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AUTHOR OF THE "TEXT-BOOK OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR,'

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ENGLISH PARSING.

*

DEFINITIONS

OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH.

** THE parenthetical parts of the following definitions may generally be omitted, for practical convenience, in quotation. The omissions will also leave simple forms to be committed to memory by young pupils, although it will be generally expedient to read and explain each definition fully, before the incomplete form is prescribed.

1. The NOUN is a name (constituting a distinct inde

pendent notion); as, "The tree grows; "Our books are new;" "James went away; "A city was built." 2. The ADJECTIVE (can, in general, stand immediately before the Noun, and) qualifies or describes the Noun (without asserting any thing); as, "A happy man ;""A human being; "Several instances; 99 66 Any apples." The Articles (are Adjectives of a peculiar kind, serving to) mark some one, or particular ones, of a class of objects. The Articles are a, an, and the; as, 'Bring a "The park and

book;
the gardens are beautiful."

" "We have an excellent house;

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3. The PRONOUN is a substitute for the Noun (but not of itself expressing the full meaning of the Noun); as,

B