“The officer having received his orders, proceeded to execute them.”—­ Day’s Gram., p. 108.  “Thus used it is in the present tense.”—­Bullions, E. Gram., Revised Ed., p. 33.  “The Imperfect tense has three distinct forms corresponding to those of the present tense.”—­Id., ib., p. 40.  “Every possessive case is governed by some noun denoting the thing possessed.”—­Id., ib., p. 87.  “The word that used as a conjunction is preceded by a comma.”—­Id., ib., p. 154.  “His narrative being composed upon such good authority, deserves credit.”—­Cooper’s Pl. and Pr.  Gram., p. 97.  “The hen being in her nest, was killed and eaten there by the eagle.”—­Murray’s Key, 8vo. p. 252.  “Pronouns being used instead of nouns are subject to the same modifications.”—­Sanborn’s Gram., p. 92.  “When placed at the beginning of words they are consonants.”—­Hallock’s Gram., p. 14.  “Man starting from his couch, shall sleep no more.”—­Ib., p. 222. “His and her followed by a noun are possessive pronouns:  not followed by a noun they are personal pronouns.”—­Bullions, Practical Lessons, p. 33.

   “He with viny crown advancing,
    First to the lively pipe his hand addressed.”—­Id., E. Gram., p. 83.

UNDER THE EXCEPTION CONCERNING PARTICIPLES.

“But when they convey the idea of many, acting individually, or separately, they are of the plural number.”—­Day’s Gram., p. 15.  “Two or more singular antecedents, connected by and require verbs and pronouns of the plural number.”—­Ib., pp. 80 and 91.  “Words ending in y, preceded by a consonant, change y into i when a termination is added.”—­Butlers Gram., p. 11.  “A noun, used without an article to limit it, is generally taken in its widest sense.”—­Ingersoll’s Gram., p. 30.  “Two nouns, meaning the same person or thing, frequently come together.”—­Bucke’s Gram., p. 89.  “Each one must give an account to God for the use, or the abuse of the talents, committed to him.”—­Coopers Pl. and Pract.  Gram., p. 133.  “Two vowels, united in one sound, form a diphthong.”—­Frost’s El. of Gram., p. 6.  “Three vowels, united in one sound, form a triphthong.”—­Ib. “Any word, joined to an adverb, is a secondary adverb.”—­Barrett’s Revised Gram., p. 68.  “The person, spoken to, is put in the Second person.  The person, spoken of, in the Third person.”—­Cutler’s Gram., p. 14.  “A man, devoted to his business, prospers.”—­Frost’s Pr.  Gram., p. 113.

UNDER RULE XII.—­OF ADVERBS.

“So in indirect questions; as, ‘Tell me when he will come.’”—­Butler’s Gram., p. 121.

[FORMULE.—­Not proper, because the adverb So is not set off by the comma.  But according to Rule 12th, “Adverbs, when they break the connexion of a simple sentence, or when they have not a close dependence on some particular word in the context, should, with their adjuncts, be set off by the comma.”  Therefore, a comma should be inserted after So; thus, “So, in indirect questions; as,” &c.]