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person singular Imperative ends in jj (and a few other forms not 

 necessary here to mention to prove our position) and active parti- 

 ciple and infinitive mood end in u^xtiD, &c. to form the future in 

 e-6eHyb with the Pronoun subjoined or e^^^cco, &c. without the Pro- 

 noun. — " Consuetudinal mood — Present tense generally like the pre- 

 sent Indicative." — True, unless the pronoun accompany the verb, and 

 then they differ ; as. Indicative ttie<tlt<t)"6 cu, Consuetudinal me-alttti) 

 c6. — " Conditional mood. Has the same termination in all its 

 persons as the Potential." — Yes ; but of very different initial in- 

 flections, which are not here shewn ; and a variation of form if 

 the verb be absolutely potential or contingently so, not pointed out 

 in this, or in any other Irish grammar hitherto published. These in 

 general are pretty well treated. — The Irregular verbs are declined 

 satisfactorily. — On the Particles he does not bestow much attention, 

 but in the little that is said, there is an error in admitting the pre- 

 position tun amongst those that do not coalesce with other words 

 in composition. It may be asked, of what words are cu5<ttti and 

 the other persons of the personal pronouns compounded, when 

 coalesced with this preposition ? 



Syntax. — In Rule 5 on the Article, tti should be excepted with 

 ^. There are other inconsiderable errors under this head, which 

 our limits prevent us from noticing. 



Of Substantive and Adjective. — In Rule 1, where he mentions 

 the infinitive of transitive verbs, he should have added the active par- 

 ticiple. — In Rule 2, the adjective TDectt^s in the genitive plural is 

 erroneously inflected. It is made tiTD^Jftg instead of tiTDe-ttitg. — In Rule 

 3, the adjective tti)ti is put in a masculine form in concord (discord 

 rather) with a feminine noun, viz. " be-tcti ni)ti"« How these numerous 

 errors could have been committed by a person taking upon himself to 

 publish a book for the instruction of others, is to me inconceivable. 

 In Rule 9, relating to numeral adjectives, he says that " "Oti, two, 



