grammar, that part of orthography which teaches the true manner of resolving words into their syllables.

All words are either simple or compound, as use, diffuse; done, undone; and the rules for dividing each must be such as are derived from the analogy of language in general, or from the established custom of speaking; which, for the English language, are reduced to the following rules: 1. A consonant between two vowels must be joined with the latter in spelling, as nature, verily, generous; except, however, the letter x, which is joined to the first, as in flexion, oxen, &c. and compound words, as in upon, un-used, &c. 2. A double consonant must be divided, as in letter, manner, &c. 3. Those consonants which can begin a word must not be parted in spelling, as in de-fraud, re- reprove, disflint; however, this rule is found sometimes to fail; for though gn begins a word, as gnaw, gnat, &c. yet it must be divided in spelling, as in cognizance, malignity, &c.

4. Those consonants which cannot begin a word must be divided, as ld in fedom, lt in multitude, mp in temper, rd in ardent; but in final syllables there are exceptions, as tl in title, dl in handle, &c.

5. When two vowels come together, and are both of them distinctly founded, they must be separated in spelling, as in co-eval, mutu-al, &c.

6. The grammatical terminations or endings must be separated in spelling, as ed in wing-ed, edif in de-li-ver-ed, ing in bear-ing, ance in de-li-ver-ance, &c.

7. Compound words must be resolved into their simple or component words, as up-on, in-to, ne-ver-the-less, not-with-standing, &c.