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  • The Common School Grammar, Part Second: being a practical grammar of the English Language designed for Grammar Schools

    Document thumbnail: The Common School Grammar, Part Second: being a practical grammar of the English Language designed for Grammar Schools
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1842 printing of 1842 copyrighted text. The second part is for grammar schools, while the first part is for preparatory schools (and includes illustrative engravings).The text rejects the old system of grammar of Murray. It claims to be a proper conservative grammar written for those English speakers who will not study other languages, addressed to the understanding and not the memory. It covers classes of English words (with tables of examples), rules for sentence construction, analysis and parsing, rules of syntax, and includes review questions Includes practical exercises to illustrate every principle and is arranged to explain the differences between its system and the old system. Credits the influence of Wallis, Harris, Horne Tooke, Gilchrist, and Crombie. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the entire text of the second part.
    Creator/Author:
    Fowle, William Bentley, 1826-1902
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    06/09/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/22/2020
    Date Created:
    1842
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0