UNDER RULE XI.—­OF PARTICIPLES.

“The chancellor, being attached to the king, secured his crown.”—­Murray’s Grammar, p. 66.  “The officer, having received his orders, proceeded to execute them.”—­Day cor. “Thus used, it is in the present tense.”—­Bullions, E. Gr., 2d Ed., p. 35.  “The imperfect tense has three distinct forms, corresponding to those of the present tense.”—­Bullions cor. “Every possessive case is governed by some noun, denoting the thing possessed.”—­Id. “The word that, used as a conjunction, is [generally] preceded by a comma.”—­Hiley’s Gram., p. 114.  “His narrative, being composed upon so good authority, deserves credit.”—­Cooper cor. “The hen, being in her nest, was killed and eaten there by the eagle.”—­Murray cor. “Pronouns, being used in stead of nouns, are subject to the same modifications.”—­Sanborn cor. “When placed at the beginning of words, they are consonants.”—­Hallock cor. “Man, starting from his couch, shall sleep no more.”—­Young. “His and her, followed by a noun, are possessive pronouns; not followed by a noun, they are personal pronouns.”—­Bullions cor.

   “He, with viny crown advancing,
    First to the lively pipe his hand address’d.”—­Collins.

UNDER THE EXCEPTION CONCERNING PARTICIPLES.

“But when they convey the idea of many acting individually, or separately, they are of the plural number.”—­Day cor. “Two or more singular antecedents connected by and, [when they happen to introduce more than one verb and more than one pronoun,] require verbs and pronouns of the plural number.”—­Id. “Words ending in y preceded by a consonant change y into i, when a termination is added.”—­N.  Butler cor. “A noun used without an article to limit it, is generally taken in its widest sense.”—­Ingersoll cor. “Two nouns meaning the same person or thing, frequently come together.”—­Bucke cor. “Each one must give an account to God for the use, or abuse, of the talents committed to him.”—­Cooper cor. “Two vowels united in one sound, form a diphthong.”—­Frost cor. “Three vowels united in one sound, form a triphthong.”—­Id. “Any word joined to an adverb, is a secondary adverb.”—­Barrett cor. “The person spoken to, is put in the Second person; the person spoken of, in the Third person.”—­Cutler cor. “A man devoted to his business, prospers.”—­Frost cor.

UNDER RULE XII.—­OF ADVERBS.