PRIN.-Nouns are modified by Gender, Pe and Case. GENDER. 1 DEF. 68.-Gender is the modification of and Pronouns as, by their form, distinguish DEF. 69.-Nouns and Pronouns that indic of the Masculine Gender. EXAMPLES.-Man-lion-ox-David-John. DEF. 70.-Nouns and Pronouns indicating of the Feminine Gender. EXAMPLES.-Woman-lioness-cow-Dollie-Jane. DEF. 71.-Nouns and Pronouns that do the sex, are said to be of the Neuter Gender. EXAMPLES Book-pen-table-star-planet. OBS: 1.Strict propriety will allow the names of anin modified by Gender. OBS. 2.Young animals and infants are not always di Gender; as Mary's kitten is very playful-it is quite whole family." "Calm as an infant as it sweetly sleeps." OBS. 3.-Things personified are often represented by P Masculine or the Feminine Gender. EXAMPLES.-1. "Then Fancy her magical pinions sprea 2. "Time slept on flowers, and lent his gla 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wing And breathed in the face of the foe as OBS. 4.-Many Nouns which denote the office or conditi and some others, are not distinguished by Gender. EXAMPLES.-Parent-cousin-friend-neighbor-teacher OBS. 5.-Whenever Words are used which include bo Females, without having a direct reference to the sex, the priated to males is commonly employed. EXAMPLES.—1. “The proper study of mankind is man.” It does not feel for man." But to this rule there are exceptions; as, geese, ducks. PRIN. The Gender of Nouns is determined, 1. By the termination; as, 3. By prefixing or affixing other Words; as, NOTE. In the English language, less importance is attached to the fender of Nouns than in the Latin, Greek, and other languages-the relation of Words in Sentences depending more upon position and less upon the terminations. Hence, in parsing Nouns and Pronouns, the Gender need not be mentioned, unless they are obviously Masculine or Feminine. PERSON. REM-All Nouns are the Names of 1. The person speaking. 2. The persons or things addressed. Or, 3. The persons or things spoken of. Henc PRIN.-Nouns and Pronouns are of the First Person, Second Person, or Third F DEF. 72.-The name of the speaker or wri First Person. EXAMPLES.-"I, John, saw these things." "We A fault." DEF. 73.-The name of a person or thing of the Second Person. Hath reared these venerable columns; tho DEF. 74.-The name of the person or th of is of the Third Person. EXAMPLES. "The hero hath departed." NUMBER. "Honor guides REM.-Nouns by their form denote individuality or plu PRIN.-Nouns are distinguished as Singular and Plural. DEF. 75.-Nouns denoting but one are of t DEF. 76.-Nouns denoting more than one a EXAMPLES.-Men-boys-pens-books-mice—oxen. OBS. 1.-The Number of a Noun is usually determined The Plural of most Nouns differs from the Singular by b dronal s. OBS. 2.-But a Noun whose Singular form ends in s, ss, sh, x, ch (soft), ard some Nouns in o and y, form the Plural by the addition of es. OBS. 3.—Y final, after a Consonant, is changed into ie (the original orthography), and s is added. Exception. But Proper Nouns in y commonly form the Plurals by adding s to the y; as, the two Livys-the Tullys. OBS. 4.-In the following Nouns, ƒ final is changed into v, and the usual termination for the Plural is added: OBS. 5.—But most Nouns ending in fe are changed into ves. Wives. Singular.-Knife, Plural.-Knives, Lives, OBS. 5. Many Nouns form their Plurals irregularly. Aides-de-Camp OBS. 8.-But, if the Adjunct Word follows the basis, the tion is commonly attached to the Adjunct. Camera-Obra, Ign as, Ign OBS. 9.—In forming the Plural of Nouns having t annexed, custom is not uniform. There seems to be a propriety in regarding a name a Compound Noun; as, Jonathan Edwards, John Smith, Mi If, then, it is decided which part of the Compound W or the Title is to be regarded as the basis, and which t Plural termination should be attached as directed in Obs. Thus, Miss Bowen and her sister, two ladies unmarr "I called to see the Misses Bowen." "We purchase goods of the Messrs. Barber." Here tute the bases, the names, the Adjuncts. Again Patterson the father and Patterson the son are They are both doctors. If we speak of them as men, we the basis and the Title as Adjunct; thus, "I visited the t tersons." But if we speak of them as Doctors, we mak basis, and pluralize it: thus, "We employed Doctors J. & OBS. 10.-Some Nouns have no Plurals. EXAMPLES.-Wheat-silver-gold-iron-gratitude. OBS. 11. Some Nouns have no Singular. EXAMPLES.-Tongs--embers-vespers-literati-scissors OBS. 12. Some Nouns have the same Form in both Nu |