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20 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
109. RF.~r.\nK.-A noun is also caIleu a wbstantivc. But this term for
convenience is here usctl in a more comprebensive sense, t{l mean a noun,
n per,onal pronoun, or a phrase used as a n~un, and us~all:r callen ." a 8ubstantil'e
phrase." Thus, in such a rule as tblS, "An adjective qualifies tbe
substantive," &c., the word substantive may mean either a nOlin, or pro·
nOUll, or sub.tantive phrase.
EXERCISES.-
I. In tbe following list, distinguish proper nouns from common, and give
n reason for the distinction :-
Albany, city, tree, nation, France, Philip, dog, horse, house,
garden, 'Dublin, Edinburgh, London, river, Hudson, Ohio,
Thames, countries, America, England, Ireland, Spain, sun,
moon, stars, planets, Jupiter, Venus, 1\lar8, man, woman, boy,
girl, John, James, 1\1!lry, Susan, mountain, stream, yalley.
2. In the foIlowing sentcnces, point out the nouns. Say "'hy they are
nouns; tell wbether tbey nre proper or common, nnd why. Thus," Table,"
a noun, because the name of a t.lling; common, b"c:luse applied to all things
of the same surt.
The table and chairs in this room belong to John; the bookcase,
writing·desk, and books, to his brother.-Time and tide
wait for no man.-The largest city in Europe is London; in
America, .New York.-The northern states produce 'wheat,
oats, barley, rye, corn, and potatoes; while cotton, tobacco,
rice and sugar, are the products of the south.
S. Write down ten nouns, or names of persons or things, anel my some·
thing respeoting eacb, so as to make II sentence; tbus:-
Summer-summer is the warmest season of the year.
4. Tell what words in the sentences so made, are nouns, and wily; which
are proper, or common, and why.
ACCIDENTS OF THE NOn,.
no. The accidents of nouns are Person, Gender,
Number, and Case.
NOTE.-These accidBnts belong also to personal and relative pronouns
(239).
• The exercises furnisbed here, and throughout this \vork, are intended merely as
n specimell of the way iu whicl~ the leading truths and facts in Grammar may be
wrought 1I1to tho mmds ,!f pupils. by means or exer."es properly devised. It is Hilt
however, expectcd or deSired that the teacher shOUld limit himself to these Every
active and ingen!ous teacher .will devise snch new and various methods of e~erc'ising
hiS .puplls ns then' age, capacity, aud clfcumstances, and his own judgment and expencnce
m~y sU~g~st,.as best calculn~ed to draw out their powers, and cultivate in
tbem a habit of thulking and reasolllDg for themselves.