Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1841 to 1870 > Double grammar, of English and Gaelic, in which the principles of both languages are clearly explained

18 ART OF TEACHING GRAMMAR.
The Rules of Syntax are laid down in the order of the
parts of Speech, beginning with the Article, and each
followed by exercises to he corrected by the pupil, after
he has perfectly committed the Rule to memory ; but
as the exercises on English Construction are wholly con¬
fined to the Rule under which they stand, it is of little
consequence with which Rule the pupil commences first.
The Rules of Gaelic Syntax are also placed in the order
of the parts of speech, each followed by its own quota of
exercises in Gaelic, to be constructed or arranged into
classical Gaelic, answering in every point to the English
in the left hand column, for which the learner is for the
most part furnished on the right hand side with the
Article (an) in its unchanged form ; Nouns and
Adjectives in the nominative singular ; Pronouns in the
1st person singular; and the root or second person
singular imperative of the Verb ; except in cases where
the exercises are given contrary to Rule, in correcting
which, he is again to be guided by the Rule.
Here it will be necessary for the learner to com¬
mence with the first Rule of Syntax, studying each suc¬
cessively, for under each subsequent Rule he will often
have occasion to apply a preceding one, in correcting
the exercises ; but no Rule is anticipated till he comes to
the exercises, headed with this mark J? which he is not
to touch till after he has mastered the Rules and ex¬
ercises before the black P, when lie may commence at
the first section headed P and read the whole even on
to the end : here he will have to bring the Rules which
ho had formerly learned into play again.
In going over the Rules and Exercises on Construction,
it will be proper for the pupil to learn a corresponding
Rule of arrangement to each of Construction.