appearing as integral parts of sentences in which the duties assigned to them in the organism of speech are fully set forth. In the higher Syntax, which practically constitutes an entirely recast edition of the Third Year of my Progressive French Course, I have on the whole conformed to the system adopted in the most approved Greek and Latin Grammars—starting from the simple sentence in its simplest form, and following it through all its various forms of extension to the fullest development of the complex sentence. As regards points of detail, there are few, if any, in which it has not been attempted to present the facts of the language in a new light-whether for better or for worse, can, of course, only be decided by the practical test of teaching in the class room. My obligations to those who have tilled the same field before me are many; there is hardly a French Grammar worth the name, whether published in France, England, or Germany, to which I am not more or less indebted for valuable hints and suggestions. In conclusion, I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to the numerous members of my own profession who have shown a generous appreciation of my former labours in the same field. G. E. F. December 1882. § CONTENTS. PAGE IV. The Noun qualified by an Adverb or Noun of Quantity V. The Noun qualified by a Possessive Adjective VI. The Noun qualified by a Demonstrative Adjective Synoptic Table of the different ways of qualifying a Noun Formation of the Plural of Nouns and Adjectives FIRST CHAPTER: THE NOUN AND ITS ADJUNCTS. 4. Introductory: Genders, Numbers, Cases expressed by Prepositions (a) Noun + Noun; (b) Noun + Adj. ; (c) Noun + Prep. (h) Compound Nouns in Sing. with Plural components 18. Principal Rules of Gender (for full Rules, see §§ 97-100): Gender Special Rules: Adjectives ending (a) in e; (b) in x; (c) in f; (d) in c (Philological Remarks) 18-19 Adjectives with irregular forms of comparison 23-4. Place of Adjectives before or after the Noun 25. X. The Noun qualified by a Numeral : (a) Cardinal; (b) Ordinal; (c) Cardinals used for Ordinals Use of y, (1) for là; (2) for à lui, etc.; (3) for à ceci, à cela Use of en, (1) for de là; (2) for de lui, etc.; (3) for de ceci, de cela; (4) for du, de la, etc.; (5) for pour cela, etc. Use of le, (1) personal; (2) neutral 34. D. Demonstrative Pronouns: (a) ce (b) ceci, cela; (c) celui-ci, celui-là; (d) celui 35. E. Relative Pronouns: (a) qui; (b) lequel, laquelle 36. F. Interrogative Pronouns : used (a) substantively; (b) adjectively 37. G. Indefinite Pronouns used (a) adjectively; (b) adjectively or Participles. 1. Present; 2. Perfect 50 58 77. Rire, suffire, dire, maudire, faire, mettre, prendre, battre. 78. Connaître, paître, croître, naître; croire, plaire, taire, lire, boire, 97 (c) with different meanings in sing. and plur. (b) in -eresse; (c) in -ice, -ante, -ine, -elle, -e, etc. 97. B. Alphabetical List of Adjectives with irreg. fem. (b) of both genders according to meaning |