NOTE. There are a few compound irregular Verbs, fuch as befal, bespeak, &c. which as they follow the fimple Form, it was not thought neceffary to infert in this Catalogue. 104. There are a few Verbs ending in t, and d, which are the fame in the prefent and preter Tenfes, and paffive Participle: as, burft, caft, coft, cut, hit, hurt, knit, let, put, read, rid, fet, fhed, thred, thut, flit, fplit, fpread, thruft. G 3 Of 105. ·A Of an ADVERB*. NAdverb is a Part of Speechjoined to a Verb, an Adjective, a Participle, and fometimes to another Adverb, to exprefs the Quality or Circumftance of it: as, He reads well; a truly good man; he is fecretly. plotting; he writes very correctly. 106. Some Adverbs admit of Comparifon as often,oftener, ofteneft; soon, Jooner, Jooneft: And many of them are compared by other Adverbs, much, more, most, &c. NOTE. Adverbs have Relation to Time; as, now, then, lately, &c. to Place; as, here, there, &c. to Number; as, once, twice, &c. *From ad, to, and Verbum, a Verb. Of Of a CONJUNCTION*. 107. Conjunction is a Part of Speech that joins Words or A of Sentences together: as, albeit,although," altho', and, becaufe, but, either, elfe, however, if, namely, neither, nor, or, though,tho', therefore,thereupon, unless, whereas, whereupon, whether, yet. The foregoing are always Conjunctions: but thefe fix following are fometimes Adverbs; alfo,as, otherwife, fince, likewife, then. Except, and fave, are fometimes Verbs; for, fometimes a Prepofition; and that, fometimes a Pronoun. 108. Of a PREPOSITION+. A Prepofition is a word set before Nouns, or Pronouns, to exprefs the Retations of Perfons, Places, From con, with, and jungo, to join. or or Things to each other: as, He came to, and stood before the City. Prepofitions used in this Sense are fuch as follow: About, above, after, against, among, amongst, at, before, behind, below, beneath, between, beyond, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, upon, ever, through, to, unto, towards, under, with, within, without. Of an INTERJECTION*, 109. A A N Interjection is a Word that expreffes any fudden Motion of the Mind, tranfported with the Senfation of Pleasure or Pain: as, O! Oh! Alas! Lo! From inter, between, and jacio, to throw. SYNTAX. |