A short introduction to English grammar: with critical notes
by Robert Lowth
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787
- Title
- A short introduction to English grammar : with critical notes
- Original Publication
- London: J. Hughs, 1762.
- Credits
- Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PE: Language and Literatures: English
- Subject
- English language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72554
- Release Date
- December 30, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR. — GRAMMAR.
- 4.LETTERS.
- 5.SYLLABLES.
- 6.WORDS. — EXAMPLE. — ARTICLE. — SUBSTANTIVE. — PRONOUN. — PRONOUNS; according to their Persons, Numbers, Cases, and Genders. — ADJECTIVE. — VERB. — To HAVE. — To BE. — The Verb Active is thus varied according to Person, Number, Time and Mode. — Indefinite, or Undetermined, Time: — Definite, or Determined, Time: — IRREGULAR VERBS. — ADVERB. — PREPOSITION. — CONJUNCTION. — INTERJECTION.
- 7.SENTENCES.
- 8.PUNCTUATION. — EXAMPLES. — EXAMPLES. — EXAMPLES. — EXAMPLE. — EXAMPLE.
- 9.A PRAXIS, or Example of Grammatical Resolution.
- 10.FOOTNOTES
- 11.ERRATA. — Transcriber’s Note
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