Book/Printed Material The American grammar
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Image 1 of The American grammar- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 2 of The American grammar- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 3 of The American grammar- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 4 of The American grammar- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 5 of The American grammar THE AMERICAN GRAMMAR. BY JAMES BROWN. PREPARED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS BY THE AUTHOR Is When a country so idolizes its old forms as to tremble at an appeal from their…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 6 of The American grammar [Entered by James Brown, and Clakk Raser, in the Office of the Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1331 7 accord- ing to Act of Congress,} Ar* I- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 7 of The American grammar ADVERTISEMENT. Nothing so effectually prevents improvement as a belief of present perfection. It is observed by Mr, Murray, that little improvement in English Grammar can be expected at so late a period.…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 8 of The American grammar ADVERTISEMENT. disgusted the people, and disgraced their modest au- thors. It is unnecessary to enumerate the names of the whole family of these plagiarists, and new modellers yet, out of compliment to…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 9 of The American grammar ADVERTISEMENT. V inceptive stages of investigation produced, most of the gentlemen whose names are here presented, spake in quite flattering terms And, although the author does not rest the introduction of his…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 10 of The American grammar VI ADVERTISEMENT. David Maclure, Philadelphia. Thomas M. Raser, Philadelphia. John M Allison, Alexandria. E. Fouse, Philadelphia. S. H. Wilson, Philadelphia. Thomas J. Harris, Chambersburg. N. R. Smith, Pittsburg. John N. M Nivins,…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 11 of The American grammar ADVERTISEMENT. Vll rate investigation, recommended The American Grammar. The following is the report of the Committee, as published in the Harrisburg Chronicle. The Committee on Education, to whom was refer- red the…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 12 of The American grammar ¥111 ADVERTISEMENT. mar in their own state, that they subjoined to the re- commendation of the work, a resolution authorizing the Secretary of State to purchase copies to the amount of One…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 13 of The American grammar PREFACE. Even a superficial observer of human affairs, can but be satisfied that the ease, accuracy, despatch and safety with which the trans- actions of life are conducted, depend upon the degree…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 14 of The American grammar X PREFACE. contradicted this, and thus brought himself to a state so feeble that he can hardly secure his rights or enjoy his freedom It is not pretended that American children are…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 15 of The American grammar PREFACE. Xi s not to be saved from the attacks of ambition, by a Brutus brandish- ing the crimson steel. The guardian power of America must be found in the intelligence of…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 16 of The American grammar XII PREFACE, From the dictatorial attitude of the English literati, this produe tion may seem an infringement on the rights which they have so long claimed, and which this country has too…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 17 of The American grammar PREFACE. Xlll liar with this process, the pupil s mind kindles into fervour; and he pursues his studies as much for the pleasure of the exercise as for the advantage of knowledge.…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 18 of The American grammar XIV PREFACE. In tracing this hand through all its changes and modifications, in understanding their causes and effects, and in seeing it follow the discursive parts of the mind, fasten upon its…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 19 of The American grammar THE AMERICAN GRAMMAR. Language is a mechanical instrument employed for the communication of ideas. REMARK. The word, language, is derived from lingua, the Latin name of the tongue and from the importance…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 20 of The American grammar 16 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. of a particular language; as, that of the English, Latin, Greek, French, c. English Grammar. Engltsh grammar is a science comprising the con- structive principles of the English Language.…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 21 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 17 The wrongly using of one word for, another, produces an error but this is an error in rhetoric. For instance I have no hesitation in expressing the surprise which…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 22 of The American grammar 18 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. A Vowel is the representative of an articulate sound, which can he perfectly uttered by itself; as, a, e, o. A Consonant represents an articulate sound, which cannot be…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 23 of The American grammar american grammar. 19 First Division. 1. Monosyllable is a word having but one syllable; as, the, is. 2. Dissyllable is a word having but two syllables; as, hu-man. 3. Trisyllable is a…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 24 of The American grammar 20 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 1. John can write letters. 5 What fact is advanced here? Is it poioer? No power is not a fact. Is it the letters? No letters are not facts.…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 25 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 21 having the power to walk. That advanced in the second, is that John is compelled to walk. The following instances, advance no facts hence they are not sentences 1.…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 26 of The American grammar £2 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. Questions. Is the first assemblage of words a sentence Why not? CONSTRUING. A Section. A Section is that portion of a sentence which can be parsed without referring its…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 27 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 23 Major Section The word was f2 in the beginning c, j i 3 ami the word was Minor Sections j 4 ?a7/i Go(/ The second section is united by…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 28 of The American grammar 24 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. The major section is superior to all it is the trunk or body of the sentence. The minors are the mere branches or limbs; and while all of them…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 29 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 25 Its oww part is that portion of the superior section with which the inferior makes sense. Generally, however, the inferior section will make sense with the whole of the…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 30 of The American grammar 28 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. CONSTRUED THUS, The eyes are, is a complete major section of the sentensic kind. 3. of a fool, is a complete minor section of the insentensic kind, simple relation,…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 31 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 0,7 6 which is emphatically called the countenance, 7 with an energy 8 8 which is communicated 9 9 to no animal 10 10 but man. The rapid extension 3.…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 32 of The American grammar 28 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. Laplanders and other persons 3 generally have broad faces, and broken, sunken noses, 3 who inhabit the northern parts 4 4 of the globe. Their eyebrows are drawn back…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 33 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 29 Any interest is another s interest 1 1 except my own interest. Here comes another person 1 1 and another s views are to be given 2. 6 2…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 34 of The American grammar 30 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. THE PARTS OF SPEECH. There are two parts of speech 5 viz. Noun and Ad- jective. 1. A noun is an independent or unadded name; as, Man, Ring, Virtue,…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 35 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. bl and stick houses for our amusement and, as that cob or stick which will stand in our little building, without resting upon another part, is mechanically independent, so that…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 36 of The American grammar 32 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. by any attention to the old British system of gram- mar. Pray permit me to give you a fair specimen of the principles of that system. The following is…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 37 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 33 ferent forms in which the British definition of a noun, is given? If you please I should be glad to see them. 1. A Noun or Substantive is the…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 38 of The American grammar 34 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. adjected or dependent, as much so as are the branches of a tree in reference to their trunk. James, what is the significant difference between these words? There is…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831
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Image 39 of The American grammar AMERICAN GRAMMAR. 36 SCANNING. Scanning is a critical examination of the grammati- cal relation of the words in a section. REMARKS. As construing is a critical examination of the constructive rela- tion…- Contributor: Brown, James
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Image 40 of The American grammar 56 AMERICAN GRAMMAR. A minor word is an added or a dependent name or sign as, The sun shines upon all men. In the following sentence, the major section is distinguished from…- Contributor: Brown, James
- Date: 1831