SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
_The order of parsing a_ CONJUNCTION, is--a conjunction, and
why?--copulative or disjunctive, and why?--what does it connect?
"Wisdom _and_ virtue _form_ the good man's character." _And_ is a
conjunction, a word that is chiefly used to connect sentences; but in
this example it connects only words--copulative, it serves to connect
and continue the sentence by joining on a member which expresses an
addition--it connects the words "wisdom and virtue."
_Wisdom_ is a noun, the name of a thing--(You may parse it in
full.)--_Wisdom_ is one of the nominatives to the verb "form."
_Virtue_ is a noun, the name, &c.--(Parse it in full:)--and in the nom.
case to the verb "form," and connected to the noun "wisdom" by and,
according to RULE 33. _Conjunctions connect nouns and pronouns in the
same case_.
_Form_ is a verb, a word which signifies to do, &c.--of the third
person, _plural_, because its two nominatives, "wisdom and virtue," are
connected by a copulative conjunction, agreeably to RULE 8. _Two or more
nouns in the singular number, joined by_ copulative _conjunctions, must
have verbs, nouns, and pronouns agreeing with them in the_ plural.
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