A Practical Grammar of the English Language: with Analysis of Sentences

It is now nearly a quarter of a century since the first publicatlca of Dr. BuU ions sP rinciples of English Grammar. The history of that book, and of the Analytical and Practical English Grammar which followed it, has been contemporary with the progress we have made in mastering the principles, laws, and usages of the language itself; and it is safe to say that we are indebted to no one more than to the author of this treatise for the results that have been achieved. A mong the first to discuss the Analysis of Sentences, he has given a clear and succinct statement of the principles relating to this department, and reduced all elements, and even idioms, to a simple, yet comprehensive system. This treatise is therefore not the work of a day, but the fruit of twenty-five years of intelligent thought, aided by the daily practical experience of the school-room. In the present revised edition of the Analytical and Practical English Grammar, the order of subjects, method and classification, which had given the former work such enviable reputation among a large class of our most successful teachers, have been for the most part retained. The language, even, has been generally preserved, and only such changes have been admitted as the present wants of the school-room seem to demand. It is hoped that.the few alterations which have been thought necessary will enhance, rather than diminish, the value of the treatise as a text-book of practical grammar. The most radical departures from the text of the authors edition have been made in the divisions of the verb, and the classification of sentences ;yet these present, in point of fact, little else than a change of nomenclature, the distinctive characteristics, illustrationi and examples being retained. Tables of the diflfereut parts of speech have been given, for the purpose of presenting to the eye of the learner, at one v
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