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THE	DECLENSION	OF	NOUNS.
The	declension	of	a	noun	is	a	regular	arrangement	of	its	numbers	and	cases.
Thus:—
EXAMPLE	I.—FRIEND.
	Sing.	Nom.	friend,	Plur.	Nom.	friends,
							Poss.	friend's,	Poss.	friends',
							Obj.	friend;	Obj.	friends.
EXAMPLE	II.—MAN.
	Sing.	Nom.	man,	Plur.	Nom.	men,
							Poss.	man's,	Poss.	men's,
							Obj.	man;	Obj.	men.
EXAMPLE	III.—FOX.
	Sing.	Nom.	fox,	Plur.	Nom.	foxes,
							Poss.	fox's,	Poss.	foxes',
							Obj.	fox;	Obj.	foxes.
EXAMPLE	IV.—FLY.
	Sing.	Nom.	fly,	Plur.	Nom.	flies,
							Poss.	fly's,	Poss.	flies',
							Obj.	fly;	Obj.	flies.
EXAMPLES	FOR	PARSING.
PRAXIS	III.—ETYMOLOGICAL.
_In	the	Third	Praxis,	it	is	required	of	the	pupil—to	distinguish	and	define	the
different	parts	of	speech,	and	the	classes	and	modifications	of	the	ARTICLES
and	NOUNS.
The	definitions	to	be	given	in	the	Third	Praxis,	are	two	for	an	article,	six	for	a
noun,	and	one	for	an	adjective,	a	pronoun,	a	verb,	a	participle,	an	adverb,	a
conjunction,	a	preposition,	or	an	interjection.	Thus_:—
EXAMPLE	PARSED.
"The	writings	of	Hannah	More	appear	to	me	more	praiseworthy	than	Scott's."
The	is	the	definite	article.	1.	An	article	is	the	word	the,	an,	or	a,	which	we	put
before	nouns	to	limit	their	signification.	2.	The	definite	article	is	the,	which
denotes	some	particular	thing	or	things.
Writings	is	a	common	noun,	of	the	third	person,	plural	number,	neuter	gender,
and	nominative	case.	1.	A	noun	is	the	name	of	any	person,	place,	or	thing,	that
can	be	known	or	mentioned.	2.	A	common	noun	is	the	name	of	a	sort,	kind,	or
class,	of	beings	or	things.	3.	The	third	person	is	that	which	denotes	the	person	or
thing	merely	spoken	of.	4.	The	plural	number	is	that	which	denotes	more	than
one.	5.	The	neuter	gender	is	that	which	denotes	things	that	are	neither	male	nor
female.	6.	The	nominative	case	is	that	form	or	state	of	a	noun	or	pronoun,	which
usually	denotes	the	subject	of	a	finite	verb.
Of	is	a	preposition.	1.	A	preposition	is	a	word	used	to	express	some	relation	of
different	things	or	thoughts	to	each	other,	and	is	generally	placed	before	a	noun
or	a	pronoun.
Hannah	More	is	a	proper	noun,	of	the	third	person,	singular	number,	feminine
gender,	and	objective	case.	1.	A	noun	is	the	name	of	any	person,	place,	or	thing,
that	can	be	known	or	mentioned.	2.	A	proper	noun	is	the	name	of	some	particular
individual,	or	people,	or	group.	3.	The	third	person	is	that	which	denotes	the
person	or	thing	merely	spoken	of.	4.	The	singular	number	is	that	which	denotes
but	one.	5.	The	feminine	gender	is	that	which	denotes	persons	or	animals	of	the
female	kind.	6.	The	objective	case	is	that	form	or	state	of	a	noun	or	pronoun,
which	usually	denotes	the	object	of	a	verb,	participle,	or	preposition.
Appear	is	a	verb.	1.	A	verb	is	a	word	that	signifies	to	be,	to	act,	or	to	be	acted