“Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.”—­P.  Davis’s Gram., p. 96.  “In the place of an ellipsis of the verb a comma must be inserted.”—­Ib., p. 121.  “A common noun unlimited by an article is sometimes understood in its broadest acceptation:  thus, ‘Fishes swim’ is understood to mean all fishes. ‘Man is mortal,’ all men.”—­Ib., p. 13.

“Thus those sounds formed principally by the throat are called gutturals.  Those formed principally by the palate are called palatals.  Those formed by the teeth, dentals—­those by the lips, labials—­those by the nose, nasals, &c.”—­P.  Davis’s Gram., p. 113.

“Some adjectives are compared irregularly; as, Good, better, best.  Bad, worse, worst.  Little, less, least.”—­Felton’s Gram., 1st Ed., p. 63; Ster.  Ed., p. 66.

“Under the fourth head of grammar, therefore, four topics will be considered, viz.  PUNCTUATION, ORTHOEPY, FIGURES, and VERSIFICATION.”—­ Hart’s Gram., p. 161.

   “Direct her onward to that peaceful shore,
    Where peril, pain and death are felt no more!”
    Falconer’s Poems, p. 136; Barrett’s New Gram., p. 94

BAD ENGLISH BADLY POINTED.

LESSON I.—­UNDER VARIOUS RULES.

“Discoveries of such a character are sometimes made in grammar also, and such, too, is often their origin and their end.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., p. 191.

“Traverse, (to cross.) To deny what the opposite party has alleged.  To traverse an indictment, &c. is to deny it.”—­Id., ib., p. 216.

“The Ordinal [numerals] denote the order or succession in which any number of persons or things is mentioned, as first, second, third, fourth, &c.”—­Hiley’s Gram., p. 22.

“Nouns have three persons, FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD.  The First person is the speaker, the Second is the one spoken to, the Third is the one spoken of.”—­Hiley’s Gram., 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.