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The Principles of English Grammar: Comprising the Substance of All the Most Approved English Grammars Extant, Briefly Defined and Neatly Arranged, ... in Parsing and Syntax (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Lennie, William

 
9781333916664: The Principles of English Grammar: Comprising the Substance of All the Most Approved English Grammars Extant, Briefly Defined and Neatly Arranged, ... in Parsing and Syntax (Classic Reprint)

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Such. at least. ls the immediate object of the present compilation; which, for brevity of expression, neatness of ursngement, and comprehensiveness of plan, is, perhaps, superior to any other book ol the kind. â?? My chief end has been to explain the general principles of Grammar as clearly and lntelllglbly as pos nble. ln the definitions, therefore, easiness and persplculty have been sometimes preferred to logical exactnessil Orthography ls mentioned rather for the sake of orda, than from a conviction of its utility; for, ln my opinion, to occupy thirty or forty pages of aG rammar in defining the sounds of the alphabet ls quite preposterous. On Etymologyi have left much to be remarked bythe teacher ln the time of teaching. My reason for doing this is, that children, when by themselves, labour more to have the words ol their book Imprinted on their memories, than to have the meaning tired in their minds; but, on the contrary, when the teacher addresses them owe eoce, they naturally strive rather to comprehend his meaning, than to remember his exact expressions. In pursuance of this idea, the irst part of this little volume has been throws. into a form more resembling bends of Lectures on Grammar, than a complete eluct datlon ot the su:r,ect. That the teacher, hmvever, may notbe alwa .under the necessity of having recourse to his memory to supply ti sleliciencies, the most remarkable observations have been subyoine at the bottom of the page, to such the pupils themselves ma. occasionally be referred. The desire of being concise has frequently induced me to use ver, elliptical expressions ;but I trust they are all sulliclently perspicuous. I may also add, that many additional and critical remarks, which might have, with propriety, been inserted in the Grammar, have been inserted rather in the Key; for I have studiously withheld everything from the Grammar that
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