92. When a question is asked, the auxiliary verb precedes the nominative case; thus, "Do I love? Did John write? May he go? Have you learned the lesson? 93. The auxiliaries of the compound tenses are frequently used alone, to prevent the repetition of the verb; as, "He regards his word, but thou dost not (that is, dost not regard it). ADVERBS. 94. Adverbs may be divided into the following classes:— Of number; as, Once, twice, thrice, &c. Of order; as, First, secondly, thirdly, fourthly, fifthly, lastly, finally, &c. Of place; as, Here, there, where, elsewhere, any where, somewhere, nowhere, herein, whither, hither, thither, upward, downward, forward, backward, whence, hence, thence, whithersoever, &c. Of time present; as, Now, to-day, &c. Of time past; as, Already, before, lately, yesterday, heretofore, hitherto, long since, long ago, &c. Of time to come; as, To-morrow, not yet, hereafter, henceforth, henceforward, by and by, instantly, presently, immediately, straightways, &c. Of time indefinite; as, Oft, often, ofttimes, oftentimes, sometimes, soon, seldom, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, always, when, then, ever, never, again, &c. Of quantity; as, Much, little, sufficiently, how much, how great, enough, abundantly, &c. Of manner or quality; as, Wisely, foolishly, justly, unjustly, quickly, slowly, &c. Of doubt; as, Perhaps, peradventure, possibly, perchance, &c. Of affirmation; as, Verily, truly, undoubtedly, doubtless, certainly, yea, yes, surely, indeed, really, &c. Of negation; as, Nay, no, not, by no means, not at all, in no wise, &c. Of interrogation; as, How, why, wherefore, whither, &c. Of comparison; as, More, most, better, best, worse, worst, less, least, very, almost, little, alike, &c. There are many adverbs, however, not included in the above list. END OF PART I. IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR. PART II. CONTAINING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SYNTHESIS OR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. BY R. G. PARKER, A. M. PRINCIPAL OF THE FRANKLIN GRAMMAR SCHOOL, AUTHOR OF " PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION," AND CHARLES FOX, A. M. PRINCIPAL OF THE BOYLSTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. "Breve est iter per exempla." Fifth Edition. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY CROCKER & BREWSTER, 47 Washington Street. NEW YORK: LEAVITT, LORD & CO., 182 Broadway. 1841. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1835, BY CROCKER & BREWSTER, In the Clerk s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. From the Records of the School Committee. VOTED, That Messrs. Parker and Fox's Progressive Exercises in English Grammar be introduced into all the Public Grammar Schools of this city, after the present date. STEREOTYPED AT THE PREFACE. In the former part of this Grammar, the principles of Analysis, or English Parsing, were unfolded, and the pupil was led, by progressive steps, to a knowledge of the parts of speech, with their various relations and dependencies. This volume contains the application of these principles in the Synthesis or Construction of English sentences. It is to be premised, that, in the arrangement of these principles, the authors have considered the usage of the best writers as their only standard of grammatical accuracy. For this reason, it will be seen in this work, that many expressions are condemned, which are sometimes used by popular writers, and are of frequent occurrence in colloquial intercourse. The propriety of this must be evident to all who consider that language aims at a higher object than the bare expression of animal wants. It has been asserted by a celebrated writer, that most of the disputes which have agitated the world, have arisen from a reciprocal misunderstanding of terms. How important, then, is a logical precision in the construction of sentences! In the decisions which the authors have made in relation to grammatical propriety, they have not ventured to |