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The following are some of the interjections:

O! pish! heigh! lo! behold! ah! fie! hush!

Besides these, there are many words in the mouths of the vulgar, which, when spoken in haste, may be considered of the interjective kind.

PART II.

SYNTAX.

The third part of Grammar is Syntax, which treats of the agreement and construction of words in a sentence.

A Sentence is an assemblage of words forming a complete sense. Sentences are of two kinds; Simple and Compound.

A Simple Sentence has in it but one subject and one finite verb: as, "Life is short."

A Compound Sentence contains two or more simple sentences, connected together by one or more connective words: as, "Life is short and art is long." There are three kinds of simple sentences, viz. the Explicative or Explaining; the Interrogative or Asking; and the Imperative or Commanding.

A Phrase is two or more words rightly put together, making sometimes a part of a sentence, and sometimes a whole sentence.

The principal parts of a simple sentence are the Subject, the Attribute, and the Object. The subject is the thing chiefly spoken of; the attribute is the thing or action affirmed or denied of it; and the object is the thing affected by such action.

The nominative case denotes the subject; the verb denotes the attribute; and the objective case denotes the object.

Syntax principally consists of two parts; Concord and Government.

Concord is the agreement which one word has with another, in gender, number, case, or person.

Government is that power which one part of speech has over another, in directing its mood, tense, or case.

N. B. To give a complete abridgment of Murray's Grammar, I have inserted the rules of Syntax as arranged by him; yet, these need not be learned by such scholars as intend to make themselves acquainted with the Syntactical Lessons.

RULE I.

A verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person: as, "I learn."

RULE II.

Two or more nouns in the singular number, joined by one or more copulative conjunctions, expressed or understood, must have verbs, nouns or pronouns, agreeing with them in the plural number: as, "Socrates and Plato were wise."

RULE III.

The conjunction disjunctive has an effect contrary to that of the conjunction copulative; for as the verb, noun, or pronoun, is referred to the preceding terms taken separately and singly, it must be in the singular number: as, Ignorance or negligence has caused

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RULE IV.

A noun of multitude, or signifying many, may have a verb or pronoun agreeing with it, either in the singular or plural number; yet, not without regard to the import of the word as conveying unity or plurality of idea: as, "The meeting was large." "The multitude eagerly pursue pleasure as their chief good."

RULE V.

Pronouns must always agree with their antecedents, and the nouns for which they stand, in gender and number: as, "This is the friend whom I love." "The king and the queen put on their royal robes."

The relative is the same person as the antecedent, and the verb agrees with it accordingly: as, "Thou who lovest wisdom."

RULE VI.

The relative is the nominative case to the verb, when no nominative comes between it and the verb: as, "The master who taught us."

When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by the verb, or some other word in its own member of the sentence: as, "He to whom I owe my be-ing is eternal."

RULE VII.

When the relative is preceded by two nominatives of different persons, the relative and the verb may agree in person with either, according to the sense: as, "I am the general who command you;" or, "I am the general who commands you."

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