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ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS.
The principal laws of arrangement and position of words in a
sentence, both conventional and rhetorical, are exemplified under
the following rules :—
POSITION OF ADJECTIVES.
Rule II.—In sentences conventionally arranged, the
adjective is placed immediately before the noun which
it qualifies ; as,
A beautiful tree. A rapid stream.
There are four cases in which this order is inverted.
1. When the adjective is used as a title, it is placed after its
noun with the before it; as,
Alexander the Great.
2. When there are two or more adjectives combined with the
same noun, they are generally placed after it; as,
A man wise, just, and good.
3. When the adjective is itself qualified by some other word or
words, and forming a complex adjective therewith, it is placed
after the noun ; as:
A servant faithful to his master.
Here the adjective qualifying the noun servant is not faithful
alone, but the complex adjective, " faithful-to-his-master.”
4. An adjective denoting extent is put after the word which
expresses the measure of extent; as,
A pillar sixty feet high.
An adjective qualifying the action of a verb is separated from
its noun, and forms along with the verb the predicate of the
noun ; as, Silenus drinks deep. It looks strange.
Rule III.—In sentences rhetorically arranged, the
adjective, when emphatic, begins the sentence, and is
often far distant from its noun ; as.
Great is the Lord.
Glorious on earth will be the dag of his coming.
EXERCISES ON ARRANGEMENT.
Point out which of the following sentences are Conventionally ar¬
ranged, and which Rhetorically—applying the Rules at the same
time—
The spacious firmament is studded with brilliant stars. Sweet
is the time of spring. Lorenzo the magnificent was kind to the
poor. The verdant bank is covered with beautiful flowers. Cesar
was magnanimous, eloquent, and brave. A son dutiful to his
parents shall prosper. Auspicious to our country is the birth of
a prince. Noah’s ark was three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits
broad, and thirty cubits high.
ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS.
The principal laws of arrangement and position of words in a
sentence, both conventional and rhetorical, are exemplified under
the following rules :—
POSITION OF ADJECTIVES.
Rule II.—In sentences conventionally arranged, the
adjective is placed immediately before the noun which
it qualifies ; as,
A beautiful tree. A rapid stream.
There are four cases in which this order is inverted.
1. When the adjective is used as a title, it is placed after its
noun with the before it; as,
Alexander the Great.
2. When there are two or more adjectives combined with the
same noun, they are generally placed after it; as,
A man wise, just, and good.
3. When the adjective is itself qualified by some other word or
words, and forming a complex adjective therewith, it is placed
after the noun ; as:
A servant faithful to his master.
Here the adjective qualifying the noun servant is not faithful
alone, but the complex adjective, " faithful-to-his-master.”
4. An adjective denoting extent is put after the word which
expresses the measure of extent; as,
A pillar sixty feet high.
An adjective qualifying the action of a verb is separated from
its noun, and forms along with the verb the predicate of the
noun ; as, Silenus drinks deep. It looks strange.
Rule III.—In sentences rhetorically arranged, the
adjective, when emphatic, begins the sentence, and is
often far distant from its noun ; as.
Great is the Lord.
Glorious on earth will be the dag of his coming.
EXERCISES ON ARRANGEMENT.
Point out which of the following sentences are Conventionally ar¬
ranged, and which Rhetorically—applying the Rules at the same
time—
The spacious firmament is studded with brilliant stars. Sweet
is the time of spring. Lorenzo the magnificent was kind to the
poor. The verdant bank is covered with beautiful flowers. Cesar
was magnanimous, eloquent, and brave. A son dutiful to his
parents shall prosper. Auspicious to our country is the birth of
a prince. Noah’s ark was three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits
broad, and thirty cubits high.
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| Description | Containing the grammatical terms, definitions, and rules, with copious exercises for parsing and correction : conjointly and severally arranged in both languages : adapted to the improved mode of tuition : for the use of schools and private students by John Forbes. Edinburgh : W. Whyte & Co., 1843. |
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| Description | Out-of-copyright books printed in Gaelic between 1631 and 1900. Also some pamphlets and chapbooks. Includes poetry and songs, religious books such as catechisms and hymns, and different editions of the Bible and the Psalms. Also includes the second book ever published in Gaelic in 1631. |
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