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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... essentials of english grammar. introduction. 1. Grammar (Greek, gramma, letter) is the science treating of language. Language, the modern equivalent for the older term Speech, is the expression of thought in words. That portion of the science of grammar which deals with the speech of the English people is called English Grammar. 2. Words are significant combinations of sounds. The marks or symbols by which these sounds are made apparent to the eye are called letters (Latin, littera). 3. The Alphabet (from alpha, bela, the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet) is the whole collection of letters. 4. Orthoepy (Greek, orthos, right; epos, spoken word) deals with the correct way of pronouncing words. 5. Orthography (Greek, orthos, right; grapho, I write) treats of the correct way of representing in letters the sounds which make up a word. 6. A Sentence (Latin, sententia, thought) is the expression of a complete thought by means of words. Words differ in kind according to the purpose they serve in a sentence. A The different kinds of words are called Parts of Speech, in other words, Divisions of Language. 7. Grammar consists of four parts: Accidence, Syntax, Etymology, and Prosody. Accidence (Latin, accidere, to happen) treats of the inflexions or changes that befall words. Syntax (Greek, sun, together; taxis, arrangement) treats of the combination of words into sentences, and of their relation to each other. Etymology (Greek, etumos, true; logos, word or statement) deals with the derivation and history of words. Prosody (Greek, pros, to ode, song) treats of the laws of verse. part I. the alphabet. 8. The English Alphabet now contains twenty-six letters, each of which may be written in two forms, large and small, the large...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... essentials of english grammar. introduction. 1. Grammar (Greek, gramma, letter) is the science treating of language. Language, the modern equivalent for the older term Speech, is the expression of thought in words. That portion of the science of grammar which deals with the speech of the English people is called English Grammar. 2. Words are significant combinations of sounds. The marks or symbols by which these sounds are made apparent to the eye are called letters (Latin, littera). 3. The Alphabet (from alpha, bela, the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet) is the whole collection of letters. 4. Orthoepy (Greek, orthos, right; epos, spoken word) deals with the correct way of pronouncing words. 5. Orthography (Greek, orthos, right; grapho, I write) treats of the correct way of representing in letters the sounds which make up a word. 6. A Sentence (Latin, sententia, thought) is the expression of a complete thought by means of words. Words differ in kind according to the purpose they serve in a sentence. A The different kinds of words are called Parts of Speech, in other words, Divisions of Language. 7. Grammar consists of four parts: Accidence, Syntax, Etymology, and Prosody. Accidence (Latin, accidere, to happen) treats of the inflexions or changes that befall words. Syntax (Greek, sun, together; taxis, arrangement) treats of the combination of words into sentences, and of their relation to each other. Etymology (Greek, etumos, true; logos, word or statement) deals with the derivation and history of words. Prosody (Greek, pros, to ode, song) treats of the laws of verse. part I. the alphabet. 8. The English Alphabet now contains twenty-six letters, each of which may be written in two forms, large and small, the large...
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