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d increase appreciation of In., Ex., and Con.
1. How many kinds of Serial facts are there? 2. What are the characteristics of the first kind? 3. Is it advisable for the pupil to re-adjust Series in Foreign Grammars?
Suppose we wish to memorise the 11 prepositions which form part of certain Latin verbs which are followed by the dative, to wit:--Ad., Ante., Con., In., Inter., Ob., Post., Pre., Pro., Sub., and Super. This Series is usually learned by endless repetition, as a succession of sounds to the ear, or sight to the eye, by mere rote. What a waste of time to attempt to re-arrange it in order to learn it more easily. Yet such a Series can be learned by correlating the words together in a very short time, thus:--
Ad ... addition ... front addition ... ante-room.... Ante ... antecedent ... consequent.... Con ... converse ... inverse.... In ... Inter ... interject ... object.... Ob ... obligation ... postponed obligation.... Post ... post-office ... prepayments.... Pre ... predilection ... propensity.... Pro ... produce ... soil products ... subsoil.... Sub ... subordinate actor ... Super.
And, similarly, we can deal with any Series in =Grammar=, or elsewhere.
1. Do my pupils ever find any difficulty in correlating the series as they may find it? 2. What training must they have in order to do so? 3. Is any time misspent in trying to discover a non-existing relation? 4. What are the eleven Latin prepositions here given? 5. How are they usually learned? 6. Is time gained thereby?
(2) The other kind of Series is where the words, facts, or things must be memorised as given. The seven primary colours are given as they occur in nature, thus:--Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, O