isua-isnscatalog-1882-1883-048

Description:	48INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.IV. Adjectives—1. Definition. 2. Classes—a. Predicate  b. Modifying—Limiting and descriptive. 3. Uses in the sen¬ tence. 4. Modifiers. 5. Errors in use of. 6. Comparison.V. Adverbs.—1. Definition. 2. Comparison and contrast with Adjectives. 3. Ideas expressed by—time, manner, cause, place, degree, frequency, agency, means, exclusion, negation, modality, etc. 4. Modifiers. 5. Uses. 6. Comparison.VI. Verb—1. Definition. 2. Classes—a. According to meaning—(1.) Pure or Copulative (2.) Attributive—Transi¬ tive and Intransitive b. According to formation of past tense and perfect participle—Regular and Irregular. 3. Properties— a. Voice—What it denotes, number and names, what each de¬ notes, belongs to what verbs, how passive is formed, different uses of passive b. Person and number—(1.) What each de¬ notes (2.) Forms used c. Tense—Definition, number and names, time signification of each, auxiliaries belonging to each, different uses of each d. Mode—Definition, kind of relation de¬ noted by each.VII. Prepositions and Conjunctions.VIII. Feeling words and expletives—nature and uses.Note.—Grammar is a language subject. It deals with lan¬ guage as sentences, not as discourse, nor as words as such. It is both a science and an art. As a science its object is to give a knowledge of the principles of sentence construction as an art it seeks to give skill in interpreting and in constructing sentences. This two-fold nature and end of the subject must be kept con¬ stantly before the mind of the pupil. The first may be acquired by the study of text-book statements of the principles the sec¬ ond must be sought through intelligent practice in the analysis of sentences, and through unceasing endeavor to express his own thoughts in the best sentence forms.COMPOSITION.I. NATURE OF THE SUBJECT.Composition, like orthography, grammar, etc., is a language subject i. e., it.has language for its subject-matter. It is dis¬ tinguished from the other members of the group of studies called
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