A practical new grammar, with exercises of bad English : Or, An easy guide to speaking and writing the properly and correctly. Containing I. Orthography; or true spelling, which treats of the sounds and uses of the several letters in all positions; of the division of words into syllables, and the use of points. II. Prosody; or the art of pronouncing syllables in words truly, wtih tables of words properly accented. III. Etymology; or the kinds of words, which explains the several parts of speech; their derivations and different endings; change and likeness to one another. IV. Syntax; or construction, which teaches how to connect words aright in a sentence, or sentences together. To which is added, a curious and useful appendix, a new edition, corrected and improved by A. Fisher.
| Author/creator | Fisher, A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leeds : Printed for the booksellers, M.DCC.XCI. [1791] |
| Description | xii,180 pages ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | New grammar, with exercises of bad English |
| General note | Titlepage in red and black. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library Watkinson Collection. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, N62786. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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