Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...like nouns, serving as subject, object, etc., the numbers corresponding to those in the noun table. Notice that the pronoun is not used as an adverbial objective. In the second group, the pronouns take the place of nouns and at the same time serve as connectives. 1. This is the forest primeval. 2. Take it, if you wish. 3. Please give him my cane. 4. May we go with him? 5. My courage weakens, and so, I suspect, does yours. 6. A few fortunate ones, those who had clear records in deportment, were permitted to go. 7. This is he. 8. This having been attended to, we retired for the night. 9. Go to the ant, thou sluggard. 1. Let him who standeth take heed lest he fall. 2. This is the malt that lay in the house that Jack built. articles: a, an, the numerals: one, two, first, sec-ond, etc. pronominals: my, thy, his, her, its; this, that; which, what; each, every, either, neither, some, any, many, few, all, both, other Adjectives Kinds limiting descriptive I Forms: positive, comparative, superlative common proper How used: To modify substantives attributively, appositively, and predicatively Adjectives present few difficulties, except as they change to indicate degrees of comparison. In some cases degree is indicated by an entire change of word, as in good, better, best; in others-er and-est are added to the positive form, as in sweet, sweeter, sweetest; and in still others the comparative and the superlative are indicated by placing more and most or less Pronoun: This is my book. Adjective: This book belongs to me. The three ways in which an adjective may be used--perhaps we should say four ways, since an adjective is sometimes used as a noun--are here illustrated. 1. The green fields invite us. 2. The crowd, heedless, rushed into danger. 3. The...