{"product_id":"9781486413140","title":"An English Grammar - The Original Classic Edition","description":"So many slighting remarks have been made of late on the use of teaching grammar as compared with teaching science, that it is plain the fact has been lost sight of that grammar is itself a science. The object we have, or should have, in teaching science, is not to fill a childs mind with a vast number of facts that may or may not prove useful to him hereafter, but to draw out and exercise his powers of observation, and to show him how to make use of what he observes.... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd here the teacher of grammar has a great advantage over the teacher of other sciences, in that the facts he has to call attention to lie ready at hand for every pupil to observe without the use of apparatus of any kind while the use of them also lies within the personal experience of every one.?Dr Richard Morris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe proper study of a language is an intellectual discipline of the highest order. If I except discussions on the comparative merits of Popery and Protestantism, English grammar was the most important discipline of my boyhood.?John Tyndall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat various opinions writers on English grammar have given in answer to the question, What is grammar? may be shown by the following?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnglish grammar is a description of the usages of the English language by good speakers and writers of the present day.?Whitney\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA description of account of the nature, build, constitution, or make of a language is called its grammar?Meiklejohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrammar teaches the laws of language, and the right method of using it in speaking and writing.?Patterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrammar is the science of letter; hence the science of using words correctly.?Abbott\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe English word grammar relates only to the laws which govern the significant forms of words, and the construction of the sentence.?Richard Grant White\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are sufficient to suggest several distinct notions about English grammar?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis of the above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(1) It makes rules to tell us how to use words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(2) It is a record of usage which we ought to follow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(3) It is concerned with the forms of the language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(4) English has no grammar in the sense of forms, or inflections, but takes account merely of the nature and the uses of words in sentences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book covers three divisions:?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I. The Parts of Speech, and Inflections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Analysis of Sentences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart III. The Uses of Words, or Syntax.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emereo Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166400266480,"sku":"9781486413140","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781486413140_p0.jpg?v=1763635204","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781486413140","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}