory respecting the inflections of lan-

SECT. 1. Of the various ways in which words are

2.

derived from one another

A sketch of the steps, by which the English

language has risen to its present state of

refinement

199

CHAP. 12. Number and variety of words, &c. 211

PART III.

SYNTAX. 215

Of the syntax of the article

Of the syntax of the noun.

254

Of several nouns joined by copulatives................. 225

Of nouns connected by disjunctives

229

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Of nouns of multitude

..... 280

Of one noun governing another in the possessive case 259

Of the syntax of the pronoun.

Of pronouns agreeing with their antecedents............ 232

Of the relative being nominative to the verb............ 239

Of the relative preceded by nominatives of different

persons

241

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Of the syntax of the adjective

Of the syntax of the verb.

242, 254

Of the verb's agreement with the nominative case...... 218

Of verbs active requiring the objective case............ 267

Of one verb governing another in the infinitive mood 272

Of verbs and words related in point of time .... ..... 274

Of the syntax of the participle.....

Of the rules respecting adverbs.

285

....... 290

293

294-300

Of the syntax of conjunctions.

Of conjunctions connecting the same moods, tenses,

and cases

................ 301

Of the apostrophe, caret, &c....... 411

Directions respecting capital let-

CHAP. 6.

СНАР. 7.