For perhaps you do not quite understand propositions which are stated disjunctively.

The copulative and may here be said to be understood, because the verb and the pronouns are plural; but it seems better in general, either to introduce the connective word, or to take the nouns disjunctively: as, "They have all the copiousness, the fervour, the inculcating method, that is allowable and graceful in an orator; perhaps too much of it for a writer.

4.From the observations and examples above, it may be perceived, that whenever there is a difference of person, number, or gender, in antecedents connected disjunctively, there is an inherent difficulty respecting the form of the pronoun personal.

There are also some other modes of expression, in which nouns that are connected disjunctively, may afterwards be represented together; as "Foppery is a sort of folly much more contagious THAN pedantry; but as they result alike from affectation, they deserve alike to be proscribed.

[FORMULE.Not proper, because the pronoun their is of the plural number, and does not correctly represent its two antecedents prelate and priest, which are connected by nor, and taken disjunctively.

"When singular pronouns, or a noun and pronoun, of different persons, are disjunctively connected, the verb must agree with that person which is placed nearest to it: as, 'I or thou art to blame;' 'Thou or I am in fault;' 'I, or thou, or he, is the author of it;' 'George or I am the person.'

8.In English, as in other languages, when a verb has discordant nominatives connected disjunctively, it most commonly agrees expressly with that which is nearest, and only by implication, with the more remote; as, "When some word or words are dependent on the attribute.

[FORMULE.Not proper, because the verb consist is of the plural number, and does not correctly agree with its two nominatives, reason and instinct, which are connected by or, and taken disjunctively.

Do the Latin grammars teach the same doctrine as the English, concerning nominatives or antecedents connected disjunctively? LESSON XXII.VERBS.

"When two or more infinitives or clauses are connected disjunctively as the subjects of an affirmation, the verb must be singular.

pron. suppressed Antecedents of different persons, numbers, and genders, disjunctively connected, how represented joint, agreem.

of verb with, distinct, disjunctively connected, do., unconnected, do., BAD phrases, examples of, from authors, do., corrected, Phrases or clauses, ellips.

nominatives do., with disagreeing nominatives connected disjunctively do., when connected nominatives require different forms of the verb do., with distinct phrases disjunct, connected Verbs, connected by and, or, or nor, how must agree discordant, how managed with respect to agreem.

Certain adjectives that differ in number, are sometimes connected disjunctively by or or than, while the noun literally agrees with that which immediately precedes it, and with the other merely by implication or supplement, under the figure which is called zeugma: as, "Two or more nouns joined together by one or more copulative conjunctions.

The world it represents as a collection, some parts of which are conjunctively and others disjunctively related.

The two processes are disjunctively connected in the language of both regulations.