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RULES AND DEFINITIONS.

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answering to the question "whom?" or "what?" after the
Verb or Preposition (14 1).
'3. When the Relative is followed by a Conjunction introducing a new Sentence, leave out this sentence in parsing the
Relative (24).
4. The Antecedent must sometimes be supplied from the sentence (25).
5. The Relative is sometimes omitted (26).
6. Some Pronouns are used Interrogatively, Conjunctively, and
Relatively (28).
7. The Uses or Cases of a Noun are four, viz. Subject, Object,2
Possessive, and Vocative (32).
8. The Plural of a Noun is formed by adding-s to the Singular (34).
9. The Possessive Use or Case, in the Singular and Plural, is
formed by adding 's to the Singular or Plural form (37).
10. An Adjective has three Degrees of Comparison, viz.
Positive, Comparative, and Superlative (42).
11. To form the Comparative and Superlative, add-er, -est
to Positives of one Syllable. "More" and "most" are used
in other cases (43).
12. A Verb that can have an Object is called Transitive; a
Verb that cannot, is called lntransitive.3
13. The Passive Voice of a Transitive Verb is the form
assumed by the Verb when its Object is made the Subject
(60).
14. The Active Voice of a Transitive Verb is the form that
can be used with an Object (61).
15. A Participle can be distinguished by the fact that it can
be, in part, replaced by a Conjunctive word (66).
16. Each Voice has four Moods: Infinitive, Indicative, Imperative, and Subjunctive (70).
17. The Infinitive Mood speaks of an action without defining
the doer (70).
18. The Indicative Mood definitely points out an action (70).
19. Tie Imperative Mood commands an action (70).
20. The Subjunctive Mood expresses condition, purpose, wish,
&c. (70).
21. Verbs have three Tenses: Past, Present, and Future
(71).
22. Each Tense has four " States" of Action: the Indefinite,
1 These and the following References are to the Paragraphs in
How to Parse.
2 If the Indirect Object is called a separate use, there will be five
Uses of a Noun.
The usual Definitions are given in Par. 55; but they are very
unsatisfactory.