ram._, p. 44.

"Nouns have three cases, NOMINATIVE, POSSESSIVE, and OBJECTIVE. The
relation indicated by the case of a noun includes three ideas, viz: those
of _subject, object_, and _ownership_."--_Ib._, p. 45.

"In speaking of animals that are of inferior size, or whose sex is not
known or not regarded, they are often considered as without sex: thus, we
say of a _cat 'it_ is treacherous,' of an infant '_it_ is beautiful,' of a
_deer 'it_ was killed.'"--_Ib._, p. 39.

"When _this_ or _these, that_ or _those_, refers to a preceding sentence;
_this_, or _these_, refers to the latter member or term; _that_, or
_those_, to the former."--_Churchill's Gram._, p. 136; see _Lowth's Gram._,
p. 102.

"The rearing of them [i. e. of plants] became his first care, their fruit
his first food, and marking their kinds his first knowledge."--_N. Butler's
Gram._, p. 44.

"After the period used with abbreviations we should employ other points, if
the construction demands it; thus, after Esq. in the last example, there
should be, besides a period, a comma."--_Ib._, p. 212.

"In the plural, the verb is the same in all the persons; and hence the
principle in _Rem._ 5, under Rule iii. [that the first or second person
takes precedence,] is not applicable to verbs."--_Ib._, p. 158.

"Rex and Tyrannus are of very different characters. The one rules his
people by laws to which they consent; the other, by his absolute will and
power: _that_ is called freedom, this, _tyranny_."--_Murray's Key_, 8vo, p.
190.

"A noun is the name of any person, place, or thing, which can be known, or
mentioned, as: George; London; America; goodness; charity."--_Cooper's
Plain and Pract. Gram._, p. 17.

"Etymology treats of the classification of words; their various
modifications and derivations."--_Day's School Gram._, p. 9. "To punctuate
correctly implies a thorough acquaintance with the meaning of words and
phrases, as well as of all their corresponding connexions"--_W. Day's
Punctuation_, p. 31.

"All objects which belong to neither the male nor female kind are called
neuter."--_Weld's Gram._, 2d Ed., p. 57. "All objects, which belong to
neither the male nor female kind, are said to be of the neuter
gender."--_Weld's Gram., Abridged_, p. 51.

"The Analysis of the Sounds in the English language presented in the
preceding statements are sufficiently exact for the purpose in hand. Those
who wish to pursue it further can consult Dr. Rush's admirable work