The Grammar of English Grammars
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. PART IV. PROSODY. Introductory Definitions and Observations Chapter I. Punctuation Obs. on Pauses, Points, Names, &c. Section I. The Comma; its 17 Rules Errors concerning the Comma Section II. The Semicolon; its 3 Rules Errors concerning the Semicolon Mixed Examples of Error Section III. The Colon; its 3 Rules Errors concerning the Colon Mixed Examples of Error Section IV. The Period; its 8 Rules Observations on the Period Errors concerning the Period Mixed Examples of Error Section V. The Dash; its 3 Rules Observations on the Dash Errors concerning the Dash Mixed Examples of Error Section VI. The Eroteme; its 3 Rules Observations on the Eroteme Errors concerning the Eroteme Mixed Examples of Error Section VII. The Ecphoneme; its 3 Rules Errors concerning the Ecphoneme Mixed Examples of Error Section VIII. The Curves; and their 2 Rules Errors concerning the Curves Mixed Examples of Error Section IX. The Other Marks Mixed Examples of Error Bad English Badly Pointed Chapter II. Of Utterance Section I. Of Articulation Article I. Of the Definition Article II. Of Good Articulation Section II. Of Pronunciation Article I. Powers of Letters Article II. Of Quantity Article III. Of Accent Section III. Of Elocution Article I. Of Emphasis Article II. Of Pauses Article III. Of Inflections Article IV. Of Tones Chapter III. Of Figures Section I. Figures of Orthography Section II. Figures of Etymology Section III. Figures of Syntax Section IV. Figures of Rhetoric Section V. Examples for Parsing, Praxis XIV Chapter IV. Of Versification Section I. Of Verse Definitions and Principles Observations on Verse Section II. Of Accent and Quantity Section III. Of Poetic Feet Critical Observations on Theories Section IV. Of the Kinds of Verse Order I. Iambic Verse; its 8 Measures Order II. Trochaic Verse; its Nature Observations on Trochaic Metre Trochaics shown in their 8 Measures Order III. Anapestic Verse; its 4 Measures Observations on the Short Anapestics Order IV. Dactylic Verse; its 8 Measures Observations on Dactylics Order V. Composite Verse Observations on Composites Section V. Improprieties for Correction Chapter V. Questions on Prosody Chapter VI. Exercises for Writing4. INTRODUCTION5. CHAPTER I.6. CHAPTER II.7. CHAPTER III.8. CHAPTER IV.9. CHAPTER V.10. CHAPTER VI.11. CHAPTER VII.12. CHAPTER VIII.13. CHAPTER IX.14. CHAPTER X.15. CHAPTER XI.16. PART I.17. CHAPTER I.—OF LETTERS.18. CHAPTER I.—OF LETTERS. (continued 2)19. CHAPTER II.—OF SYLLABLES.20. CHAPTER III.—OF WORDS.21. CHAPTER IV.—OF SPELLING.22. CHAPTER IV.—OF SPELLING. (continued 2)23. CHAPTER V.—QUESTIONS.24. CHAPTER VI.—FOR WRITING.25. PART II.26. CHAPTER I.—PARTS OF SPEECH.27. CHAPTER II.—ARTICLES.28. CHAPTER III.—NOUNS.29. CHAPTER III.—NOUNS. (continued 2)30. THE DECLENSION OF NOUNS.31. CHAPTER IV.—ADJECTIVES.32. CHAPTER IV.—ADJECTIVES. (continued 2)33. CHAPTER V.—PRONOUNS.34. CHAPTER V.—PRONOUNS. (continued 2)35. CHAPTER VI.—VERBS.36. PERSONS AND NUMBERS.37. PERSONS AND NUMBERS. (continued 2)38. PERSONS AND NUMBERS. (continued 3)39. PERSONS AND NUMBERS. (continued 4)40. CHAPTER VII.—PARTICIPLES.41. CHAPTER VIII.—ADVERBS.42. CHAPTER IX.—CONJUNCTIONS.43. CHAPTER X.—PREPOSITIONS.44. CHAPTER XI—INTERJECTIONS.45. CHAPTER XII.—QUESTIONS.46. CHAPTER XIII.—FOR WRITING.47. PART III.48. CHAPTER I.—SENTENCES.49. CHAPTER I.—SENTENCES. (continued 2)50. CHAPTER II.—ARTICLES.51. CHAPTER III.—CASES, OR NOUNS.52. CHAPTER III.—CASES, OR NOUNS. (continued 2)53. CHAPTER III.—CASES, OR NOUNS. (continued 3)54. CHAPTER IV.—ADJECTIVES.55. CHAPTER V.—PRONOUNS.56. CHAPTER V.—PRONOUNS. (continued 2)57. CHAPTER VI.—VERBS.58. CHAPTER VI.—VERBS. (continued 2)59. CHAPTER VI.—VERBS. (continued 3)60. CHAPTER VI.—VERBS. (continued 4)61. CHAPTER VII—PARTICIPLES.62. CHAPTER VII—PARTICIPLES. (continued 2)63. CHAPTER VIII.—ADVERBS.64. CHAPTER IX.—CONJUNCTIONS.65. CHAPTER X.—PREPOSITIONS.66. CHAPTER XI—INTERJECTIONS.67. CHAPTER XII.—GENERAL REVIEW.68. CHAPTER XIII.—GENERAL RULE.69. CHAPTER XIII.—GENERAL RULE. (continued 2)70. CHAPTER XIV.—QUESTIONS.71. CHAPTER XV.—FOR WRITING.72. PART IV.73. CHAPTER I—PUNCTUATION.74. SECTION II.—THE SEMICOLON.75. SECTION II.—THE SEMICOLON. (continued 2)76. CHAPTER II—UTTERANCE.77. CHAPTER III.—FIGURES.78. CHAPTER IV.—VERSIFICATION.79. CHAPTER IV.—VERSIFICATION. (continued 2)80. CHAPTER IV.—VERSIFICATION. (continued 3)81. CHAPTER IV.—VERSIFICATION. (continued 4)82. CHAPTER V.—QUESTIONS.83. CHAPTER VI.—FOR WRITING.84. KEY TO THE IMPROPRIETIES FOR CORRECTION, CONTAINED IN THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH GRAMMARS, AND DESIGNED FOR ORAL EXERCISES UNDER ALL THE RULES AND NOTES OF THE WORK.85. CHAPTER I.—OF LETTERS. CORRECTIONS RESPECTING CAPITALS.86. CHAPTER II.—OF SYLLABLES.87. CHAPTER III.—OF WORDS.88. CHAPTER IV.—OF SPELLING.89. CHAPTER I.—PARTS OF SPEECH.90. CHAPTER II.—ARTICLES.91. CHAPTER III.—NOUNS.92. CHAPTER IV.—ADJECTIVES.93. CHAPTER V.—PRONOUNS.94. CHAPTER VI.—VERBS.95. CHAPTER VII.—PARTICIPLES.96. CHAPTER VIII.—ADVERBS.97. CHAPTER IX.—CONJUNCTIONS.98. CHAPTER X.—PREPOSITIONS.99. CHAPTER XI.—INTERJECTIONS.100. CHAPTER I.—SENTENCES.101. CHAPTER II.—ARTICLES.102. CHAPTER III.—CASES, OR NOUNS.103. CHAPTER IV.—ADJECTIVES.104. CHAPTER V.—PRONOUNS.105. CHAPTER VI.—VERBS.106. CHAPTER VII.—PARTICIPLES.107. CHAPTER VIII.—ADVERBS.108. CHAPTER IX.—CONJUNCTIONS.109. CHAPTER X.—PREPOSITIONS.110. CHAPTER XI.—PROMISCUOUS EXERCISES.111. CHAPTER XII.—GENERAL REVIEW.112. CHAPTER XIII—GENERAL RULE.113. CHAPTER XIII—GENERAL RULE. (continued 2)114. CHAPTER I.—PUNCTUATION.115. CHAPTER II.—UTTERANCE.116. CHAPTER III.—FIGURES.117. CHAPTER IV.—VERSIFICATION.118. APPENDIX II.119. APPENDIX III TO PART THIRD, OR SYNTAX.120. APPENDIX IV.121. INDEX TO THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH GRAMMARS.122. INDEX TO THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH GRAMMARS. (continued 2)123. FOOTNOTES:124. FOOTNOTES: (continued 2)125. FOOTNOTES: (continued 3)126. FOOTNOTES: (continued 4)127. FOOTNOTES: (continued 5)128. FOOTNOTES: (continued 6)