Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- LETTER I INTRODUCTION
- LETTER II DEFINITION OF GRAMMAR AND OF ITS DIFFERENT BRANCHES OR PARTS
- LETTER III ETYMOLOGY
- LETTER IV ETYMOLOGY OF ARTICLES
- LETTER V ETYMOLOGY OF NOUNS
- LETTER VI ETYMOLOGY OF PRONOUNS
- LETTER VII ETYMOLOGY OF ADJECTIVES
- LETTER VIII ETYMOLOGY OF VERBS
- LETTER IX ETYMOLOGY OF ADVERBS
- LETTER X ETYMOLOGY OF PREPOSITIONS
- LETTER XI ETYMOLOGY OF CONJUNCTIONS
- LETTER XII CAUTIONARY REMARKS
- LETTER XIII SYNTAX GENERALLY CONSIDERED
- LETTER XIV SYNTAX
- LETTER XV SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO ARTICLES
- LETTER XVI SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO NOUNS
- LETTER XVII SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO PRONOUNS
- LETTER XVIII SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO ADJECTIVES
- LETTER XIX SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO VERBS
- LETTER XX SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO ADVERBS, PREPOSITIONS, AND CONJUNCTIONS
- LETTER XXI SPECIMENS OF FALSE GRAMMAR, TAKEN FROM THE WRITINGS OF DOCTOR JOHNSON AND FROM THOSE OF DOCTOR WATTS
- LETTER XXII ERRORS AND NONSENSE IN A KING'S SPEECH
- LETTER XXIII ON PUTTING SENTENCES TOGETHER, AND ON FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
LETTER I - INTRODUCTION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- LETTER I INTRODUCTION
- LETTER II DEFINITION OF GRAMMAR AND OF ITS DIFFERENT BRANCHES OR PARTS
- LETTER III ETYMOLOGY
- LETTER IV ETYMOLOGY OF ARTICLES
- LETTER V ETYMOLOGY OF NOUNS
- LETTER VI ETYMOLOGY OF PRONOUNS
- LETTER VII ETYMOLOGY OF ADJECTIVES
- LETTER VIII ETYMOLOGY OF VERBS
- LETTER IX ETYMOLOGY OF ADVERBS
- LETTER X ETYMOLOGY OF PREPOSITIONS
- LETTER XI ETYMOLOGY OF CONJUNCTIONS
- LETTER XII CAUTIONARY REMARKS
- LETTER XIII SYNTAX GENERALLY CONSIDERED
- LETTER XIV SYNTAX
- LETTER XV SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO ARTICLES
- LETTER XVI SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO NOUNS
- LETTER XVII SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO PRONOUNS
- LETTER XVIII SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO ADJECTIVES
- LETTER XIX SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO VERBS
- LETTER XX SYNTAX, AS RELATING TO ADVERBS, PREPOSITIONS, AND CONJUNCTIONS
- LETTER XXI SPECIMENS OF FALSE GRAMMAR, TAKEN FROM THE WRITINGS OF DOCTOR JOHNSON AND FROM THOSE OF DOCTOR WATTS
- LETTER XXII ERRORS AND NONSENSE IN A KING'S SPEECH
- LETTER XXIII ON PUTTING SENTENCES TOGETHER, AND ON FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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- A Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of LettersIntended for the Use of Schools and of Young Persons in General; But, More Especially for the Use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices, and Plough-Boys, pp. 5 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1818