Prin. LXXI. A Noun or Pronoun, being the Subject of a Sentence, is of the

(MASCULINE GENDER (L), FEMinine Gender

or

(L4),

NEUTER GENDER (L3).

Def. 66. A Noun or Pronoun denoting an animal of the male kind, is of the

EXAMPLES.

MASCULINE Gender.

"Man wants but little here below."

"He gave to misery all he had—a tear.”

Let appropriate Examples be made.

Def. 67. A Noun or Pronoun denoting an animal of the female kind, is of the

EXAMPLES.

the

FEMININE Gender.

"The real lady is free from affectation-
She is sincerely honest, and honestly sincere.”

Let additional Examples be made.

Def. 68. A Noun or Pronoun not indicating sex, is of

EXAMPLES.

"Wisdom is better than rubies;
It can not be gotten for gold."

Let additional Examples be made.

[For Obs. on Gender, see Grammar, pp. 44-46.]

Prin. LXXII. A Noun or Pronoun, being the Subject of a Sentence, is of the

NEUTER GENDER.

FIRST PERSON (L6),
SECOND PERSON (L), or
THIRD PERSON (L8).

Def. 69. A Noun or Pronoun denoting the speaker

is of the

EXAMPLES.

FIRST PERSON.

"I Paul, have written with mine own hand."

Let additional Examples be made.

Def. 70. A Noun or Pronoun denoting the person addressed, is of the

SECOND PERSON.

EXAMPLES.
Let additional Examples be made.

"Ye crags and peaks! I'm with you once again.”

Def. 71. A Noun or Pronoun denoting the being or THIRD PERSON. thing spoken of, is of the

EXAMPLE.

"Our Fathers! where are they?

And the Prophets! do they live forever?"

Let Original Examples be given.

[For Notes and Obs. on the Persons of Nouns and Pronouns, see Grammar, p. 45.]

Prin. LXXIII. A Noun or (SINGULAR NUMBER (L.) Pronoun, being the Subject of a Sentence, is of the PLURAL NUMBER (L10).

or

Def. 72. A Noun or Pronoun denoting but one being SINGULAR NUMBER. or thing, is of the

EXAMPLES. "The hero hath departed."

“ He that getteth wisdom, loveth his own soul.”

Let Original Examples be given.

Def. 73. A Noun or Pronoun, denoting more than one, is of the

EXAMPLES.

Number.

PLURAL NUmber.

"Heroes' and heroines' shouts confusedly rise."

"All they that hate me, love death."

Let Sentences be made having their Subjects of the Plural

[For Observations on Number, see Grammar, pp. 47-48.

Prin. LXXIV. A Noun or Pronoun, being the Subject of a Sentence, is in the NOMINATIVE CASE (L11).

EXAMPLES. "There Joy gilds the mountains, all purple and bright, And Peace in the vales rests in gentle repose."

"Thou art in the cooler breath That, from the inmost darkness of the place, Comes-scarcely felt."

NOTE. The Subject of a Sentence is often suppressed.

EXAMPLES.

"In dreams his song of triumph heard."
"Bid the wild lawless winds obey thy will."
"Preach to the storm and reason with despair."

[See Clark's Grammar, p. 120.]

SUBJECT PHRASES (F).

Prin. LXXV. A Phrase, being the Subject of a Sentence, is in form

EXAMPLES.

PREPOSITIONAL (N1),
PARTICIPIAL (N2),
INFINITIVE (N) or
INDEPENDENT* (N1).

"His being a minister, prevented his rising to civil power."
Receiving goods known to be stolen, is a criminal offence."
"To be, contents his natural desire.”

"To learn the Alphabet, constituted my earliest task."

TRANSITIVE (N)

[For Definitions of Phrases, see Def. pp. 25-6.] Prin. LXXVI. A Phrase, being the Subject of a Sentence, is

EXAMPLES.

or

INTRANSITIVE (N6).

"To be, contents his natural desire."

"Reading works of fiction at an early age, unhinged his moral feelings, and rendered morbid his imagination."

NOTE. (a). A Subject Phrase, may also be

EXAMPLES.

SIMPLE or

'Managing the household affairs, now constitutes the sum of my employments."

"Rewarding and punishing actions by any other rule, would appear much harder to be accounted for, by minds, formed as he has formed ours."

NOTE. (b). A Subject Phrase may be

EXAMPLE.

COMPLEX.

"Taking a mad man's sword to prevent his doing mischief, cannot be regarded as robbing him."

NOTE. (c). A Subject Phrase may be

MIXED.

EXAMPLES. "To visit the haunts of wretchedness and minister to the comfort of the distressed, constituted her most pleasing employment."

[For Definitions of Simple, Compound, Complex and Mixed Phrases, pp. 38-9.]

* Prepositional and Independent Phrases are used as Subjects of Sentences only technically.

EXAMPLES.

"With malice aforethought, is an old law term."

"Other things being equal, is expressed by the term, ceteris paribus."

SUBJECT SENTENCES (G).

Prin. LXXVII. A Sentence, (SIMPLE (01) being the Subject of another or Sentence, is

EXAMPLES.

COMPOUND (O2).

"That all men are created equal, is a self-evident truth."
"That we are free moral agents, and yet controlled by an im-
mutable Providence, constitutes the highest mystery of
our existence."

Let Sentences be written, having Simple Sentences for their Subjects.

Let Sentences be written, having Compound Sentences for their Subjects.

Prin. LXXVIII. A Sentence, (TRANSITIVE (O3) being the Subject of another

Sentence, is

or

INTRANSITIVE (04).

EXAMPLES. "What time he took orders doth not appear."

"That we should be conscious, intuitively, of a passion, from its external impressions, is conformable to the analogy of nature."

"That friendship is a sacred trust,

That friends should be sincere and just,

That constancy befits them,

Are observations on the case

That savor much of common-place;

And all the world admits them."

COMPLEX.

[For Definitions of Transitive and Intransitive Sentences, see pp. 65-6.] NOTE. (a). A Subject Sentence may be EXAMPLE. "Whatever is excellent in art, proceeds from labor and endurance."

Let Original Examples be given. NOTE. (b). A Subject Sentence may be

EXAMPLES.

MIXED.

"That the two rival societies had the same object in view, and differed only in the means of securing that object, became fully apparent from the discussions."

[For Definitions of Complex and Mixed Sentences, see Def. 53.]

NOTE. A Verb in the INFINITIVE Mode cannot be a grammatical predicate of a Sentence.

Def. 74. A Verb is in the Indicative Mode, when it is used to assert positively or negatively-or to ask a question.

EXAMPLES. "William saw a meteorite last evening."

"I did not see it."

"Did you see it?"

Def. 75. A Verb is in the Potential Mode, when it indicates power, liberty, volition or obligation.

EXAMPLES.

"Can storied urn or animated bust,

Back to its mansion call the fleeting dust?"

"Would you too be wise?"

"Ye must be born again."

Def. 76. A Verb is in the Subjunctive Mode, when it asserts a conditional fact.

EXAMPLES. "Were I Alexander I would accept the terms.

So would I were I Parmenio."

Def. 77. A Verb is in the Imperative Mode, when it is used to command, exhort or entreat.

Rise, fellow-men! our country yet remains." "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." NOTE. We command an inferior-we exhort an equal -we entreat a superior.