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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	see_v	speak_v	1,738	5	4.1954	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68340	Certaine grammar questions for the exercise of young schollers in the learning of the Accidence	Leech, John, 1565-1650?	1590 (1590)	STC 15374.2; ESTC S4741	42,552	88

many thousandes of woordes But all woordes that bee vsed in speeche are called by one of these eight tearmes in Grammar Q. Which be those eight tearmes which yee call the eight partes of speeche R These 1 Nowne 2 Pronowne 3 Verbe 4 Participle 5 Aduerbe 6 Coniunction 7 Preposition 8 Interiection Q. Can there bee no fewer then eight termes which doe conteine in them all sorts of wordes R. Yes it were more easie to say there are but 4. a Nowne a Verbe an Aduerbe a Coniunction Q. How so R. Because a Pronowne a Participle may very wel be referred to a Nowne a Preposition and Interiection may well be referred to an Aduerbe Q. What is y e first differēce amōgst these 8. partes of speech R. Forsooth y t first 4. be declined y t latter 4. be vndeclined Q. What meane yee by declined and vndeclined R. That worde in Grammar is saide to be declined which maye bee chaunged in the last letter or sillable into other letters or syllables And that whiche cannot bee so chaunged is sayde to be vndeclined Q. Be those first foure declined all in one manner R. No. For some of them bee declined with cases and some with moodes and tenses Q. How many partes of speech be declined with cases R. These three Nowne Pronowne and Participle And a verbe onely is declined with modes and tenses Q. What were the first difference among woordes if there were but foure partes of speech R. This. Some be wordes that haue number in them as a Nowne a verbe Some be wordes y t haue no nūber in them as an aduerbe and a coniunction Q. What is to be considered in euery part of speech R. These 3. things 1 what it is which is called the definitiō 2 what parts it hath which is called the diuision 3 what thinges chance vnto it which is called the accidēts Q. Then first what is a nowne R. Any worde that betokeneth the name of any thing is a nowne Or thus The name of any thing that may bee seene felt hearde or vnderstanded is a nowne As a booke Q. Is thy booke a nowne R. The thing it selfe which is called a booke is not a nown but this woorde booke which is the name of the thing is a nowne for a nowne signifieth nothing els but a name Q. Why doest thou put this difference betwixte the thing and the name of the thing R. For that in Grammar which teacheth the true order of speech wee haue to consider nothing but the very woordes that be spoken so that thinges which bee signified by these wordes perteyne nothing to Grammar and therefore no kinde of thing is a nowne but the worde which is the name of any thing that is a nowne Q. Howe many sortes of nownes haue ye R. Two some be called Substantiues and Adiectiues Q. Howe knowe you a nowne substantiue R. A nowne substantiue is a name that standeth by himselfe Q. Howe can a nowne whiche is but a woorde stande by it selfe Q. I knowe that no worde can properly stande by it selfe but is a borrowed speeche and I meane an other thing by it Q. What meane ye by standeth by him selfe R. That is to say requireth not an other word to be ioyned with him Q. Tell me this more plainely R. A nowne substantiue is a perfect worde and a name so certaine that I knowe certainely what thing it nameth although there be no other worde ioyned with it So that when I say it standeth by it selfe I meane I can vnderstande by it selfe the thinge that it signifieth although there be no other worde ioyned vnto it Q. Haue ye any speciall marke whereby to know a nowne substantiue R. Yea forsoth Any woorde that may aptly and properly haue before his Englishe this signe a. or the. is a nowne substantiue as A citie the citie Q. Howe many sortes of nownes substantiues haue ye R. Two for some be called Proper and Common or appellatiue Q. What call yee a nowne proper R. A proper name is a nowne which is proper to the thing that it betokeneth that is to say whiche doeth signifie some one speciall thing Q. Howe many sortes of proper names haue yee R. Tenne as proper names of 1 Godds 2 Men. 3 Floodes 4 Monethes 5 Windes 6 Goddesses 7 Women 8 Cities 9 Countreys 10 Ilandes Q. What call yee a common name or a nowne appellatiue R. A nown common is that whose signification is common to moe that is which betokeneth all things of that force Q. Shewe mee examples of a proper name and of a common name R. Edouardus is a proper name and signifieth but one man so called But A man is a common name and signifieth all men So Londinum the Citie of London is a proper name because it is the name but of one Citie so called But vrbs a Citie is a common name because euery Citie is called a Citie but euery citie is not called London Q. Nowe howe knowe ye a nowne Adiectiue R. A nowne adiectiue is a name that cannot stande by him selfe Q. What meane ye by that R. That is to say requireth an other woorde to be ioyned with him Q. Tell me this more playnely R. A nowne adiectiue is the name of a thing but so doubtfull and vncertaine as I knowe not certainely what thing it nameth except there be some other worde ioyned vnto it so that when I say it can not stande by it selfe I meane that I cānot perfectly vnderstand what thing it belongeth vnto excepte there bee a substantiue ioyned vnto it as Good Q. Why do ye not knowe that good is the name of a thing R. Yes I know that when you say good you meane something but I knowe not what thing ye call good except ye put some other worde vnto it as a good horse a good boy Q. Haue ye any speciall marke whereby to know a nowne adiectiue R. Yea forsooth In English any name with which I may aptly ioyne this worde thing is a nowne adiectiue as a good thing Q. This is inough for the diuision of a nowne Now what meane ye by the Accidents R. The Accidents be certayne properties falling or belonging to all the partes of speeche generally or to euery seuerall part of speeche particularly and thereof my booke is called an Accidence or the Accidents Q. Why so R. For that is as I take it the booke that teacheth all the accidents that is to say all such thinges as fall or belong to all the partes of speeche Q. Howe many sortes of accidents haue yee R. Two sortes for some bee generall and belong to all partes of speeche as forme and figure particular whereof some belong to 1 the foure partes of speech that be declined as number 2 Three of those y t bee declined as case gender declenson to al nownes pronownes and participles 3 Euery seuerall part of speeche as all the rest Q. Howe many accidents belong to a nowne

Certaine grammar questions for the exercise of young Schollers in the learning of the Accidence The first part of Grammar Q. VVHat booke doe you learne R. Myne Accidence Q. What booke is that R. It is the first booke which we vse to learne to teache vs the groundes and principall rules of Grammar Q. What is Grammar R. It is an art which teacheth the right and due order of speech as well in writing as in speaking Q. Howe many partes of Grammar be there R. Some good writers make but two but wee commonly recken foure Q. Which be they R. These 1 Orthographia 2 Etymologia Syntaxis 4 Prosodia Q. What woordes be these R. They be Greeke wordes Q. Why doe ye rehearse them in Greeke wordes R. Because there is no fitte termes vsed for them in Englishe Q. Howe be they termed in Latine R. The same wordes be vsed also in Latine Q Howe chaunce the Latines in teaching of this art do vse Greeke termes R. Because the Romanes whose speeche was Latine had the knowledge of the learned artes from the Greekes and for that at the first they had not deuised in the Latin tongue fit words to expresse the meaning of these Greeke termes therefore they kept still the greeke woordes not onely in Grammar but also in all the other liberall Sciences Q. What meane you by Orthographia R. It may be called in Latin recta scriptura in English true writing Q. What doe you learne in this part of Grammar R. It teacheth the perfect order that is to be vsed in wryting and reading Q. Howe many thinges are to be obserued for the right order of writing Fiue that is to say 1 Letters 2 Dipthongs 3 Syllabells 4 Wordes 5 Distinctions of wordes and sentences Q. What call yee a letter R. A letter is euery seuerall figure that is written in a word Q. Howe many letters haue yee R. In englishe we vse 24. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. k. l. m. n. o. p. r. s. t. v. w. x. y. z. The Latines leaue out k. y. Because they be more vsuall to the Greekes They leaue out also w. for it is a letter proper to our English tongue And though they vse h. in many wordes yet they count it not a letter but onely the marke of a breathed vowell so that the Latins in deede haue but 20. proper letters Q. Howe be your letters deuided R. Into vowels and consonants Q. Howe many be vowels R. These fiue a e i o u. and the Greeke y. Q. Why be they called vowels R. They be so called of this worde vox which signifieth a voyce for that no other letters do make any voyce in sounding without some of these ioyned with them Q. Why what spelleth prs R. Nothing because there is neuer a vowell among those letters Q. Howe many letters be called consonantes R. All other sauing these sixe vowells Q. Why be they called consonantes R. They be so called a consonando That is to say of sounding together because that of themselues they giue no certayne sounde but must bee sounded together with the vowels Q. How be your consonantes deuided R. Thus. Some be called 1 Mutes or dumme letters 2 Semiuocales or halfe vowels 3 Liquides or mylde and melting letters 4 Double consonantes Q. How many be called Mutes R These niene b c d f g k p q t. Q. Why be they so called R. Because that of themselues they haue no manner of sounde and therefore in pronouncing yee adde vnto them this vowell e. or a. as be ce de ka c. Q. How many be called Semiuocales or halfe vowels R. These seuen l. m. n. r. s. x. z. Q. Why be they so called R. Because euery one of them hath as it were halfe a sound of it selfe Q. How many be called Liquides or myld melting letters R. Forsooth foure of those Semiuocales That is l. m. n. r. Q. Why bee they so called R. Eyther because they sounde not so harde in pronouncing Or els because when one of them standeth in a woorde nexte after any of the Mutes it maketh the vowell goyng before to be eyther long or short Q. Howe many bee called Double consonantes R. These two x. and z. Q. Why be they so called R. Because they be made of two consonantes and stand for two consonantes in speeche As x standeth for cs or gs and z. for ds or ts or as some thinke for ss Q. To what vse serue these letters R. They serue to expresse in writing the wordes that a man thinketh to speake Q. How do ye know with what letters to write a worde R. That is best learned by vse But in the vowelles the sounde will teache yee which is to be vsed and in the consonantes the framing of the tongue in speaking will bring yee to the letter Q. What speciall notes haue yee for the placing of your letters in writing R. These 1. The first letter of euery word that beginneth a sentence and the first letter of euery proper name must be written with a bigger letter thē the other words and those bigger letters are commonly called Capitall letters 2 Betwixt m n ye shal neuer write p. 3 In Latine after x yee shall neuer write s. 4 In all simple words these letters following must alwayes be ioyned and spelled with the vowell that commeth after them bd ct ps st cn gm. gn st x. 5 In compounding of words ye must alwaies take heede to make good sounde whiche the Greekes call Euphonia and therfore sometime some letters are to be put out sometime others are to be put in sometime those are to be changed Q. Howe proue yee that R. For Example Of ob curro I compound one verbe which I write not obcurro but occurro Euphoniae gratia that is for good soundes sake So for Absfero I write aufero and for conlego I write colligo Q. Nowe What call yee a Dipthong R. It is a greeke worde and signifieth a double sound And it is the placing of two vowels in one sillable which must be pronounced both together Q. How many dipthonges haue yee R. Among the Latines there be commonly vsed these fiue ae as musae au as audio oe as coelum ei as hei eu as euge And in englishe we vse these ten ai or ay gaine au or aw gawde ea for e full great ee or ie for i smal greefe ei or ey height ew lewde oi or oy ioye ou or ow. lowde ui for i broade guyde oo good Q. Nowe What call yee a sillable R. It is a greeke tearme and may signifie in english a coupling For it is the coupling of vowels and consonantes that are to be pronounced together without breaking of the sound as if it were but one letter Q. Must there needes be a vowell in euery sillable R. Yea. Or els there is no sounde Q. Can there be no more vowels but