G. J. Adler

“ Has any one my good letters? — No one has your good letters. Has the tailor's son my good knives or my good thimbles? — He has neither your good knives nor your good thimbles, but the ugly coats of the stranger. ”

“ I final is always long, and a final always short, as dominī, librī, bona, fīla. The is of the dative and ablative plural of the first and second declensions is long, as taeniīs, dominīs, candēlābrīs. The terminations es and os are long, as canēs, lapidēs, dominōs, librōs. The vowel before the m final in all Latin words is generally considered short, as lapidem, canem, pānem, dominātōrem. the us of the plural of the fourth declension is long, but in ābus, ēbus, ibus it is short; as frūctūs, manūs; frūctibus, diēbus, hominibus. Examples. Exercise 14. ”

“ Has your friend the shoemaker's pretty sticks, or my good tailor's pretty dogs? — My friend has my good shoemaker's fine books; but he has neither the shoemaker's pretty sticks nor your good tailor's pretty dogs. Is vour neighbor right or wrong? — He is neither right nor wrong. Is he thirsty or hungry? — He is neither thirsty nor hungry. ”