Part 170 (1/2)
”_His_ and _her_ followed by a noun are possessive pronouns: not followed by a noun they are personal pronouns”--_Bullions, Practical Lessons_, p
33
”He with viny crown advancing, First to the lively pipe his hand addressed”--_Id, E Gram_, p 83
UNDER THE EXCEPTION CONCERNING PARTICIPLES
”But when they convey the idea ofindividually, or separately, they are of the plural nuular antecedents, connected by _and_ require verbs and pronouns of the plural nu in _y_, preceded by a consonant, change _y_ into _i_ when a termination is added”--_Butlers Graenerally taken in its widest sense”--_Ingersoll's Gra, frequently coive an account to God for the use, or the abuse of the talents, committed to him”--_Coopers Pl and Pract Gram_, p 133 ”Tels, united in one sound, for”--_Frost's El
of Gram_, p 6 ”Three vowels, united in one sound, for”--_Ib_ ”Any word, joined to an adverb, is a secondary adverb”--_Barrett's Revised Gram_, p 68 ”The person, spoken to, is put in the Second person The person, spoken of, in the Third person”--_Cutler's Gram_, p 14 ”A man, devoted to his business, prospers”--_Frost's Pr Gram_, p 113
UNDER RULE XII--OF ADVERBS
”So in indirect questions; as, 'Tell me _when_ he will come'”--_Butler's Gram_, p 121
[FORMULE--Not proper, because the adverb _So_ is not set off by the co to Rule 12th, ”Adverbs, when they break the connexion of a simple sentence, or when they have not a close dependence on some particular word in the context, should, with their adjuncts, be set off by the comma” Therefore, a comma should be inserted after _So_; thus, ”So, in indirect questions; as,” &c]
”Nohen the verb tells what one person or thing does to another, the verb is transitive”--_Bullions, Pract Les_, p 37 ”Agreeably to your request I send this letter”--_Id, E Graood reason for giving them a different classification”--_Id, E
Gradooodly pearls”--ALGER'S BIBLE: _Matt_, xiii, 45 ”Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea”--_Ib, ib_, verse 47 ”_Cease_ however, is used as a transitive verb by our best writers”--_Webster's Philos Gram_, p 171 ”Time admits of three natural divisions, namely: Present, Past, and Future”--_Day's Gram_, p 37
”There are three kinds of coular, and adverbial”--_Ib_, p 31 ”There are five Personal pronouns namely: _I, thou, he, she_, and _it_”--_Ib_, p 22 ”Nouns have three cases, viz the Nominative, Possessive, and Objective”--_Bullions, E Gra Grammar, we have to study words”--_Frazee's Gram_, p 18 ”Participles like Verbs relate to Nouns and pronouns”--_Miller's Ready Grammarian_, p 23 ”The time of the participle like that of the infinitive is esti verb”--_Bullions, Lat Gra the la roe”--_Hiley's Gram_, p 123
UNDER RULE XIII--OF CONJUNCTIONS
”But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them”--FRIENDS' BIBLE, and SMITH'S: _Matt_, xiii, 29
[FORMULE--Not proper, because no co to Rule 13th, ”Conjunctions, when they are separated from the principal clauses that depend on theenerally set off by the comma” Therefore, a comma should be put after the word _lest_; thus, ”But he said, Nay; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them”--SCOTT'S BIBLE, ALGER'S, BRUCE'S]
”Their intentions were good; but wanting prudence, they missed the mark at which they aimed”--_Murray's Key_, 8vo, Vol ii, p 221 ”The verb _be_ often separates the name from its attribute; as war is expensive”-- _Webster's Philos Gram_, p 153 ”_Either_ and _or_ denote an alternative; as 'I will take _either_ road at your pleasure'”--_Ib_, p
63; _Imp Gram_, 45 ”_Either_ is also a substitute for a naood'”--_Webster, both Grams_, 63 and 45 ”But alas! I fear the consequence”--_Day's Graive him a serpent?”--_Scott's Bible, and S, will he offer him a scorpion?”--_Smiths Bible_
”The infinitive sometimes performs the office of a nominative case, as 'To enjoy is to obey'--POPE”--_Cutler's Gra _s_ to the singular, as _book, books_”--_Bullions, E Gram_, p 12 ”As 'I _were_ to blame, if I did it'”--_Smart's Accidence_, p 16
”Or if it be thy will and pleasure Direct h to find a treasure”--_Hiley's Gram_, p 124
”Or if it be thy will and pleasure, Direct h to find a treasure”--_Hart's Gram_, p 185
UNDER RULE XIV--OF PREPOSITIONS
”pronouns agree with the nouns for which they stand in gender, number, and person”--_Butler's Practical Gram_, pp 141 and 148; _Bullions's analyt
and Pract Gram_, p 150
[FORMULE--Not proper, because the preposition _in_ has not the co to Rule 14th, ”Prepositions and their objects, when they break the connexion of a simple sentence, or when they do not closely follow the words on which they depend, are generally set off by the comma” Therefore, a coree with the nouns for which they stand, in gender, number, and person” Or the words may be transposed, and the coender, number, and person, _with_ the nouns for which they stand”]
”In the first two exa equivalent; in the last it is _thing_”--_Butler_, ib, p 53 ”In what character he was ad is not known”--_Ib_, p 55 ”In the preceding examples _John, Caesar_, and _Jaenerally used to denote assent in _the_ answer to a question”--_Ib_, p 120