This same principle also operated in
appropriating names to the purpose of attributing qualities to other
names of objects; and in this way was constituted the class of words
called _adjectives_ or _attributes_. By the same principle were
formed all the other classes.
In the following exposition of English grammar on scientific
principles, I shall divide words into seven classes; _Nouns_ or
_Names, Verbs, Adjectives, Adnouns_, or _Attributes, Adverbs,
Propositions, Pronouns_, and _Conjunctions_ or _Connectives_.
For an explanation of the noun, refer to the body of the work.
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PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
Plausible arguments may be _advanced_, for rejecting _neuter_ and
passive verbs; but they have been found to be so convenient in
practice, that the theory which recognises them, has stood the test
of ages. If you tell the young learner, that, in the following
expressions, The church _rests_ on its foundation; The book _lies_
on the desk; The boys _remain (are)_ idle, the nouns _church, book_,
and _boys_, are represented as acting, and, therefore, the verbs
_rests, lies, remain_, and _are_, are _active_, he will not believe
you, because there is no action that is apparent to his senses.
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