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144 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
voice, or a preposition, or denotes circumstances of lime, value, weight, or
measure (828).
7. The infinitive mood is governed by !l verb, adjecti ve, 0[' noun.
The exceptions to these genel'"l principles will appear nnder the Rules
of Syntax.
PARTS OF SYNTAX.
662. The Rules of Syntax may all be referred to
three hc~cls, viz., Concord or agreement, Government,
and Position.
663. CONCORD is the agreement which one word has
with another in gend·,-!', number, case, or person.
664. GOYERNIIIENT is the power which one word has
in determining the mood, tense, or c~se, of another
word. The word goyerned by another word is called
its regimen.
665. POSITION means the place which a word occupies
in relation to other \yords in a sentence.
666. III the English language, which has but few inflections, the mean·
ing of. a sentence often dep('[]ds milch on the position of the words of wbich
it consists. .
RULES OF SYNTAX.
RULE I.-Substantives denoting the same person or
thing agree in c~se; as,
The river Thames. Cicero tbe orator. Paul the apostle. I myself. I
Paul have WI itten it. I Wisdom dwell with prudence. Napoleon the
third (emperor of that name). Ye mcu of Athens. Queen Mary (667, ,\:c.)
RULE 11.-1. An adjectiyc or participle qualifies the
substantive to which it belongs; as,
A good boy; a new book; and old hat; a rough road; a steep hill; a
lofty mouutain; God is good; an amusing story; a man loved by all.
2. Alljectiycs denoting OIlC, qualify nouns in the singular:
adjectives dcnoting more than one, qualify nouns
in the plural; as,
One man; this book; that house; two men; th~se books; those houses;
th~ sixth day; seven days j several weeks; many sorrows; these people
thIS court (676. &e.)