e parsed? "The writings of Hannah More appear to me
more praise-worthy than Scott's."
[Now parse, in like manner, the three lessons of the _Third Chapter_, or
the _Third Praxis_; and then, if you please, you may correct orally the
three lessons of _bad English_, with which the Third Chapter concludes.]
LESSON VIII.--ADJECTIVES.
1. What is an ADJECTIVE, and what are the examples given? 2. Into what
classes may adjectives be divided? 3. What is a common adjective? 4. What
is a proper adjective? 5. What is a numeral adjective? 6. What is a
pronominal adjective? 7. What is a participial adjective? 8. What is a
compound adjective? 9. What modifications have adjectives? 10. What is
comparison, in grammar? 11. How many and what are the degrees of
comparison? 12. What is the positive degree? 13. What is the comparative
degree? 14. What is the superlative degree? 15. What adjectives cannot be
compared? 16. What adjectives are compared by means of adverbs? 17. How are
adjectives regularly compared? 18. What principles of spelling must be
observed in the comparing of adjectives? 19. To what adjectives is the
regular method of comparison, by _er_ and _est_, applicable? 20. Is there
any other method of expressing the degrees of comparison? 21. How are the
degrees of diminution, or inferiority, expressed? 22. Has the regular
method of comparison any degrees of this kind? 23. Do we ever compare by
adverbs those adjectives which can be compared by _er_ and _est_? 24. How
do you compare _good? bad, evil_, or _ill? little? much? many?_ 25. How do
you compare _far? near? fore? hind? in? out? up? low? late?_ 26. What words
want the positive? 27. What words want the comparative?
LESSON IX.--PARSING.
1. What is required of the pupil in the FOURTH PRAXIS? 2. How many
definitions are here to be given for each part of speech? 3. How is the
following example parsed? "The best and most effectual method of teaching
grammar, is precisely that of which the careless are least fond: teach
learnedly, rebuking whatsoever is false, blundering, or unmannerly."
[Now parse, in like manner, the three lessons of the _Fourth Chapter_, or
the _Fourth Praxis_; and then, if you please, you may correct orally the
three lesons of _bad English_, with which the Fourth Chapter concludes.]
LESSON X.--PRONOUNS.
1. What is a PRONOUN, and what is the example given? 2. How many pronouns
are there? 3. How are pronouns divided? 4. What is a personal pronoun? 5
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