Grammar of the English Language

<p><strong><em>A Pronoun</em></strong> is a word used in stead of a noun: as The boy loves his book; he has long lessons and he learns them well.</p><p> </p><p>The pronouns in our language are twenty-four; and their variations are thirty-two: so that the number of words of this class is fifty-six.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>A Verb</em></strong> is a word that signifies to be to act or to be acted upon: as I am I rule I am ruled; I love thou lovest he loves.</p><p> </p><p>VERBS are so called from the Latin Verbum a Word; because the verb is that word which most essentially contains what is said in any clause or sentence.</p><p> </p><p>An English verb has four CHIEF TERMS or PRINCIPAL PARTS ever needful to be ascertained in the first place; namely the Present the Preterit the Imperfect Participle and the Perfect Participle. The Present is that form of the verb which is the root of all the rest; the verb itself; or that simple term which we should look for in a dictionary: as be act rule love defend terminate.</p><p> </p>