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  • The First Lines of English Grammar: being a brief abstract of the author's larger work, the "Institutes of English Grammar." Designed for young learners

    Document thumbnail: The First Lines of English Grammar: being a brief abstract of the author's larger work, the "Institutes of English Grammar." Designed for young learners
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    Description/Abstract:
    This new and revised edition was printed in 1883 and is an abridged version of the Institutes of Grammar published the previous year (1882). It was originally revised by Goold Brown in 1855. Goold Brown is credited as the author of The Grammar of English Grammar. Henry Kiddle has a Master of Arts degree and is credited as the Late Superintendent of Common Schools in New York City. According to the title page, Kiddle's contribution "arranged to form a series of language lessons, with exercises in analysis, parsing, and construction." The book is section into orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody. Exercises follow rules, Review questions end each chapter. The syntax chapter uses false syntax examples to be corrected. Prosody is divided into punctuation, utterance, composition and letter-writing/epistles. The Schultz Archive includes the complete text (pages 136-37 repeat). The scans are good quality.
    Creator/Author:
    Brown, Goold, 1791-1857 and Kiddle, Henry
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/04/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/05/2019
    Date Created:
    1883
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0