This is a basic grammar, treating of the parts of speech, syntax, versification, pronunciation and punctuation.
The listener is warned that there is quite a dated feel about this little grammar as the author, in keeping with the times (1840), is a frightful snob about social classes, scathing about 'vulgar speech' and also sometimes quite rude about American turns of phrase. The author is not remotely as comical as he thinks he is, but it has its moments. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
The listener is warned that there is quite a dated feel about this little grammar as the author, in keeping with the times (1840), is a frightful snob about social classes, scathing about 'vulgar speech' and also sometimes quite rude about American turns of phrase. The author is not remotely as comical as he thinks he is, but it has its moments. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preliminary Discourse
08:16 - Chapter 2
Part I Orthography
18:11 - Chapter 3
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 1 Parts of Speech
08:18 - Chapter 4
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 2 Articles
03:28 - Chapter 5
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 3 Substantives
13:09 - Chapter 6
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 4 Adjectives
06:13 - Chapter 7
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 5 Pronouns
13:18 - Chapter 8
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 6 Verbs
21:28 - Chapter 9
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 7 Adverbs
03:28 - Chapter 10
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 8 and 9 Prepositions and Conjunctions
03:48 - Chapter 11
Pt. II Etymology Ch. 10 Derivation
07:09 - Chapter 12
Pt. III Syntax Rule I
13:20 - Chapter 13
Pt. III Syntax Rules II - XV
18:07 - Chapter 14
Pt. III Syntax Rules XVI to XXII
14:47 - Chapter 15
Pt. IV Prosody Ch. 1 Pronunciation
28:53 - Chapter 16
Pt. IV Prosody Ch. 2 Versification
23:12 - Chapter 17
Pt. IV Prosody Ch. 3 Punctuation
03:41 - Chapter 18
Address to Young Students
09:52