alytical practical grammar - Toronto Public Library

GRAMMAR.
1. GRAMMAR i~ both a SCIENCE and an ART.
2. As a SCIENCE, it investigates the principle" of bnguage
in general: as an ART, it teaches the right method
of applying these principles to a particular language, so
as thereby to express our thoughts in a correct and
proper manner, according to established usage.
3. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking anel writing
the English language with propriety.
4. Language is ~ither Fpoken or written.
5. The elemeuts of spoken language. are vocal and :utilulate ""~II.J:
(25 aDd 26.)
6. The elements of writleo language, [II'" charade; s or lcttcI"5 wbieL
represent these souDlls.
7. Letters nre formed into syllables nn,1 'Wor'I'; words into sentences;
:md by these, properly uttered or written, o"n C'nl1lmullicate their thlll~llts
to each other.
8. GRAMMAR is divided into foUl' parts; namely, Orthography,
Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody.
9. Orthography treats of letters and syllables;' Etymology,
of words; Syntax, of sentences; and Prosody,
of elocution and versification.
• Orthography is properly a part of Grammar. 1\, it beloul's to .. the art or spenk·
in!?; and writing a lanl(lIagc with propriety." Yet a. the whole su\ljed is Irpatrd
more fully in the spellin~-book and dictioll.rr. It hricf synopsis of its principles only
is here Itiven. rather as 3 matter of form, tllan with", \' ew to its being pnrtiou\arly
Rtudied at this stage. 'I'he teacher may t1wrcforc, it ho thinks prope,', pass ove'
PART J. for the present, and begin with P-UlT n.