But perhaps he gives to the relation of words, (which is merely their dependence on other words according to the sense,) an earlier introduction and a more prominent place, than it ought to have in a general system of grammar.

To the right use of language, he makes four things to be necessary.

In citing these, I vary the language, but not the substance or the order of his positions.
_First_, That we should speak and write words according to the significations which belong to them: the teaching of which now pertains to lexicography, and not to grammar, except incidentally.

"_Secondly_, That we should observe _the relations_ that words have one to another in sentences, and represent those relations by such variations, and particles, as are usual with authors in that language." _Thirdly_, That we should acquire a knowledge of the proper sounds of the letters, and pay a due regard to accent in pronunciation.

_Fourthly_, That we should learn to write words with their proper letters, spelling them as literary men generally do.
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