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Wilmington) (by Chester) Ito Phiiadelpia),
(at the rate) (of8 milcs) (through the water)
lin each hour)


In this sentence the major and minor
words are so obvious, and their relations to
each other so evident that the pupil can
poin! them out without difficulty; though
an entirely different description OF words
Is introduced.


We will now inform him that all the Ma
lor words are Nouns, and the dependent
Majors are the representatives Of Nouns and
technically called Pronouns.


After the pupil has received a sufficient
number of lessons to distinguish the different
kinds of Majors with facility; he is then in
structed in the nature and Office of the mi
nor words which he has been parsing This
hrst will probably be the word els. liz
will be told, that if it answers to any Of the
following definitions, it is a verb.


GA verb varies to express different times
asnihes.being, action, state, event orposses
sion; promises, ascribes, commands, threat
ems Or foretells.'


U.s. expresses present time, and varie
TO was for the past time, it is therefore verb
and, in our example it ascribea goodness t
John, and answers to two of the definitions G
averb


In rhis manner, by easy graslations MI