and the Second-future.”—­Id. “There are three participles; the Present or Active, the Perfect or Passive, and the Compound Perfect:  as, loving, loved, having loved.”  Or, better:  “There are three participles from each verb; namely, the Imperfect, the Perfect, and the Preperfect; as, turning, turned, having turned.”—­Murray et al. cor. “The participles are three; the Present, the Perfect, and the Compound Perfect:  as, loving, loved, having loved.”  Better:  “The participles of each verb are three; the Imperfect, the Perfect, and the Preperfect:  as, turning, turned, having turned.”—­Hart cor. “Will is conjugated regularly, when it is a principal verb:  as, present, I will; past, I willed; &c.”—­Frazee cor. “And both sounds of x are compound:  one is that of gz, and the other, that of ks.”—­Id. “The man is happy; he is benevolent; he is useful.”—­L.  Mur., p. 28:  Cooper cor. “The pronoun stands in stead of the noun:  as, ‘The man is happy; he is benevolent; he is useful.’”—­L.  Murray cor. “A Pronoun is a word used in stead of a noun, to prevent too frequent a repetition of it:  as, ’The man is happy; he is benevolent; he is useful.’”—­Id. “A Pronoun is a word used in the room of a noun, or as a substitute for one or more words:  as, ’The man is happy; he is benevolent; he is useful.’”—­Cooper cor. “A common noun is the name of a sort, kind, or class, of beings or things; as, Animal, tree, insect, fish, fowl.”—­Id. “Nouns have three persons; the first, the second, and the third.”—­Id.

“So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck’d, she eat:  Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.”—­MILTON, P. L., Book ix, l. 780.

SECTION IV.—­THE PERIOD.

CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE I.—­OF DISTINCT SENTENCES.

“The third person is the position of a word by which an object is merely spoken of; as, ’Paul and Silas were imprisoned.’—­’The earth thirsts.’—­’The sun shines.’”—­Frazee cor.

“Two, and three, and four, make nine.  If he were here, he would assist his father and mother; for he is a dutiful son.  They live together, and are happy, because they enjoy each other’s society.  They went to Roxbury, and tarried all night, and came back the next day.”—­Goldsbury cor.

“We often resolve, but seldom perform.  She is wiser than her sister.  Though he is often advised, yet he does not reform.  Reproof either softens or hardens its object.  He is as old as his classmates, but not so learned.  Neither prosperity, nor adversity, has improved him.  Let him that standeth, take heed lest he fall.  He can acquire no virtue, unless he make some sacrifices.”—­Id.