^H j^fi h^e-^g I and it retains ita natuml power in th? genitive femi- 

 nine, as ti* bd b$)i«-.— The Grammarian immediately after says 

 of an adjective in the masculine gender, and liaving a broad vowel 

 in its termination, that ** In the nominative, dative, and accusative 

 singular, it will take a broad encrease, and the genitive must be 

 like the nominative singular," This is too glaring an error to re- 

 q[uire further notice.— "Again, " Adjectives following their subr 

 stantives and having an j for their last vowel before an immutable 

 consonant in the nominative singular, take no change in the geni- 

 tive masculine, take a ftmall encrease in the genitive feminine, and 

 in the nominative, dative, and accusative plural of both genders. 

 The genitive plural is like the nominative singular." — ^Not so,— f 

 All the ancient tribe of adjectives ending in <trii<t)l or ittfi-vrt rise 

 in judgment against this assertion.— In declining the two adjectives 

 ^fo and ve-iXil^'S there are no less than eleven errors. — In the com- 

 parison of Adjectives — the two last forms of comparisons, said by 

 our author to be found in our ancient manuscripts, are the same 

 as the first, when the prepositions "oe- qf, and ze-}^ for c<t|i, beyond, 

 are separated from the comparative ; viz. first and proper compara- 

 tive of 5t<tf , green, is glctj-fe-, greener ; the second, glajf eiDe-, i. e. 

 5t<tK^ -ce- greener of or for ; the third form ^l<i){)±je-^, i. e. gtct^f e-, 

 greeness, and ce-fi for c<t|i, beyond. Let it be remembered that 

 the comparatives of adjectives are converted into nouns by our 

 Grammarians and Lexicographers, such as "Oe-Jiige, gltitjf e-, b^)iie- ; 

 but very improperly, in my opinion, for xte^jftge-ttcc, gtttjf e-<t6c, t>^)ti- 

 e-atc are the real nouns, and the true manner of forming these 

 and all others of the same kind. — It is laid down that " There 

 is a superlative very common in use of the same form as the posi- 

 tive ; as, 5e<tt white, |io)5e<tl whitest." — It is not whitest but too 

 white ; ^6 signifies excess, abundance or superfluity. S<Xi^, i. e. ex- 



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