explained, for greater clearness and
precision."--_Bucke cor._ "What sort of _noun_ is _man_? A noun
substantive, common."--_Buchanan cor._ "Is _what_ ever used as three kinds
of _pronoun_?"_--Kirkham's Question cor._ [Answer: "No; as a pronoun, it is
either relative or interrogative."--_G. Brown_.] "They delighted in _having
done it_, as well as in the doing of it."--_R. Johnson cor._ "_Both parts_
of this rule are exemplified in the following sentences."--_Murray cor._
"He has taught them to hope for _an other and better_ world."--_Knapp cor._
"It was itself only preparatory to a future, _better_, and perfect
revelation."--_Keith cor._ "_Es_ then makes _an other and distinct_
syllable."--_Brightland cor._ "The eternal clamours of a _selfish and
factious_ people."--_Dr. Brown cor._ "To those whose taste in elocution is
_but little_ cultivated."--_Kirkham cor._ "They considered they had but a
_sort of gourd_ to rejoice in."--_Bennet cor._ "Now there was _but one such
bough_, in a spacious and shady grove."--_Bacon cor._ "Now the absurdity of
this latter supposition will go a great way _towards making_ a man
easy."--_Collier cor._ "This is true of _mathematics, with which taste_ has
but little to do."--_Todd cor._ "To stand prompter to a _pausing yet ready_
comprehension."--_Rush cor._ "Such an obedience as the _yoked and tortured_
negro is compelled to yield to the whip of the overseer."--_Chalmers cor._
"For the gratification of a _momentary and unholy_ desire."--_Wayland cor._
"The body is slenderly put together; the mind, a rambling _sort of
thing_."--_Collier cor._ "The only nominative to the verb, is
_officer_."--_Murray cor._ "And though _in general_ it ought to be
admitted, &c."--_Blair cor._ "Philosophical writing admits of a polished,
_neat_, and elegant style."--_Id._ "But notwithstanding this defect,
Thomson is a strong _and beautiful_ describer."--_Id._ "So should he be
sure to be ransomed, _and many_ poor men's lives _should be_
saved."--_Shak. cor._
"Who felt the wrong, or feared it, _took alarm_,
Appealed to law, and Justice lent her arm."--_Pope cor._
LESSON IV.--ARTICLES CHANGED.
"To enable us to avoid too frequent _a_ repetition of the same
word."--_Bucke cor._ "The former is commonly acquired in _a_ third part of
the time."--_Burn cor._ "Sometimes _an_ adjective becomes a substantive;
and, _like other substantives, it may have an_ adjective _relating_ to it:
as, '_The chief good_.'"--_L
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