BY JOHN WHITE, TEACHER OF ENGLISH, GEOGRAPHY, AND HISTORY, EDINBURGH, Author of First, Second, Third, and Fourth Books for Children; A System of Modern Geography, with the Outlines of Astronomy; EDINBURGH: W. WHYTE AND CO., OLIVER AND BOYD, JOHNSTONE AND HUNTER; M. OGLE AND SON, D. ROBERTSON, GLASGOW; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL AND CO., LONDON; AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS. (Price, bound, One Shilling and Sixpence). 1850 ENGLISH GRAMMAR. INTRODUCTION. GRAMMAR is the art of expressing our thoughts properly by words. English grammar teaches us to speak and write the English language correctly. It is divided into four parts,-ORTHOGRAPHY, ETYMOLOGY, SYNTAX, and PROSODY. ORTHOGRAPHY, or correct spelling, treats of letters, and the mode of arranging them into syllables and words. ETYMOLOGY treats of the different classes of words, the various changes or inflections which they undergo, and their derivation. SYNTAX treats of the arrangement and connection or words in a sentence. PROSODY treats principally of the different kinds of verse. A |