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GRAMMAR, &c. 



THE science of speaking correctly. The art 

 which teaches the relations of words to each 

 other. 



Words. 



Dr. Johnson's Dictionary contains the following, 

 hut they are by no means the whole in the English 

 language : 



Articles 3 



Nouns substantive .... 20,410 



Adjectives 9,053 



Pronouns 41 



Verbs 7,880 



Participles . 38 



T, . . T C Adjectives 125 7 



Partlcl P al { Nouns. . . 3 1 123 



Adverbs 496 \ 



Do. inly 2096 j 



Prepositions 69 



Conjunctions 19 



Interjections 68 



Total 40,301 



The Preposition. 



As the necessity of the article (or some equivalent 

 invention) follows from the impossibility of having 

 in language a distinct name, or particular term, for 



