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CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS.
'verb aets in a sentence is the
object of the verb ; as, J ohn
loves James. James struck the
desk.
Syntax is divicled into two
parcs viz. Concord and Govem-
ment.
Goncord is the agreeing or
corresponding of one word with
another in number, gender,
case, or person.
Government is the power
which one part of speech has
over a certain case or form of
another, to determine the idea
which the words are intended
to express.
RULES OP SYNTAX.
The Rules of Syntax treat
either of the construction or
the arrangement of words in
sentences.
Construction is the forra
which words assume in order
to combine grammatically
with other words in the same
sentence.
Arrangement is the order
or position in which words
stand in a sentence.
A Clause is a part of a sen-
tence.
CONSTRUCTION.
UONCORD OF WORDS.
The Article and Noun.
Rule 1. — The Article is pre-
fixed to its Noun, and agrees
with it in number, gender,
and case ; as,
a' gniomhachadh ann an ciall-
airt, cuspair a' gniomhair ; mar,
Tha Iain a' gràdhachadh Shèu-
mais. Bhuail Sèumas an dasg.
Tha Riailteachadh roinnte
fo dhà phàirt, eadh. Còrdadh
agus Spreigeadh.
Is è Còrdadh co-aonadh, no
co-fhreagairt aon f hocail ri fo-
cal èile 'an àireamh, 'an gin,
'an car, no ann am pearsa.
Is è Spreigeadh an ceannas
à ta aig aon fhocal thairis air
car, no staid àraid aoin èile,
chum suidheachadh na beachd
a dh'-ìarrar athiris leis na focail.
RIAILTEAN RIAILTEACHAIDH.
Tha Riailtean Riailteach-
aidh a'teagasg mu cho- rian-
achadh, no suidheachadh
fhocal ann an cìallairtibh.
Is è Co-rianachadh an
staid anns an cuirear focail
gu co-nasgadh gu gràmarail
ri focail èile 's an aon chìal-
lairt.
Is è Suidheachadh an t-
òrdugh anns àn cuirear foc-
ail ann an cìallairt.
Is è Earran pàirt de chìall-
airt.
CO-'RIANACHADH.
COEDADH FHOCAL.
Am Pungar his Aimnear.
Riailt I. — Cuirear am
Pùngar roimh 'Ainmear fèin
agus còrdaidh è ris, 'an àir-
eamh, 'an gin 's an car; mar,