Pronouns, to express the relation of persons, places, or things to each other.

The principal Prepositions are:

Prepositions are often prefixed to Verbs in composition; as, to overturn, to undertake.

There are likewise some that are inseparable Prepositions in our language but are frequently combined with other words; as, a, be, fore, mis, un, up, pre.

EXAMPLES.

A-shore, (i. e. on shore) be-times, fore-tell, misconduct, un-able, un-grateful, un-sullied, up-lift, uprear, pre-fix, pre-dispose.

INTERJECTIONS.

AN INTERJECTION is a part of Speech which

expresses

expresses some emotion or passion of the mind; as,

oh! alas!

SYNTAX.

SYNTAX includes the order, connection, and agreement of words in a Sentence. It is divided into two parts Concord and Government.

Of Concord.

One word is said to agree with another, when it is required to be in the same Case, Gender, Number, or Person.

Of Government.

One word is said to govern another, when it causes the other to be put in some particular Mode, Tense, or Case.

RULE 1. The Verb must agree with the Nominative Case in Number and Person; as,

The boys write, and the master reads.

Sometimes an Infinitive Mood, or a Sentence, is the Nominative to the Verb, and then the Verb must be in the Singular Number and third Person; as,

To die is gain; to rise betimes in the morning is wholesome.

N. B. The Nominative Case is known by coming before the Verb, and is found by asking the question

who,

who, or what, with the Verb, and the word that answers to the question is the Nominative Case.

RULE 2. Two, or more, Nominative Cases Singular require a Verb Plural; as,

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The man and his wife are happy."

RULE 3. When a Pronoun comes after a Verb, it must be in the Accusative Case; as,

"She loves us for being attentive."

RULE 4. When no Nominative Case comes between the Relative and the Verb, the Relative is the Nominative to the Verb; but when a Nominative Case comes between the Relative and the Verb, the Relative is governed of the Verb in the Accusative Case (or governed of some other word in the sentence); as,

"The God who preserved me, whose I am, and whom I serve."

RULE 5. The Auxiliary Verb I am has always a Nominative Case after it; unless it be in the Infinitive Mood, which requires an Accusative; as,

"It was I that did it; though you took it to be him."

RULE 6. Pronouns must agree with the Nouns to which they refer in gender, number, and person; as, "The Moon appears, and she shines with light,

but not her own:

!

The

"The Ser swells, it roars, and what can repel its force?" "That is the man who brought us the news."

RULE 7. When a Pronoun answers a question, it is in the Nominative Case; as,

Who broke the cups? It was I (i. e. I broke them.) RULE 8 Prepositions govern the Accusative Case of Pronouns ; as,

"From whom do you come ?"

RULE 9. When two, or more Nouns, or Pronouns, of different persons are joined in a sentence, the Pronoun which refers to them must agree with the first person in preference to the second, and with the second in preference to the third; as,

"Thou and thy father are both in the same fault, and ye ought to confess it."

RULE 10. Than is only used in comparison and takes the same Case after that goes before it; as,

"He is greater than I” (i. e. than I am).

"She loves him better than me" (i, é. than she loves me).

RULE 11. A Noun of Multitude may have the Verb and Pronoun agreeing with it in either the Singular or Plural Number, yet not without regard to the import of the word, as conveying unity or plurality of ideas; as,

"My people is foolish, they have not known me."

The

"The assembly of the wicked have enclosed me.” "The assembly was very numerous."

RULE 12. The Conjunctions if, though, unless, except, whether, implying a manifest doubt or uncertainty, require the Verb that follows to be in the Subjunctive Mood; as,

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." But when the Sentence does not imply doubt, they admit of the Indicative; as,

"Though she is taught, she does not apply."

RULE 13. When thing, or things, is Substantive to an Adjective, the word thing, or things, is elegantly omitted, and the Adjective is put absolutely, or without its Substantive; as,

"Who will shew us any good?"

RULE 14. Two Negatives in English destroy one another, or make an affirmative; as,

“I cannot eat none, signifies I can eat some.” RULE 15. The Comparative Adverbs than and as, have the Nominative Case of a Pronoun after them, when the Verb is not repeated or expressed, to which the Pronoun is the Nominative Case; as,

"" She is wiser than he," i. e. than he is.
"He is not so old us I," i. e. as I am.

RULE 16. The Interjections, O, oh, and ah, re

quire