“The words for all that, are by no means ‘low;’ but the putting of this phrase for yet or still, is neither necessary nor elegant.”—­L.  Murray cor.; also Dr. Priestley.  “The reader or hearer then understands from AND, that the author adds one proposition, number, or thing, to an other.  Thus AND often, very often, connects one thing with an other thing, or one word with an other word.”—­James Brown cor. “‘Six AND six are twelve.’  Here it is affirmed, that the two sixes added together are twelve.”—­Id. “’John AND his wife have six children.’  This is an instance in which AND connects two nominatives in a simple sentence.  It is not here affirmed that John has six children, and that his wife has six other children.”—­Id. “That ‘Nothing can be great which is not right,’ is itself a great falsity:  there are great blunders, great evils, great sins.”—­L.  Murray cor. “The highest degree of reverence should be paid to the most exalted virtue or goodness.”—­Id. “There is in all minds some knowledge, or understanding.”—­L.  Murray et al. cor. “Formerly, the nominative and objective cases of our pronouns, were more generally distinguished in practice, than they now are.”—­Kirkham cor. “As it respects a choice of words and expressions, the just rules of grammar may materially aid the learner.”—­S.  S. Greene cor. “The name of whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, is a noun.”—­Fowler cor. “As not all men are brave, brave is itself distinctive.”—­Id.

UNDER CRITICAL NOTE VI.—­OF ABSURDITIES.

(1.) “And sometimes two unaccented syllables come together.”—­Dr. Blair cor. (2.) “What nouns frequently stand together?” Or:  “What nouns are frequently used one after an other?”—­Sanborn cor. (3.) “Words are derived from other words in various ways.”—­Idem et al. cor. (4.) “The name PREPOSITION is derived from the two Latin words prae and pono, which signify before and place.”—­Mack cor. (5.) “He was much laughed at for such conduct.”—­Bullions cor. (6.) “Every pronominal adjective belongs to some noun, expressed or understood.”—­Ingersoll cor. (7.) “If he [Addison] fails in any thing, it is in strength and precision; the want of which renders his manner not altogether a proper model.”—­Dr. Blair cor. (8.) “Indeed, if Horace is deficient in any thing his fault is this, of not being sufficiently attentive to juncture, or the connexion of parts.”—­Id. (9.) “The pupil is now supposed to be acquainted with the ten parts of speech, and their most usual modifications.”—­Taylor cor.