part admits of much i(pp(ov«fnent. Hq tiext p^oeeds to ^fine the 

 Prepositioa and tjhe, <;a$e& which prepgisitious, goyeaF^.-rtle then de- 

 fines the Cgnjimctiou, of which, lie says, there are many Iji^inds, 

 but instances only the copulative and. negative ; by the letter tern^i 

 I suppose, he oneans that, which grammarians caU the disju^iye 

 Conjunction. s; 



To do this author justice, he is deserving of the highest praise for 

 Fiis original remarks on Etymology, lie has done much, though 

 not so much as could be wished* his predeo^sors having been i^ 

 very defective on this head. 



The 1 1 th chapter treats of Syntax, which he defines, and then 

 subdivides into two parts called Concord and Government. The 

 concords he states to be, in tlie first place, those of the Article, Ad? 

 jective. Pronoun and Verb with the Noun ; and secondly, that of 

 the Conjunction. These concords are respectively treated of, to 

 the end of the chapter, in a very able manner. 



The 12th chapter treats of the government of the Article, Noun, 

 and Pronoun. This chapter is well elucidated. I find only one 

 error in it, to wit, " That the article 5<ic (every) mortifies or ex- 

 tinguishes all genitive cases masculine of the singular number, 

 and all datives following it in the same number if their initial 

 letters, be capable of aspiration, as Le-dB<t|t 5<t6 F^ft, i- e. every 

 man's book, no 5<i6 mnixo'], to every or each woman." These 

 examples prove not his position, but the reverse of it. p)ft and 

 tMtictoj should not be aspirated, unless preceded by the word <tf^ti 

 or eim, i. e. one or any, as le-ttSdft 5<tc g^uti f)|t, — "OO 5<tc e-nti 

 »fititio5- 



The 13th chapter treats of the Government of Verbs, Prepo- 

 sitions and Conjunctions. This chapter has left but little to be said 

 <Mi this point by succeeding grammarians. 



