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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. PAETS OF SPEECH. 98. In Chapter II. you learned that there are three distinct classes of ideas used in thinking. These are: 1. Object-ideas, 2. Attribute-ideas, 3. Connecting-ideas. You also learned that there are two classes of attributeideas, viz.: 1. Attributes of objects, 2. Attributes of other attributes. You also discovered three classes of connecting ideas, viz.: 1. Connecting ideas that join other ideas together, 2. Connecting ideas that unite thoughts, 3. A peculiar connecting idea that asserts something of an object. All of these ideas are expressed in language by words. We need as many distinct classes of words as there are distinct classes of ideas to be expressed. These classes of ideas we discovered in Chapter II. are:. r.-., ( Nouns, 1. Omect-words ' ( Pronouns; „,,.,,, ( Adjectives, 2. Attribute-words ,-,J T ( Adverbs; I Prepositions, 3. Connecting-words Conjunctions, ( Copula. 99. The classes of words used to express the different classes of ideas we use in thinking are called parts of speech. It should be carefully noted and borne in mind that the descriptions that have been given of these parts of speech in the preceding pages have not been complete definitions. You have simply learned, what is the distinguishing mark of each, by which it is set off from the others in a class by itself. For example: That which makes a conjunction different from a preposition is that it may express the connection of thoughts, while prepositions can only express the connection between ideas. A good deal of practice should be given at this point, and during the study of this chapter, in pointing out that particular function of a word which determines whether it shall be classed as noun or pronoun, or as verb or adjective, or as adjectiv...
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