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. Of Caution; as, _hold! take Care!_ Of Admiration; as, _see! look! behold!_ Of Aversion; as, _fie! away you Fool!_ Of Silence; as, _be still! Silence!_ _Of_ SYNTAX. Syntax is the Manner of constructing one Word with another prescribed by the _Rules of_ GRAMMAR. RULE 1st. The Article _a_ is usually placed before a Word that begins with a _Consonant_, the Article _an_ before a Word that begins with a _Vowel_, and either _a_ or _an_ before a Word that begins with an _h_; and the Article _the_, before a Word that begins either with a _Vowel_ or a _Consonant_; as, _a Christian_, _an Infidel_, _a Heathen_, or _an Heathen_; _the Christian_, _the Infidel_, _the Heathen_. RULE 2d. A Noun _Substantive_ is usually placed after its _Noun Adjective_; as the _Second Chapter_, a _great Man_. But sometimes for the Sake of greater Distinction the _Adjective_ is placed after, with the Article _the_ before it, as _George the Second_, _Peter the Great_. In _Poetry_ the _Adjective_ is placed either before or after its _Substantive_ indifferently, as the Versification requires it. RULE 3d. All _Nouns and Pronouns_ are of the _third Person_ except _I and we_, which are of the _first Person_, and _Thou, you and ye_, which are of the _Second Person_; and except the _Relative Pronouns_ which are always of the _same Person_ with the _Personal Pronoun_ to which they relate; as _I love, thou lovest, he loveth; I who love, Thou who lovest, he who loveth_. RULE 4th. The _prefix Pronouns_, _I, we, thou, you, ye, he, she, they, who_, are usually placed before the _Verb_; and the _Subsequent Pronouns_, _me, us, thee, him, her, them, whom_, are usually placed after; as _I love the Dog, the Dog loves me_. But when a _Question_ is asked, or when the _Verb_ is of the _Imperative Mood_, or in short Sentences, the _prefix Pronouns_ are usually placed after; as _lovest thou me? love thou thyself, said he, said they_. RULE 5th. When a Question is asked, and the _Verb_ has an _Auxiliary Sign_, or an _Auxiliary Verb_, the _governing Noun_ or _Pronoun_ is placed immediately after such _Auxiliary_; as _does the Sun shine? has he washed his Hands?_ And when the _Verb_ has two or more _Auxiliaries_, the _Noun or Pronoun_ is placed after the first; as _have I been taught? Cou'd the Truth have been known?_ RULE 6th. The _Verb_ agrees with its _governing Noun_, _Pronoun Personal_, or _Pronoun Relative_, in _Number_ and _Pe
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