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tive 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. "Wisdom _or_ folly _governs_ us." _Or_ is a conjunction, a word that is chiefly used to connect sentences: it sometimes connects words--disjunctive, it serves not only to connect and continue the sentence, but also to join on a member which expresses opposition of meaning--it connects the nouns "wisdom and folly." _Governs_ is a verb, a word that signifies, &e.--of the third person, singular number, agreeing with "wisdom or folly," according to RULE 9. _Two or more nouns singular, joined by_ disjunctive _conjunctions, must have verbs, nouns, and pronouns agreeing with them in the_ singular: If you reflect, for a few moments, on the meaning of me last two Rules presented, you will see, at once, their propriety and importance. For example; in the sentence, "Orlando _and_ Thomas, _who study their lessons, make_ rapid progress," you notice that the two singular nouns, _Orlando_ and _Thomas_, are connected by the copulative conjunction _and_, therefore the verb _make_, which agrees with them, is plural, because it expresses the action of _both_ its nominatives or actors. And you observe, too, that the pronouns _who_ and _their_, and the noun _lessons_, are _plural_, agreeing with the nouns _Orlando_ and _Thomas_, according to RULE 8. The verb _study_ is plural, agreeing with _who_, according to RULE 4. But let us connect these two nouns by a disjunctiv
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