An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises

Collins and Company, 1823 - English language

PART I	2

Of syllables and the rules for	21

A general view of the parts of speech	27

Of substantives	36

Of Adjectives	46

Of pronouns Page	50

Of verbs	59

Of adverbs	114

Of versification	252

OF PUNCTUATION	267

Of the semicolon	275

Of the apostrophe caret c	281

VINDICATION OF THE STUDY OF GRAMMAR	288

PART I	294

Of precision	301

Of perspicuity and accuracy of expression with respect to the con	305

Of conjunctions	123

Of derivation	130

Number and variety of words c	138

Of nouns connected by disjunctives	151

Of the syntax of the adjective 161	161

Of the syntax of the article	170

Of the syntax of the verb	179

Of the syntax of the participle	192

Of the syntax of prepositions 199	199

Of the syntax of interjections	214

General rule of syntax	222

PART IV	235

Of the unity of a sentence	311

Of the figures of speech	335

PART III	357

The nature and use of verbal criti	365

ADDRESS TO YOUNG STUDENTS	372

PART V	117

Secondly with respect to the construction of sentences	125

APPENDIX	151

CONTENTS to the KEY see page 163	163

PART II	165

PART III	179

PART IV	229

Title	An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises
Author	Lindley Murray
Edition	5
Publisher	Collins and Company, 1823
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	3 Dec 2008

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