is faid to have been acted upon, or to have fuffered, or to have had fomething done to it, namely, to have been bestowed on man by the laft, we are faid to act upon it, or to do fomething to it; namely, to pervert it. The Adverbs, moft, often, are added to the adjective excellent, and to the verb pervert, to fhew the circumftance belonging to them; namely, that of the highest degree to the former, and that of frequency to the latter concerning the degree of which frequency alfo a question is made, by the adverb bow added to the adverb often. 4 The Prepofitions of, to, on, by, for, placed before the fubftantives and pronouns, fpeech; man, bim, &c. connect them with other words, fubftantives, adjectives, and verbs, as, power, peculiar, bestowed, &c, and fhew the relation which they have to those words; as the relation of fubject, object, agent, end; for denoting the end, by the agent, on the object; to and of denote poffeffion, or the belonging of one thing to another. The The Conjunctions and, and but, connect the three parts of the fentence together; the first more clofely, both with regard to the sentence and the fenfe; the fecond con necting the parts of the fentence, though lefs ftrictly, and at the fame time expreffing an oppofition in the fenfe. A The Interjection alas! expreffes the concern and regret of the speaker; and though thrown in with propriety, yet might have been omitted, without injuring the conftruction of the fentence, or deftroying the fenfe. ARTICLE. THE ARTICLE is a word prefixed to fubftantives, to point them out, and to fhew how far their fignification extends. 1 In English there are but two articles, a, and the a becomes an before a vowel, y and w[2] excepted; and before a filent b preceding a vowel.. hemost [2] The pronunciation of, or , as part of a diphthong at the beginning of a word, requires fuch an A is |