THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR:
Reading edition · Edition 2
A NEW AND FACETIOUS INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH TONGUE.
By Percival Leigh
Embellished with upwards of forty-five Characteristic Illustrations By JOHN LEECH.
1845.
CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.
PART I. ORTHOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER I. OF THE NATURE OF THE LETTERS, AND OF A COMIC ALPHABET.
CHAPTER II. OF SYLLABLES.
CHAPTER III. OF WORDS IN GENERAL.
PART II. ETYMOLOGY.
CHAPTER I. A COMICAL VIEW OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH.
CHAPTER II. OF THE ARTICLES.
CHAPTER III.
SECTION I. OF SUBSTANTIVES IN GENERAL.
SECTION II. OF GENDER.
SECTION III. OF NUMBER.
SECTION IV. OF CASE.
CHAPTER IV. OF ADJECTIVES.
SECTION I. OF THE NATURE OF ADJECTIVES AND THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON.
SECTION II. A FEW REMARKS ON THE SUBJECT OF COMPARISON.
CHAPTER V. OF PRONOUNS.
SECTION I. OF THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
SECTION II. OF THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
SECTION III. OF THE ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS.
CHAPTER VI. OF VERBS.
SECTION I. OF THE NATURE OF VERBS IN GENERAL.
SECTION II. OF NUMBER AND PERSON.
SECTION III. OF MOODS AND PARTICIPLES.
SECTION IV. OF THE TENSES.
SECTION V. THE CONJUGATION OF THE AUXILIARY VERBS TO HAVE AND TO BE.
SECTION VI. THE CONJUGATION OF REGULAR VERBS ACTIVE.
SECTION VII. IRREGULAR VERBS
SECTION VIII. OF DEFECTIVE VERBS.
CHAPTER VII. OF ADVERBS.
CHAPTER VIII. OF PREPOSITIONS.
CHAPTER IX. OF CONJUNCTIONS..
CHAPTER X. OF DERIVATION.
PART III. SYNTAX.
PART IV. PROSODY.
CHAPTER I. OF PRONUNCIATION
SECTION I. OF ACCENT.
SECTION II. OF QUANTITY.
SECTION III. ON EMPHASIS.
SECTION IV. OF PAUSES.
SECTION V. OF TONES.
CHAPTER II. OF VERSIFICATION.
CHAPTER III. PUNCTUATION.
ADDRESS TO YOUNG STUDENTS.