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Possessive, Relative and Interrogative, together with the accidents 

 belonging to it, to wit. Gender, Number, Case, Declension, Per- 

 son, and Encrease. The Personal, Indefinite and compound Pro- 

 nouns are not noticed, which is a considerable omission. There 

 are three declensions given for the Pronouns ; but much more could 

 be explained in this department of Grammar, with great advantage 

 4o the student. 



The 9th chapter enters into the Verb Active with its modes 

 and tenses. There are three sorts of verbs, viz, active, passive 

 and neuter, but the impersonal is omitted. — Their accidents are 

 five, viz. Person, Number, Tense, Mood and Conjugation — the 

 persons three, the numbei-s two, the tenses three, the modes six, 

 viz. Indicative, Imperative, Potential, Deprecative, Accustomary 

 and Conjunctive, to which he adds a seventh, viz. the Relative. 

 He does not admit the Infinitive mood, but calls it a verbal noun. — 

 Conjugation is either regular or irregular. Then follows the con- 

 jugation of a regular Verb Active through its modes and tenses. — 

 His description of the irregular Verbs is discouraging. He says, 

 after O'Molloy and Lluyd, that they are very numerous, in the 

 forming whereof the common use or practice of the kingdom or the 

 distinct dialects of each province is the only guide and rule. Al- 

 though more could be said on this portion of Etymology, still 

 great merit is due to Mac Curtin, who is superior to either of 

 his predecessors O'Molloy or Lluyd on this point. — The 1 0th 

 chapter treats of the Verb Passive, Preposition and Conjunction. 

 -He confounds (very improperly, as appears to me,) the verbs pas- 

 sive and impersonal. He then proceeds to conjugate a verb pas- 

 sive through its moods and tenses : then proceeds to the Adverbs, 

 and classes them into their different kinds, and defines the proper- 

 ties of this part of speech, as to figure and comparison. It is 

 then shewn how Adjectives may be converted into Adverbs. This 



