. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . / / Hows your Inspector? An imperative sentence is expressive of command,exhortation, or entreaty: as, Shoulder arms ! Turn out your toes V Charge bayonets ! A phrase is two or more words properly put to-gether, making either a sentence or part of a sen-tence : as, Good morning ! Your most obe-dient ! 120 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Some phrases consist of two or more wordsimproperly put together: these are improperphrases: as, Now then, old stupid ! Standout of the sunshine ! Other phrases consist of words pu
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . / / Hows your Inspector? An imperative sentence is expressive of command,exhortation, or entreaty: as, Shoulder arms ! Turn out your toes V Charge bayonets ! A phrase is two or more words properly put to-gether, making either a sentence or part of a sen-tence : as, Good morning ! Your most obe-dient ! 120 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Some phrases consist of two or more wordsimproperly put together: these are improperphrases: as, Now then, old stupid ! Standout of the sunshine ! Other phrases consist of words put togetherby ladies: as, A duck of a man, A love of. I M I i I i I 1JWhat a duck of a man ! SYNTAX. 121 a shawl, so nice, quite refreshing, sweetlypretty. Did you ever ? No I never ! Other phrases again consist of French andEnglish words put together by people of quality,because their knowledge of both languages ispretty nearly equal: as, I am au desespoir,* mis hors de combat, quite ennuye, or ratherin nine cases out of ten, ennuyee,— I have agreat envie to do so and so. These constitute animportant variety of comic English. Besides the above, there are various phraseswhich we may call elliptical phrases, consistingprincipally of the peculiar terms employed in thedifferent trades and professions : as, « A Milton Lost, by booksellers. A Lady (of the Lake) in sheets, do. One college (pudding) for No. 6, by waiters. To carry off: as, See how the old woman ina red cloak carries off the tower, by painters, &c. The principal parts of a simple sentence are,the subject, the attribute, and the object. If you want to know what subjects an
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