SORB-EO, I drink; absorption, absorb, absorbent.
SPARG-0, I spread; disperse, intersperse.

SPECI-0, (SPECT-US), I see ; spectacle, inspect.
SPER-0, I hope; desperation, despair.

SPHER-OS, (G.), a globe; sphere, hemisphere, spherical.
SPIR-O, I breathe; aspire, conspire, expire, aspirate.
SPLEND-EO, I shine; splendid, splendour, resplendent.
SPOND-EO, I promise; sponsor, correspond, despond.
STILL-0, I drop; distill, instill, distillery, still.
ST-o, I stand; distant, constant, instant.
STRING-O, I bind; string, constrain.

STRU-O, (STRUCT-US), I build; structure, obstruct.
SUAD-EO, I advise; persuade.

SUMM-US, the highest; summit, consummate.

SUM-O, I take; assume, resume, consume, presume. SURG-O, (SURRECT-US), I rise; resurrection, insurrection, surge.

T.

TANG-O, (TACT-US), I touch; contact, contagion.
TARD-US, slow; tardy, retard, tardily.

TEG-0, (TECT-US), I cover; protect, detect.

TELE, (G.), distant; telescope, telegraph, telescopic.
TEMN-0, I despise; contemn, contempt.

TEMP-US, time; temporal, contemporal, contemporary.
TEMN-0, (TEMP-TUS), I try,; contempt, attempt.

TERR-A, the earth; inter, terrace, Mediterranean, terr

aqueous.

TERR-EO, I frighten; terrify, terrible, deter, terrific.
TEST-IS, a witness; testify, attest, testimony, test.
THE-OS, (G.), God; Theology, Theophilus, atheist.
TIM-EO, I fear; timid, timorous, intimidate.
TOLER-O, I bear; tolerate, tolerable.

TON-OS, (G.), a tone; monotony, semitone, diatonic.
Top-os, (G.), a place; topography, topic.
TORQU-EO, (TORT-US), I twist; extort, distort.
TORR-EO, I burn; torrid, torrify.

TOT-US, whole; total, totally.
TRAD-O, I hand down; tradition.

TRAH-O, (TRACT-US), I draw; extract, contract.
TREM-0, I shake; tremor, tremendous, tremble.
TREPID-US, fearful; intrepid, trepidation.
TRES, TRIA, (G.), three; treble, tripod, triangle.
TRIBU-O, I give; tribute, contribute.
TRICA, a hinderance; extricate, intricate.
TROUV-E, (F.), I find; contrive, retrieve.
TRUD-O, I thrust; intrude, obtrude.
TUM-EO, I swell; tumour, tumult.
TURB-A, a crowd; turbulent, disturb.
TYP-US, (G.), a type; prototype, antitype.

U.

ULTIM-US, last; ultimate, penultimate.
UMBR-A, a shadow; umbrella, adumbrate.
UN-US, one; unit, uniform, unite, unity.
URBS, a city; suburbs, urbanity, suburban.
UR-O, (UST-US), I burn; combustion.
UT-OR, (US-US), I use; abuse, peruse, disuse.

VACC-A, a cow; vaccinate.

V.

VAC-ARE, to be empty; vacation, evacuate.
VAD-O, (VAS-US), I go; pervade, invasion, evasive.
VAG-US, a wanderer; vague, extravagant, vagabond.

VAL-EO, I am strong; valiant, valid, prevail.

VAPOR, fume; evaporate, vapour, vapory.

VAST-O, I lay waste; waste, devastate.

VEH-O, I carry; convey, vehicle, inveigh.

VEL-O, I hide; develop, reveal, unveil.

VEND-O, I sell; vend, vender, venal.

VENER-OR, I reverence; venerate, veneration, venerable.

VEN-IO, 1 come; advent, prevent, invent, convene.

VERB-UM, a word; verb, verbal, adverb, verbose.

VERE-OR, I fear; revere, irreverent.

VERG-O, I incline towards; verge, diverge.

VERT-O, (VERS-US), I turn; convert, conversion.
VER-US, true; verify, verily, veracity, verity.
VESTIGI-UM, a foot mark; vestige, investigate.
VEST-IS, a garment; vestment, invest, vestry, divest.
VI-A, a way; deviate, obvious, obviate, previous.

VID-EO, (VIS-US), I see; visit, visible, vision, invisible,
VIDU-O, I part, I deprive of; divide, widow, widower.
VIGIL, watchfnl; vigilant, vigilance.

VINC-O, I conquer; convince, victor, evince.
VINDEX, a punisher of wrongs; vindicate.
VIN-UM, wine; vintage, vinegar.

VIOL-O, I injure; violate, violence, inviolate.

VIT-A, life; vital, vitality, vitals.

VIV-o, I live; revive, survive, vivid, revival.

Voc-o, I call; convoke, invoke, provoke.

VOL-O, I wish; malevolent.

VOLV-O, I roll; revolve, evolution, volume, volubility.

VOR-O, I devour; carnivorous, voracity.

VOT-UM, a vow; devote, votary, devotee.
VULN-US, a wound; vulnerable.

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SYNTAX.

1. SYNTAX (syn, together, tasso, to arrange) is a collection of rules which enable us to form sentences correctly.

2. The chief parts of an ordinary sentence are (1) the SUBJECT or the Nominative; (2) the VERB which shews what the subject does, and (3) the OBJECT which denotes that upon which the subject acts.

3. To find out which is the Nominative, ask the question, who or what? To find out the Objective, ask the question whom or which?

VERB.

Rule I.-A VERB is put in the same NUMBER and PERSON as the Nominative which goes before it. Example-The girl sings; the girls sing.

Rule II.-Two or more singular nouns connected together by and, must be taken with a PLURAL verb. Example-John and James are friends.

Rule III.-Transitive verbs govern, that is, take after them nouns in the OBJECTIVE case. Example -We love him, because he first loved us.

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Rule IV.-PARTICIPLES govern the case, as the verbs from which they are derived.

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Example-James, while striking the ball, fell down. Jane is learning her lesson.

If the definite article precedes the participle the preposition of' follows it. Example-The love of learning.

Rule V.-The verb TO BE takes the same case after it, as before it. Example-This is he; I am the I believed him to be a rogue. person; The reason of this is that the verb To Be conveys no action, and the noun on each side of the verb, might change places without altering the sense.

Rule VI.-When two verbs come together the latter is put in the INFINITIVE. ExampleHenry loves to study; He bids me do it.

Rule VII.-AVOID using the past tense for the perfect participle. Example-The water is frozen (not froze); his arm is broken (not broke); he did it (not done).

Rule VIII.-In subjoined sentences care should be taken to adopt the SUITABLE tense.

Example-I intended to speak, not to have spoken, which would imply an intention yesterday to have spoken some time before yesterday. If we say "he hoped to have been here," this would imply a hope expressed yesterday to be here at some time before yesterday, which is nonsense. If we say

"he hoped to be here," this expression is not so accurate as "he hoped he that should be here," for his presence here was a thing later than the period when he expressed the hope.

NOUNS.

Rule IX.-When two nouns come together the first is put in the POSSESSIVE case. Example -the cow's horn. Edward's hat.