The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms of Parsing and Correcting, Examples for Parsing, Questions for Examination, False Syntax for Correction, Exercises for Writing, Observations for the Advanced Student, Methods of Analysis, and a Key to the Oral Exercises, To.

Goold Brown

ISBN 10: 0461340585 / ISBN 13: 9780461340587

Published by Hardpress Publishing, 2019

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• Title: The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms of Parsing and Correcting, Examples for Parsing, Questions for Examination, False Syntax for Correction, Exercises for Writing, Observations for the Advanced Student, Methods of Analysis, and a Key to the Oral Exercises, To.
• Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461340585
• ISBN 13: 9780461340587
• Binding: PAP
• Condition: New
• Weight: 613 grams

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The Institutes Of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms Of Parsing And Correcting, Examples For Parsing, Questions For Examination, False Syntax For Correction, Exercises For Writing, Observations For The Advanced Student, Methods Of Analysis, And A Key To The Oral Exercises, To — Goold Brown. A thorough 19th?century prescriptive grammar manual designed for classroom use, it integrates theory and practice across four main parts: Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody. The text emphasizes precise relationships among words—agreement, government, and the arrangement of phrases and clauses—through formal rules, abundant examples, and frequent corrections of “false syntax.” It combines definitions with extensive notes, exceptions, marginal explanations, and praxis exercises to train students in parsing, correction, and oral as well as written usage. The apparatus includes chapters on Syntax (with Analysis and Parsing), Examinations, Writing Exercises, and comprehensive Prosody coverage of punctuation and meter, as well as versification. Quotations from standard authors illustrate correct versus erroneous usage; appendices cover derivation, orthography, poetic diction, and oral?lesson guidance. The work is a dense, structured pedagogy intended to standardize English instruction and develop rigorous analytic and expressive skills in teachers and students alike.