The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . ames, or substantives, are the names belongingto individuals : as, William, Birmingham. These are sometimes converted into nicknames, or im-proper names : as, Bill, Brummagem, Common names, or substantives, denote kinds contain-ing many sorts, or sorts containing many individuals underthem : as, brute, beast, bumpkin, cherub, infant, goblin, &c. Proper names, when an article is prefixed to them, areemployed as common names: as, They thought him aperfect Chesterfield ; he quite astonished t
The comic English grammar [electronic resource]: a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . ames, or substantives, are the names belongingto individuals : as, William, Birmingham. These are sometimes converted into nicknames, or im-proper names : as, Bill, Brummagem, Common names, or substantives, denote kinds contain-ing many sorts, or sorts containing many individuals underthem : as, brute, beast, bumpkin, cherub, infant, goblin, &c. Proper names, when an article is prefixed to them, areemployed as common names: as, They thought him aperfect Chesterfield ; he quite astonished the Browns. Common names, on the other hand, are made to denoteindividuals, by the addition of articles or pronouns : as, There was a little man, and he had a little gun. That little boy will be the death of me! Substantives are considered according to gender, num-ber, and case; they are all of the third person whenspoken of, and of the second when spoken to : as, KTTMOLOGY. 33 Matilda, fairest maid, who artIn countless bumpers toasted, 0 let thy pity baste the heartThy fatal charms have roasted !. SECTION II. OP GENDER. The distinction between nouns with regard to sex iscalled Gender. There are three genders ; the Masculine,the Feminine, and the Neuter. The masculine gender belongs to animals of the malekind: as, a fop, a jackass, a boar, a poet, a lion. The feminine gender is peculiar to animals of the femalekind : as, a poetess, a lioness, a goose. T) 34 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. The neuter gender is that of objects which are neithermales nor females : as, a toast, a tankard, a pot, a pipe, apudding, a pie, a sausage, a roll, a muffin, a crumpet, a puff,a cheesecake, a bun, an apricot, an orange, a lollipop, acream, an ice, a jelly, &c. &c. &c. We might go on to enumerate an infinity of objects ofthe neuter gender, of all sorts and kinds; but in the selec-tion of the foregoing examples we have been guided bytwo considerations:— 1. The desire of exciting agreeable emotions
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