The Key To English Grammar - Softcover

John Lynde

 
9780461905762: The Key To English Grammar

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The Key To English Grammar: In Which The Most Difficult Examples Of Syntax Are Illustrated, To Abridge The Labour Of The Instructor And Facilitate The Progress Of The Learner by John Lynde. This eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century English grammar primer presents a concise, systematic approach to language study intended to ease the teacher’s burden and accelerate a learner’s progress. The work blends definitions, classifications, and rules for parts of speech with explicit sections on orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody, followed by extensive practice and exemplars. It critiques earlier grammars and proposes a middle course that emphasizes brevity, clarity, and a uniform instructional plan. The text explains grammar through structured lessons, rules, and analyses of nominative and objective cases, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections, culminating in practical exercises and syntactic resolutions. The volume embodies its period’s pedagogical ideals, focusing on accessibility and methodological grounding for learners and instructors alike.

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ISBN 10:  0217722903 ISBN 13:  9780217722902
Publisher: General Books LLC, 2012
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