GRAMMAR,

EMBRACING THE ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL
GRAMMAR, RHETORIC AND PUNCTUATION.

FOR USE IN BUSINESS COLLEGES, ACADEMIES,

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

BY

G. H. SMITHDEAL,

Formerly Teacher of Rhetoric, Spelling, Dictation and
Reading in the Richmond High School, Richmond, Va.

PUBLISHED BY

B. F. JOHNSON PUBLISHING CO., Richmond, Va.

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY G. H. SMITHDEAL.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

1. Grammar teaches the art of speaking and writing language correctly.

2. English Grammar teaches the art of speaking and writing correctly the English language.

3. Etymology treats of the classification and derivation of words.

4. Syntax treats of the construction of sentences.

5. Analysis is the separation of a sentence into its ele

ments.

LESSON 1.

PARTS OF SPEECH.

With reference to their use, words are divided into eight Parts of Speech.

1. Nouns,

2. Pronouns,

3. Adjectives,

4. Verbs,

5. Adverbs,

6. Prepositions,
7. Conjunctions,

8. Interjections.

Note.-The Participle, which has been treated by many grammarians as a separate part of speech is not so considered in this work, because it has no independent use, but may be a noun or an adjective or a part of a verb. It is classed with the verb, because it is always derived from a verb.

PARTS OF SPEECH DEFINED.

1. NOUNS.

A Noun is the name of any person, place or thing.

EXAMPLES.-Mary, boy, New York, home, joy, Mr. Brown, truth, &c.