Title:
A grammar of the English language
Author:
Cobbett, William, 1763-1835.
ISBN:
9780198605089
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
xviii, 223 pages ; 20 cm.
Series:
Oxford language classics
Oxford language classics.
General Note:
Originally published: 1823.
Contents:
Introduction / Definition of Grammar, and of its different Branches, or Parts -- Etymology. The different Parts of Speech, or Sorts of Words -- Etymology of Articles -- Etymology of Nouns -- Etymology of Pronouns -- Etymology of Adjectives -- Etymology of Verbs -- Etymology of Adverbs -- Etymology of Prepositions -- Etymology of Conjunctions -- Cautionary remarks -- Syntax generally considered -- Syntax. The Points and Marks made use of in Writing -- Syntax, as relating to Articles -- Syntax, as relating to Nouns -- Syntax, as relating to Pronouns -- Syntax, as relating to Adjectives -- Syntax, as relating to Verbs -- Syntax, as relating to Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions -- Speciments of false Grammar, taken from the writings of Doctor Johnson, and from those of Doctor Watts -- Errors and Nonsense in a King's Speech -- On putting Sentences together, and on figurative language -- Six lessons, intended to prevent Statesmen from using false Grammar, and from writing in an awkward manner -- On the Speech of the Right Honourable Manners Sutton, Speaker of the House of Commons -- On his Majesty's Speech, at the close of the session in 1819 -- On the note of Lord Castlereagh relative to the museums at Paris -- On the dispatch of the Duke of Wellington relative to the same subject -- On a note to Lord Castlereagh relative to the French Slave Trade -- On dispatches of the Marquis Wellesley relative to the State of Ireland in 1822.
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