Common School Grammar: An Introduction to the Analytical and Practical Grammar, With Practical Lessons and Exercises in Composition (Classic Reprint)

This book has been carefully revised, in order to have it serve more completely as a school-book for those pupils who have not time allowed, in their school studies, for a profitable use of all contained in a treatise such as the authors Analytical and Practical Grammar of the English Language. To pupils who may be favored with time for a more extended course of instruction, and who may require the larger book in higher classes, this little book will be serviceable ;aa in both books the Definitions and Rules are substantially the same throughout, and are presented in the same order. Each Lesson of this book presents one topic for study, by such a method as will secure an intelligible comprehension and a practical application of the principles of Grammar contained in the lesson. (S ee Lesson 10, page 22.) After the large type, which presents the subject in concise language, is an I llustration, which, in simple, familiar language, explains the full, practical meaning of the definitions. The Observations are to be used at the option of the teacher. The Questions are so framed as to bring out the leading facts contained in the preceding text. Following these are many and varied Exercises for the practical application of the knowledge acquired, and to fix it in the most effectual manner on the understanding. Sub Joined is the requirement that the pupils are to construct language in accordance with the principles, c., under consideration, and thus show to tlie teacher their uoderstanding of the lesson. By this last feature, Composition soon becomes pleasing and profitable to pupils. A simple and practicable system of Analysis of Sentences, which has been found so useful in the Analytical and Practical Grammar, ia presented in this book in its proper place. After a pupil has studied Etymology, he will easily understand this A nalysis, and can readily apply its pri (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don’t occur in the book.)