CHAP. 1.

PART I-ORTHOGRAPHY.

Of letters.

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Sect. 1. Of the nature of the letters, and of a per-
fect alphabet.

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2. General observations on the sounds of the

letters.

3. The nature of articulation explained.

Of syllables, and the rules for arrang-

ing them.

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Of words in general, and the rules for

spelling them..

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CHAP. 3.

CHAP. 1.

CHAP. 2.

CHAP. 3.

PART IIETYMOLOGY

A general view of the parts of speech. 38

Of the articles.

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Of substantives.

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CONTENTS.

Sect. 1.

2.

3.

6.

Sect. 1.

2.

3.

Of substantives in general.

Of gender.

Of number.

Of case.

Of adjectives.

Of the nature of adjectives, and the de-

grees of comparison.

Remarks on the subject of comparison.

Of pronouns.

Of the personal pronouns.

Of the relative pronouns.

Of the adjective pronouns.

Of verbs.

Of the nature of verbs in general.

Of number and person.

Of moods and participles.

4. Remarks on the potential mood.

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7.

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CHAP. 8.

CHAP. 9.

CHAP. 10.

CHAP. 11.

Sect. 1.

2.

Of the tenses.

The conjugation of the auxiliary

verbs to have and to be.

The auxiliary verbs conjugated in

their simple form; with observations

on their peculiar nature and force.

The conjugation of regular verbs.

Observations on passive verbs.

10. Of irregular verbs.

8.

9.

11.

Of defective verbs; and of the different

ways in which verbs are conjugated.

Of adverbs..

Of prepositions.

Of conjunctions.

Of interjections.

Of derivation.

Of the various ways in which words

are derived from one another.

A sketch of the steps, by which the

English language has risen to its

present state of refinement.

PART III. SYNTAX.

Of the syntax of the article.

Of the syntax of the noun.

Of the syntax of the adjective.

Of the syntax of the verb.

Of the syntax of the participle.

Of the rules respecting adverbs.

Of several nouns joined by copulatives.

Of nouns connected by disjunctives.

Of nouns of multitude.

Of one noun governing another in the possessive case.

Of the syntax of the pronoun.

Of pronouns agreeing with their antecedents.

Of the relative being nominative to the verb.

Of the relative preceded by nominatives of different

persons.

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Of the verb's agreement with the nominative case.

Of verbs active requiring the objective case.

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Of one verb governing another in the infinitive mood. 161

Of verbs related in point of time.

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Of the position of adverbs.
Of two negatives.

CHAP. 1.

Of the syntax of prepositions.

Of the syntax of conjunctions.

Sect 1.

GHAP. 2.

Of conjunctions connecting the same moods, tenses,

and cases.

Of conjunctions requiring the subjunctive mood, &c.

Of the syntax of interjections.

Of comparisons by the conjunction than or as.

Directions respecting the ellipsis.

General rule of syntax.

Directions for parsing.

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2.

CHAP. 3.

CHAP. 4.

CHAP. 5.

CHAP. 4.

PART IV.PROSODY.

Of pronunciation.

Of accent.

2. Of quantity.

Of emphasis.

3.

4.

Of pauses.

5.

Of tones.

Of versification.

OF PUNCTUATION.

Of the comma.

Of the semicolon.

Of the colon.

Of the period.

Of the dash, notes of interrogation,

exclamation, capitals, &c.

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APPENDIX.

RULES AND OBSERVATIONS FOR PROMOTING PERSPICUITY

AND ACCURACY IN WRITING.

PART I.

Of perspicuity and accuracy of expression, with respect to

single words and phrases.

Of purity.

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СИАР. 2.

CHAP. 3.

CHAP. 1.

CHAP. 2.

CHAP. 3.

CHAP. 4.

Of propriety.

Of precision.

PART II.

Of perspicuity and accuracy of expression, with respect to

the construction of sentences.

Of the clearness of a sentence.

Of the unity of a sentence.

Of the strength of a sentence.

Of figures of speech.

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