Adjective is placed after, with the Article the before it, as George the Second, Peter the Great. In Poetry the Adjective is placed either before or after its Substantive indifferently, as the Versification requires it.

Rule 3d.

All Nouns and Pronouns are of the third Person except I and we, which are of the first Person, and Thou, you and ye, which are of the Second Person; and except the Relative Pronouns which are always of the same Person with the Personal Pronoun to which they relate; as I love, thou lovest, he loveth; I who love, Thou who lovest, he who loveth.

Rule 4th.

The prefix Pronouns, I, we, thou, you, ye, he, she, they, who, are usually placed before the Verb; and the Subsequent Pronouns, me, us, thee, him, her, them, whom, are usually placed after; as I love the Dog, the Dog loves me. But when a Question is asked, or when the Verb is of the Imperative Mood, or in short Sentences, the prefix Pronouns are usually placed after; as lovest thou me? love thou thyself, said he, said they.

Rule 5th.

When a Question is asked, and the Verb has an Auxiliary Sign, or an Auxiliary Verb, the governing Noun or Pronoun is placed immediately after such Auxiliary; as does the Sun shine? has he washed his Hands? And when the Verb has two or more Auxiliaries, the Noun or Pronoun is placed after the first; as have I been taught? Cou'd the Truth have been known?

Rule 6th.

The Verb agrees with its governing Noun, Pronoun Personal, or Pronoun Relative, in Number and Person; as the Birds sing, thou lovest, he who loveth.

Rule 7th.

A Noun of Multitude may have a Verb either Singular or Plural; as the People is mad, or the People are mad.

But if a Substantive of the same Signification follows, that is not a Noun of Multitude, then the Verb is always Plural; as we do not say the People is a mad Man, but the People are mad Men.

Rule 8th.

Two or more Nouns or Pronouns Singular, will have a Verb Plural; as the Dog and Cat are very loving. But when two or more Substantives Singular signify the same Thing or Person, or when the Preposition OF intervenes, the Verb is always Singular; as the River Severn is Navigable. William the Conqueror was a great Man. This System of Grammar is compendious.

Rule 9th.

The subsequent Pronouns are usually placed after Prepositions and Interjections; as of me, to us, for thee, with her, from them, against whom, O me!

Of the POINTS or PAUSES.

The Points or Pauses have a Sort of musical Proportion.

The Period is marked thus (.)——Its Time is equal to two Colons and is never placed but at the End of a Sentence, the Sense of which is perfect and compleat; as By me Kings reign, and Princes decree Justice.

The Colon is marked thus (:) —— Its Time is equal to two Semicolons, and is placed where the Sense seems to be perfect and compleat; but to which notwithstanding something may still be added; as give Instruction to a wise Man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a just Man and he will increase in Learning.

The Semicolon is marked thus (;) —— its Time is equal to two Commas, and is placed where the Sense is less compleat than the Colon, and more compleat than the Comma; as a wise Man's Heart is at his right Hand; but a Fool's Heart is at his left.

The Comma is marked thus (,) —— It is the last and least Pause or Time that is made use of, and serves to distinguish the simple Numbers of a Period; as arise, my Friend, and come away.

Of the other Notes or Characters.

A Note of Interrogation (?) is used when a Question is asked; as who comes there?

A Note of Admiration (!) is used after Interjections or short Sentences to express our Wonder and Surprize; as O! O Lord!

A Parenthesis (rarely made use of by a good Writer) is used to inclose one Sentence within another.

The Paragraph is marked thus (¶) and denotes the beginning of a new Discourse.

An (') Apostrophe is used when some Part of a Word is left out; as Alexander's Horse, for Alexander his Horse.

A Hyphen (-) is used to join together two Words, as Foot-stool, &c. and is used also when part of a Word is written in one Line, and part in another.

The Caret is marked thus, (^) to shew where the Words in any Sentence that are left out, shou'd come in; as

the Lady beautiful.

The Subdivision, or part of a Chapter is marked usually thus, §.

The Index points to some remarkable Passage thus,

A Quotation is a double Comma reverse and set against some Lines on the left side of a Page, to shew that they are quoted from another Author, thus, ".

The Notes that refer to the Margin are an Asterisk made thus, *, an Obelisk thus, †, also thus, ||.

Besides these there are literal Characters, numeral Characters, and Abbreviations, the Knowledge of which is not so easily to be acquired by Grammar Rules, as by diligent Observation and Experience.

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