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The, an Article
Thee, Thou

Their, belonging to

them
There, that Place
Threw, did throw

Though, by means of
Throne, chairof state
Thrown, hurled
Thyme, an Herb
Time, Leisure
Tide, Flux of theSea
Ty'd, made fast
Tie, to fasten
Toy, a Plaything
Ties, doth tie
Toise, a Fathom

Tile, on a House
Toil, Labour

Title, Honour
Tittle, Point
To, unto

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Toe, part of the foot

Weight, for Scales

Wight, an Islan

Who, what Person Woe, Sorrow

Tow, Hemp or Flax
Too, also
Two, Couple
Told, repeated
Toll'd, to toll a Bell

Tongs, for the Fire
Tongues, languages
Tour, a Journey
Tower, a Building

Weal, a Pustule
Whale, a Fish
Wheel, of a Cart

Ware, Merchandize
Wear, to have on
Were, was
Where, at what place
Way, Road

Ho! an Exclamation

Wood, small timber
Wou'd, was willing

Won, did win
One, in Number
Yew, a Tree

Weigh, to balance

You, yourself

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A Dialogue between Mafter and Scholar, concerning the Stops and Marks made ufe of in Reading and Writing.

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OW many flops are used in Reading and Writing?

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a Full-Stop, a Note of Interrogation, and a Note of Admiration. M. Please to tell me how they are made?

S. A Comma is marked or made thus (,) a Colon thus (:1 a Semicolon thus (;) a Period or Full-flop thus (.) a Note of Interrogation thus (?) and a Note of Admiration thus (!)

M. Pray tell me their ufe in Reading?

S. A Comma (,) is the fhortest of all stops, and serves to divide fhort sentences, till you come to the full fenfe, thus,

I am perfuaded that neither death, nor life, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things prefent, nor things to come, fhall be able to feparate us from the love of God, which is in Chrift Jefus our Lord. Rom. viii. 38, 39.

M. Pray what is the ufe of a Colon?

S. A Colon (:) parts feveral fentences, every one of which has a meaning of its own; though at the fame time it leaves 79 in expectation of fomething that is to follow.

M. Pray give me an example?

S. He is a wife and prudent boy who minds his book: learning and good education are better than riches.

M. What is the ufe of a Semicolon ?

S, A Semicolon (;) parts several sentences, and is often used when the fentences point to a different end.

M. Give me an example?

S. A foft aufwer turneth away wrath; but grievous words ftir up anger; or thus, I defired you to get your leffon by heart ; but, instead of that, you have been at play.

M. What is the ufe of a Period?

S. A Period (.) is a full stop, and fhews the perfect end and conclufion of a sentence. As thus,

Love your learning. Obey your parents. Fear God. Honor the king. M. What is a Note of Interrogation, and it's use?

S. A Note of Interrogation (?) is always fet at the end of any queftion that is afked; as thus, Who made you?

M. What is a Note of Admiration, and its use?

S. A Note of Admiration (!) is placed after fuch words or expressions as fignify any thing ftrange or wonderful; thus, Oh! Alas! Surprifing!

M. How long am I to paufe or stop in reading, when I meet with these several points?

S. You are to stop at a Comma, till you can tell one; at a Semicolon, till you can tell two; at a Colon, till you can tell three; and at a Period, a Note of Interrogation, and a Note of Admiration, till you can tell fix.

TABLE XXI. Of the Names of other Marks and their use,

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M. What is the ufe of an Apoftropbe?

S. It is used when a letter is omitted: Thus, fav'd, judg'd, fignifies faved, judged, only they are pronounced as one fyllable. M. What is the use of an Asterisk ?

S. An Afterisk or Star (*) is used to refer to fome Note in the margin of the book: when there are feveral of them together, thus (******) they denote that fomething is left out.

M. What is the ufe of a Caret?

S. A Caret (4) is placed underneath a line when a word is left out, and points to the place where it ought to come in: thus, punish

God will a the wicked-should be, God will punish the wicked. M. What is the ufe of Crotchets?

S. Crotchets [] serve to inclose a short sentence in the body of a onger one: as thus, he wrote a treatife of [or concerning] the globes M. What is the use of an Ellipfes?

S. A Ellipfes (—) is used when part of a verse or sentence is quoted: thus, that I may recover my ftrength

M. Where is a Hyphen used?

S. A Hyphen is used in compound words in order to couple them together; as man-fervant, maid-fervant.

M. What is the use of an Index.

S. An Index or Hand, thus, () points to fome remarkable thing or passage in an author.

M. What is the ufe of an Obelisk?

S. An Obelisk or Dagger (†) is often used in large books, and in many quotations, and refers you to the margin of the book for further inftruction.

M. What do you mean by a Paragraph?

S. A Paragraph() is fet at the beginning of every new fubject, and no other paragraph is made, till the former fubje& is entirely finished.

M. What is the ufe of a Parent befis?

S. A Parenthesis (), like Crotchets, ferves to include a fhort fentence in the body of a longer one.

M. What is a Quotation?

S. It is a paffage borrowed from another author, and quoted word for word, and then the author that berrows it, puts two Commas made backwards, thus, (") to let the reader know 'tis not his word or opinion only.

M. What is the ufe of a Section?

S. A Section (§) is often fet at the head or beginning of some fubject or new discourse, and ferves alfo for the fame purpose as an Afterisk or Obelisk.

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Of the Letters of the English Alphabet, with fome Remarks on the different Methods of pronouncing Vowels and Confonants.

I.

O F VOWELS.

THAT is the Alphabet?

Mafter. W Scholar. Alpbabet fignifies the letters of a lan

guage placed in their due order, and in the English tongue is vulgarly called the Crifs-Crofs-Row.

M. How many Letters are there in the English Alphabet? S. Twenty fix, which are called by two names, viz. Vowels and Confonants.

M. How many Vowels are there?

S. Six, viz. a, e, i, o, u, and y.

M. How many Confonants are there?

S. Twenty-one, viz. b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z.

"M. What is the use of Vowels?

S. To form words; for there can be no word without a vowel. M. How is it y is called both Vowel and Confonant?

S. ris a Vowel in all words, except fuch as begin with a 7, and then it is a Confonant.

Of DOUBLE VOWELS, called DIPTHONGS.

M. What do you call a double Vowel?

S. The meeting of two Vowels together in one word, viz. oe, ae, ai, ie, oul, &c. &c. are called Dipthongs.

M. What are the proper Dipthongs?

S. Those that have both Vowels fully founded; as ai, in Bait, ei, in Reign; oo, in Good; ou, in Bound, &c.

M. What are the improper Dipthongs?

S. Thofe in which only one of the Vowels is founded, thus, a in bread, dead, &c. o in feoff, people, &c. u in built, guilt, are not founded.

M. What do you mean by a Tripthong?

S. Tripthongs confift of three Vowel following each other; as eau in beauty, ieu in adieu, beau; the two firit of which lofe their found.

Of the Vowel and Confonant ij, and the Vowel and Conjonant uv. M. What is the difference between thefe two letters i and j.

S. More than many perfons are aware of, for they differ as much as any two letters, and have no relation to each other.-The fame is to be obferved of the two letters u and v.

M. But how may I know when I am to use them in their proper places?

S. By calling j ja, and by calling v ve; and then whenever ja or ve will spell the word, you will know it is not to be i or u.

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An easy Guide to the English Grammar, by way of Question and Answer; defigned for the ufe of Schools, &c. TABLE 1. Of Grammar in general.

Mafter. W Scholar. Grammar fignifies the art of speaking

HAT do you mean by Grammar?

and writing our native language aright, & according to rule, M. What do you mean by Parts of Speech?

S. They are the feveral diftin&t Parts into which a tongue or language is divided; and fome languages have more than others.

M. How many parts of Speech are there in the English tongue

S. Nino.

M. What are they called?

S. Article Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Participle, Adverb, Com junction, Prepofition, and Interjection.

M. Has every language nine Parts of Speech?

S. No, the Latin has but eight, it having no Article. M. But is not the name of any of those Parts of Speech the fame in every language.

S. Yes: a Noun or a Verb in English, is a Noun or a Verb in the Latin Tongue; and in all others.

TABLE II. Of the Articles A and The.

Mafter. WHAT do you mean by an Article?

WHAT
Scholar. An Article is a small word placed

before a Noun, in order to exprefs more fully the nature and fignification of it: as a Man, a Horfe, a Tree, a Book. M. How many Articles are there?

S. Two; the Article or An, and the Article The which has a different use and fignification.

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