Noun to govern it, expressed or understood; as, St.
James’s, Palace is understood; therefore
one Genitive cannot govern another.”—Ib.,
p. 111. “Every adjective, and every adjective
pronoun, belongs to a substantive, expressed or understood.”—
Murray’s Gram., p. 161; Bacon’s,
48; Alger’s, 57; et al. “Every
adjective qualifies a substantive expressed or understood.”—Bullions,
E. Gram., p. 97. “Every adjective belongs
to some noun expressed or understood.”—Ingersoll’s
Gram., p. 36. “Adjectives belong to
the nouns which they describe.”—Smith’s
New Gram., p. 137. “Adjectives must
agree with the nouns, which they qualify.”—Fisk’s
Murray, p. 101. “The Adjective must
agree with its Substantive in Number.”—Buchanan’s
Gram., p. 94. “Every adjective and
participle belongs to some noun or pronoun expressed
or understood.”—Frost’s El.
of Gram., p. 44. “Every Verb of the
Infinitive Mood, supposes a verb before it expressed
or understood.”—Buchanan’s
Gram., p. 94. “Every Adverb has its
Verb expressed or understood.”—Ib.,
p. 94. “Conjunctions which connect Sentence
to Sentence, are always placed betwixt the two Propositions
or Sentences which they unite.”—Ib.,
p. 88. “The words for all that, seem
to be too low.”—Murray’s
Gram., p. 213. “For all that seems
to be too low and vulgar.”—Priestley’s
Gram., p. 139. “The reader, or hearer,
then, understands from and, that he is to add
something.”—J. Brown’s
E. Syntax, p. 124. “But and
never, never connects one thing with another
thing, nor one word with another word.”—Ib.,
p. 122. “’Six, and six are twelve.’
Here it is affirmed that, six is twelve!”—Ib.,
p. 120. “‘John, and his wife have
six children.’ This is an instance of gross
catachresis. It is here affirmed that John
has six children, and that his wife has six children.”—Ib.,
p. 122. “Nothing which is not right can
be great.”—Murray’s Exercises,
8vo, p. 146: see Rambler, No. 185.
“Nothing can be great which is not right.”—Murray’s
Key, 8vo, p. 277. “The highest degree
of reverence should be paid to youth.”—Ib.,
p. 278. “There is, in many minds, neither
knowledge nor understanding.”—Murray’s
Gram., 8vo, p. 151; Russell’s, 84;
Alger’s, 54; Bacon’s, 47;
et al. “Formerly, what we call the
objective cases of our pronouns, were employed in
the same manner as our present nominatives are.”—Kirkham’s
Gram., p. 164. “As it respects a choice
of words and expressions, no rules of grammar can
materially aid the learner.”—S.
S. Greene’s Gram., 1st Ed., p. 202.
“Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, is
a Noun.”—Fowler’s E. Gram.,
8vo, 1850, Sec.137. “As all men are not
brave, brave is itself comparative.”—Ib.,
Sec.190.