Murray's English Exercises: Consisting of Exercises in Parsing . With Which the Corresponding Notes, Rules, and Observations in Murray's Grammar Are Incorporated . Revised, Prepared and Particularly Adapted to the Use Schools; Being a Counterpart to the Engish Teacher

Lindley Murray

ISBN 10: 0371995914 / ISBN 13: 9780371995914

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• Title: Murray's English Exercises: Consisting of Exercises in Parsing . With Which the Corresponding Notes, Rules, and Observations in Murray's Grammar Are Incorporated . Revised, Prepared and Particularly Adapted to the Use Schools; Being a Counterpart to the Engish Teacher
• Publisher: HardPress
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371995914
• ISBN 13: 9780371995914
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Murray's English Exercises: Consisting Of Exercises In Parsing. With Which The Corresponding Notes, Rules, And Observations In Murray's Grammar Are Incorporated. Revised, Prepared And Particularly Adapted To The Use Schools; Being A Counterpart To The Engish Teacher — Lindley Murray. Murray's English Exercises is a comprehensive early 19th-century school text originally published in 1837 as an enlarged, stereotype edition of Murray's grammar exercises. The volume consolidates Exercises in Parsing (etymology and syntax), Orthography, Punctuation, and Perspicuity into Part I, II, III, IV, and V, with introductions, general directions, appendices on transposition and figures of speech, and an apparatus of notes and rules intended to train students in parsing, error-correction, and proper writing. Revised and expanded by Israel Alger Jr., the book adds material while preserving Murray's aims and tone, and is designed as a counterpart to Murray's English Teacher for use in schools and private study. It offers a window into early 19th-century pedagogy and language education.