A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

This work is intended to supply the want of a scientific English grammar, founded on an independent critical survey of the latest results of linguistic investigation as far as they bear, directly or indirectly, on theE nglish language. Although historical, this grammar is not one-sidedly historical: it is at the same time a logical grammar. It will be seen that I have taken considerable trouble to define accurately not only the parts of speech, but also the primary grammatical categories word, inflection, sentence, etc.. which have hitherto been often neglected, and sometimes ignored, by grammarians. Even in the more beaten tracks I have found many obstacles and difficulties which it has cost me years of hard thought to conquer often only partially. Practical teachers, who generally confine themselves to one book and one method, are often hardly able to realize how unsettled grammar still is.
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