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xxviii RULES AND DEFINITIONS.

(not as the "consonants" form their Past Tenses and
but) by themselves: a, e, Passive participles by addi, o, u. ing d or t, and not by
Weak (Verbs). Verbs that changed Vowel.
RULES AND DEFINITIONS.
It is assumed that the ten following Definitions are known to
the pupil: -
1. A Noun is a name of any kind (page 19 1).
2. A Pronoun is a word used for a Noun (page 21 1).
3. An Adjective is a word that can be put before a Noun either
to distinguish it, or to point out its number or amount (page
32 1).
4. A Verb is a word that can make a statement (page 391).
5. An Adverb is a word that answers to the question "how? "
"when? " where?" or " how far is this true? " (page 54 1).
6. A Preposition is a word that can be placed before a Noun
or a Pronoun, so that the Preposition and Noun or Pronoun
together are equivalent to an Adjective or Adverb (page 76 1).
7.2 A Sentence is a collection of words expressing a statement,
question, or command (page 45 1).
8.2 Any other collection of words, having a meaning, is called
a Phrose (page 451), or Clause. See Glossary.
9. A Con/unction is a word that joins two sentences together
(page 85 1).
10. A Relative Pronoun is a Conjunctive Pronoun used so as
to refer to a preceding Noun or Pronoun called the Antecedent
(page 125 1).
1. The Subject of a Verb making a statement is the word or
words answering to the question '" who " or " what? " before
the Verb (Par. 1).
2. The Object of a Verb or Preposition is the word or words
1 The figures denote the pages of Ioto to Tell the Parts of Speech
on which the first ten Definitions will severally be found.
2 A Sentence preceded by a Cotnjunction ceases to state, command,
or question; it therefore becomes a Phrase, e.g. " When I s4w John."
Such a Phrase may conveniently be called a Clause. See Par. 239.