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SHOIlT-IlA N D '\V Il 1 T 1 N G.

595

COnrO!'l3nt

mark ,

<lCDOtCS.

that

lhe

ruIJO~nti\'c

reprerented

15 10

be!

repc:ncu,

Wilh

fome

inlcn'coing prepofition,

0f,(r, lO,

h), ;

.u for cxamp)c,

dQ)

afier

da)',

tilll( lo

1;1IJ~1

2'.

!tUL' VII. TheruuOanlivc,

a.lj

<éli"e, or .dveru po;nl,

plac..:d befare

(\VO

ormorc

COnfOl1dm

nl,uks joined

logC1hcr.

denotes two or more Cubllantivls, adjcélivc5, or advclbs rc–

fpe.'li,'c1y, oí whieh Ihofe ,""ks are Ihe firrt eonfon.n..,

and alfo thal thcy are connr-tled

a cOlljunélion.

ror c",m ple,

Our

bl.:/Ted

LOR D ANO SAV ' OUR

Je.

f/JI

Ch,.ifl,

hiJ

lHATU ASO PASSIOS,

;.'Iad~

a fuJ/icin!/

SA1"lSfA CTI ON ANO

ATO'S~ M E'S T

flr Ihe jiur

,he

'10bD!'

'1uf,rld;-I.ortl flm!

S(J~i1urJ

d10th

nnd

paJlion,J.llj¡.

f "n¡?1f

and

ttI01UlIUI:(

bcing wrotc as in N° 28.

Or furthc r,

ThtprrUPl1

b~/hifN ."

TUP.AL

Af'i'D RE'"E AL–

r~/igionf~rbid

UI 11)

do our

IItighl',urJ alJy

injur)'

ex–

ample

firfl,

N° :29.

Ht:rt~

the poinl (hows, lhat borh

and

are adjetlives

aod the word

r~lt'gion,

ro which they are

co.nctlrd , will immedialdy fuggclllhe words

nalural and

rrJudfd.

Or,

add one olher inOane<,

TI'hal d. ,. Ih, Lord Ihy

Codru¡uirlof/ht'l, 6ulJo /ivl

SOH Ela v, R IG HTEOUSLY ,

A ND GODL Y,

ilJ

/hiJ

prqel:l lJJJorld?

example fecond ,

N° 29.

H ere it appears, by the prefixcd point, that

and

muJl

3.11

be ach'erbs, lnd eonfequeotly th:.t there is neady as mueh

exprdrcd as if the (am (enlence had beco wriuen in luog–

h.nd

a(l<r Ihis m.oner, vit ,

IVhal d.,h Ih, Lord Ihy Cad

r,vui" 'f ,hu, bull. liwf--I)', r--Ij', andg--Ij'in

thiJ"refonl 'Wo/'Id?

IVhieh furely IVould give very lillle trou·

ble

r.ll

up wi,h lhewords

fobu,y, righl,o"Jly, and g.dlj,

Thus aoy feries of (ubflantives, adjeélives, or adverbs,

m.y be exprell'ed by Iheir firO eonfon'D" jOlDed IOgelher

w;lh Ihe proper POiDI prelixed , BUI we mun nOI indulgc our_

felves in doing Ihis al

,11

.d"enlures,

is only

be done

in fuch in(lances, wherein Ih e commoooefs of Ihe phr:tfe,

or the nature o( Ihe fubjetl , poin" OUI Ihe word.

r.gnir.cd

by Ihore lellers; or when Ihe words, fa briefly dereribed,

are fu eh, Ihal no olher can be infened in Iheir lIead eonfiO–

entl y wilh Ihe fenfe of Ihe

p.lI'

.ge,

' Vhen greal difpaleh is required, as in Ihe cafe of (ollow·

ing

fpe.ker, all om;lfions are allolV.ble, whieh can afler·

w.rds be fuppli ed by • eareful auenlion

Ihe idiom o( Ihe

language, and to the conneélion of the contraéled words

wilh Ihofe whieh precede or (ollow Ihem, And i, may

not l>e improper ho obferve , that

gre~ter

or lefs liberties

or contraélinc may be takcn, in pruportion as the fpeaker

more or lef: accurate in his lancu"ge. }o'or it is ,enain,

Ihat any connaltiolls, where the Jtyle

clear aod regula(,

may be Dlore

e.r.ly

deeyphereu, Ihan where il is eon(uled

,"d embarralf,d.

m.y h. ppen, indeed, fomelimes, Iha!

lhe

\VOI

ds figoiócó by fuch contratlior.s will nOI oceur

I I

lidl

fighl; hUI a IlIIle II:oughl will <Iifeover Ihem; and Ihe rcader

will fi "d, Ih,1I , n allenlion o( Ihis fort will very.greeably

'lid inrenr.bly lead him inlo a more pedetl knowledge of ,he

idiom o( hi, own lang",&e,

Vil!.

Many long words maybe, . nd frequen tly are,

cxprcll'ed i. common wriling by Iheir fi ra fyJlable only, wilh

a mark

10 fllew

that foml'!thing is wl ntinc, as

1/Iul/-–

for

II1UI/ilud(, cor- -

for

Cflrr!!pflfldellu.

So in {hon·

hand,

I"n~

words, .fpeeially Iho(é in whieh Ihe marks for

Voc,

lll.

N °,

93.

Ihe confonan .. \ViJl nOI join ne. tly, m,y be denoted ul' Ihei '

lirO

fyll.ll

>lc, Wllh as many points

~nnex('d

as lhere are

{)'lIa l>l~s

wanting; as,

1I1td/i/llde,

c~rrifPondelJ(t

N°

~o .

And

\\hen gre:H di{p;\tch is reCJuireJ,

(he

points

ITI;\Y

omitlco, efpeei:illy

il the

words do not

be~in

wilh

prcpofi –

tlons

as,

lignificalioll.

diJjit' ully,

lI&.t:1igclI((,

N° 3

l .

U L E

IX.

Thc powcr given

Ihe conConant_OIarks of

reprefcnl ing prepolitions and terminations,

\ViII

cnable

.lIS 10

wrile

grc:u

numbers of

Jon~

words aCler a very t

'xped.ti

0115

m.lOner : {or words beginninc wilh prepofitinns

may

be denuteo by Iheir rcfpeél lve prcpo(jtions. togelher \Vith

the neXI confonant and voweJ

",nd oflcnriO}es wilh

th~

ncxI confonant only, a.ciding tO

lhe Cubrcantive, atljet–

tive, or

~d\'erb

p,int, when neceIT.try. As for inChnce, Ihe

lidl

ex",mple,

N° 32.

exprel1es a word beginning wi th (he

{\Vo

fyllables.de.

/i; 2nd dlOUgh there are many words which.

begin wilh thofe

CylJ¡~.bles,

dtllócra/~,

d,·/ir:u, dclicifllU,

&c.

yel ir fa ch a {entence as the followi ng \\ ere

be writ–

len thus,

H e

'Wfll

llfl/

hafl,

ilJ MI

rifo/u/ion,

1m/

loel

lime

l o

d,·/i--

ahoul il,

the

word

deliberalt

would· inunedi–

ateir oceur

every one.

The trouhle of infen ing lhe vowcl

may,

in many

inOan~.

ces,

be fa\'cd, by bcginning Ihe confonant from Ih:lt point

.fler Ihe prepor.lion in whieh Ihat

vo\Vel

Ibould be placcd ;

as in exar:lple recond,

N° 3:2.

the

111

begillning (1 0m lhe

u's

place: arter the

Ihows,

lh,u

Ihe neXl

\~owfl

afte'r

tl;

and the mark rhcrefore is eCJuivalent to

Iral1!IIII1--,

u'hich.

fufficient de:fcriplion of the word

Iran[lIIu/Plion.

few examples more ",il! roffieiendy explain Ihis rule:

as,

r uoII/ll/(lId, rrcollUnendnfÍtm,

rtcoIIJlnelJda/ory,

N°

33.

rdignali')n, rtfllulion, con[anguiflil)',

N°

34"

cOIlV(nitnll¡.

fu/,,,ficial,y,

N°

35.

The partieiplcs m.y be abbreviated afler Ihe fa",e m.n–

ner, by adding, ¡ntlead of the points, the terminaticn

ing

to the latler confonant mark; as

conji--ing

for

conji..

d"ing, c.nji--ed

(or

conjid'red,

N °

36,

Words beginoing IVilh double or treble propofilions may be

written aft er the fame manner ; as,

mijinformalion,

rt/re.

fon/al ion,1IIifrepreftlllaJion,

N°3 7.

huomprehenjibili/J,

ex..

.mple

r.rO

, N °

38.

The prepolilions

mun.lw.ys

be joined

10-

ther ; and, if two confonants begin the

neXl

fylJable, lhe

writing of Ihem bOlh will help 'o difeover Ihe rem.inder of

Ihe word ; "

lJIi[und,rjIanding,

example feeond, N°

38,

mua appear plainly

every one, upoo Ihe I..a eonfide–

ration, thilt Ihe words in

lIJe

foregoing ¡nnances are ",bbre..

vialed. There can Iherefore be no dang" of miOaking, (o.

cxample, Ihe mark N°

39,

(or fome Ibort word, fueh "

dailJ,

duly.

&c. For, by our rule, lhe

disjoined alway'

fignifies the prepofjtion

át:

nor can it be a word confi{}ing:

of Ihe prepor.,ion

and Ihe fyll able

only; for, if

fuch a word had occurrcd,

\Yould have been fooner writ·

len by joining Ihe marks logelher,

N °

40,

Thi. way of

writing therefore (ho,'y" that the word begins wi,h Ihe pre–

pofilion

de ;

that the nrxt fyIJable is

li;

and that Ihcre are

fomeolher fyll able, or fylJ able., IVanling 'o complele il. Nor

caDthe conConants in thoCe examplcs in which the vowtls wcre

omiued, be O1iflaken for terminations;

35;

in this cxample,

N·

4 1,

,he. cannol be fuppored

reprefenl ,he ,ermina–

lion

ical;

finee il would be abfurd lo Ihink o( defcribing

.nT

\Yord by ils prepu(ition and tel mination onl)': for a6 the

7 L

.. ·"VfY.!n on(' fyll:thlc

onl~

is w:\nting, a point cannot be ufcd to cxprcfs

it;

foc ;\ point fo placed

mua

denote a ,'owd .