An Elementary English Grammar And Composition For Use In Public Schools

Author : Ontario; Dept; Of Education
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330403495
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Public School Grammar written by Ontario; Dept; Of Education and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Public School Grammar: And Elements of Composition; With Numerous Exercises; Authorized for Use in the Public Schools of Ontario by the Minister of Education In offering this book to his fellow-teachers, the author lays claim to no other merit than that of having earnestly endeavored to present the elementary principles of English Grammar in such a way that they can be readily comprehended by the youth of our Public Schools, and made helpful to them in the correct use of their mother tongue. The lessons have been so framed as to lead the learner, step by step, to discover the essential truths of Grammar by observing the facts of actual speech; and then these truths have been made tributary to the art of correct expression by exercises in Composition. Advantage has thus been taken of the pleasure that a discovery and its immediate application always afford to allure young pupils to the study; while, by proceeding on the principle of "one thing at a time," and dividing the book into consecutive parts, pains have been taken to avoid disgusting and discouraging them. Part I. aims at rendering the learner thoroughly acquainted with the nature of the Sentence, and with the function of each Part of Speech, - this knowledge being deduced from the very necessities of speech itself. It is believed that this Part may be taken up by pupils in the Junior Division of the Third Book; and for this reason the language here has purposely been made simple and semi-colloquial. If a pupil has to leave school after having mastered this Part only, he will carry with him much exact and useful knowledge concerning the Sentence and the words that compose it. Part II. gives the Classification or sub-division of the Parts of Speech in the order in which they were learnt, thus calling them again to mind, and further impressing their function upon the memory. It is thought that this Part may be mastered while pupils are in the Senior Division of the Third Book; and that Parts III. and IV., which deal with Inflection and Syntax, may be mastered while pupils are passing through the Fourth Book. Some useful information on the Alphabet, Use of Capitals, Punctuation, and Letter-Writing, which did not fall logically under any of the preceding Parts, has been given in Part V. as an Appendix. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.