English Grammar
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Accompanied by a compendium, embracing a new systematic order of parsing, a new system of punctuation, exercises in false syntax, and a system of philosophical grammar, in notes, to which are added an appendix and a key to the exercises : designed for the use of schools and private learners
作者：Kirkham, Samuel
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共 369 题- ENGLISH GRAMMAR,
- IN
- FAMILIAR LECTURES;
- AND
- TO WHICH ARE ADDED,
- BY SAMUEL KIRKHAM.
- STEREOTYPE EDITION
- AN ESSAY ON ELOCUTION,
- DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE LEARNERS
- BY SAMUEL KIRKHAM.
- NOTICES.
- RECOMMENDATIONS.
- Pr. of Mechanics' Society School
- EXTRACT.
- ALLEN W. DODGE.
- Philadelphia, Aug. 10, 1829
- TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE
- HINTS TO TEACHERS AND PRIVATE LEARNERS.
- FAMILIAR LECTURES
- ON
- ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
- LECTURE I
- DIVISIONS OF GRAMMAR.--ORTHOGRAPHY.
- TO THE YOUNG LEARNER.
- LANGUAGE.
- GRAMMAR.
- ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
- I. LETTERS. A letter is the first principle, or least part, of a word.
- OF THE SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS.
- RULES FOR SPELLING.
- You may now answer the following
- QUESTIONS.
- ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX
- LECTURE II
- OF NOUNS AND VERBS.
- 1. Etymology treats of the _classification_ of words.
- ETYMOLOGY.
- OF NOUNS.
- NOTES.
- GENDER.
- NOTES.
- 1. _By different words_; as,
- 3. _By prefixing another word_; as,
- PERSON.
- NUMBER.
- NOTES.
- CASE.
- VERBS.
- An _active verb_ expresses action; and
- ANALYSIS, OR PARSING.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- ILLUSTRATION.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- OBJECTIVE CASE.--ACTIVE-TRANSITIVE VERBS.
- ACTIVE-INTRANSITIVE VERBS.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- DECLENSION OF NOUNS.
- SING. PLUR.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- For the gratification of those who prefer it, I here present another
- DIVISION OF VERBS.
- QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED IN PARSING.
- QUESTIONS ON THE NOTES.
- NOTES ON PHILOSOPHICAL GRAMMAR.
- OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF WORDS.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- OF THE VERB.
- I shall resume this subject in Lecture XI.
- QUESTIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- REMARKS ON VERBS AND NOUNS.
- EXERCISES IN FALSE SYNTAX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- LECTURE III.
- OF ARTICLES.
- NOTES.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED IN PARSING.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- A, AN, THE.
- QUESTIONS ON THE NOTES.
- EXERCISES IN FALSE SYNTAX.
- EXAMPLES.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- LECTURE IV.
- OF ADJECTIVES.
- COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES.
- Comparison by increasing the positive
- NUMERAL ADJECTIVES.
- NOTES.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- REMARKS ON ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS.
- Before you proceed any farther, you may answer the following
- QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED IN PARSING.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- ADNOUNS.
- QUESTIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- LECTURE V.
- OF PARTICIPLES.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- REMARKS ON PARTICIPLES.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- QUESTIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- LECTURE VI.
- OF ADVERBS.
- COMPARISON OF ADVERBS.
- 1. _Of Number;_ as, Once, twice, thrice, &c.
- 2. _Of Order;_ as, First, secondly, lastly, finally, &c.
- 7. _Of Doubt_; as, Haply, perhaps, peradventure, possibly, perchance.
- NOTES.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- REMARKS ON ADVERBS.
- QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED IN PARSING.
- QUESTIONS ON THE NOTES.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- QUESTIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- EXERCISES IN FALSE SYNTAX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- I saw him _previously_ to his arrival.
- LECTURE VII
- OF PREPOSITIONS.
- A LIST OF THE PREPOSITIONS.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- REMARKS ON PREPOSITIONS AND VERBS.
- You may now answer the following
- QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED IN PARSING.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- LECTURE VIII.
- OF PRONOUNS.
- DECLENSION OF THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
- NOTES.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- REMARKS ON _IT_.
- OF ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- III. OF RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
- NOTES.
- DECLENSION OF THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
- SINGULAR AND PLURAL.
- WHAT.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- WHO, WHICH, WHAT.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- REMARKS ON RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
- QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED IN PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN FALSE SYNTAX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- LECTURE IX.
- OF CONJUNCTIONS.
- LISTS OF THE CONJUNCTIONS.
- 3. _Either_--_or_; as, "I will _either_ send it, _or_ bring it myself."
- 4. _Neither--nor_; as, "_Neither_ thou _nor_ I can comprehend it."
- 5. _As_--_as_; as, "She is _as_ amiable _as_ her sister."
- 6. _As_--_so_; as, "_As_ the stars, _so_ shall thy seed be."
- NOTES.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- REMARKS ON CONJUNCTIONS AND PREPOSITIONS.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- QUESTIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- LECTURE X.
- OF INTERJECTIONS.--CASES OF NOUNS.
- A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL INTERJECTIONS.
- SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- CASES OF NOUNS.
- OF THE NOMINATIVE CASE INDEPENDENT.
- OF THE NOMINATIVE CASE ABSOLUTE.
- OF NOUNS IN APPOSITION.
- PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED IN PARSING.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- LECTURE XI.
- OF THE MOODS AND TENSES OF VERBS.
- I. OF THE MOODS.
- II. OF THE TENSES.
- OF THE AUXILIARY VERBS.
- SIGNS OF THE MOODS.
- SIGNS OF THE TENSES.
- CONJUGATION OF VERBS.
- TO LOVE.--INDICATIVE MOOD.
- SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
- IMPERATIVE MOOD.
- POTENTIAL MOOD.
- INFINITIVE MOOD.
- PARTICIPLES.
- PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
- MOOD.
- TENSE OR TIME.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- LECTURE XII.
- OF IRREGULAR VERBS.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- LECTURE XIII.
- OF THE AUXILIARY, PASSIVE, AND DEFECTIVE VERBS.
- I. AUXILIARY VERBS.
- II. PASSIVE VERBS.
- III. DEFECTIVE VERBS.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- ADDITIONAL EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- EXAMPLES.
- EXAMPLES.
- 2. "Notwithstanding his poverty, he is content."
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- APOSTROPHE TO HOPE.--CAMPBELL.
- TRANSPOSED.
- ADDRESS TO ADVERSITY.--GRAY.
- TRANSPOSED.
- ADDRESS TO THE ALMIGHTY.--POPE.
- TRANSPOSED.
- TRIALS OF VIRTUE.--MERRICK.
- TRANSPOSED.
- THE MORNING IN SUMMER.--THOMPSON.
- TRANSPOSED.
- NATURE BOUNTIFUL.--AKENSIDE.
- TRANSPOSED.
- ADDITIONAL EXERCISES IN PARSING.
- GOLD, NOT GENUINE WEALTH.
- TRANSPOSED.
- SOURCE OF FRIENDSHIP.--DR. YOUNG.
- TRANSPOSED.
- TRUE GREATNESS.--POPE.
- TRANSPOSED.
- INVOCATION.--POLLOK.
- TRANSPOSED.
- THE VOYAGE OF LIFE.
- TRANSPOSED.
- REFLECTIONS ON A SCULL.--LORD BYRON.
- TRANSPOSED.
- LECTURE XIV.
- OF DERIVATION.
- OF PREPOSITIONS USED AS PREFIXES.
- I. LATIN PREFIXES.
- II. GREEK PREFIXES.
- RULES OF SYNTAX,
- WITH ADDITIONAL EXERCISES IN FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE I.
- RULE II.
- RULE III.
- RULE IV.
- EXAMPLES OF FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE V.
- RULE VI.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE VII.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- I saw Juliet and her brother, they that you visited.
- RULE VIII.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- EXAMPLES FOR THE NOTE.
- RULE IX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE X.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XI.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XII.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XIII.
- FALSE SYNTAX
- RULE XIV.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XV.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XVI.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XVII.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XVIII.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- I was at a loss to determine which was the wiser of the three.
- RULE XIX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XXI.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- I know it to be they.
- I would not act thus, if I were him.
- RULE XXII.
- RULE XXIII.
- RULE.
- RULE XXIV.
- RULE XXV.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- I wish him not wrestle with his happiness.
- RULE XXVI.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XXVII.
- RULE XXVIII.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- I seen him. I have saw many a one.
- RULE XXIX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XXX.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- I did not see nobody there. Nothing never affects her.
- RULE XXXI.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XXXII.
- RULE XXXIII.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XXXIV.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- RULE XXXV.
- FALSE SYNTAX.
- REMARKS ON THE TENSES.
- EXAMPLES IN FALSE SYNTAX PROMISCUOUSLY ARRANGED.
- I intended to have called last week, but could not.
- I have not, nor shall not, consent to a proposal so unjust.
- CRITICAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS.
- 11. ABSURDITIES AND IMPROPRIETIES.--"I can learn him many things."
- CORRECTIONS IN ORTHOGRAPHY.
- CORRECTIONS IN ORTHOEPY.
- PROVINCIALISMS.
- CONTRACTIONS, VULGARISMS, AND OTHER IMPROPRIETIES.
- IMPROPER. CORRECT.
- COMMON IN NEW ENGLAND OR NEW YORK.
- IN PENNSYLVANIA.
- IRISH.
- IMPROPER. CORRECT.
- MD. VA. KY. MISS. &c.
- IN PENNSYLVANIA. CORRECTED
- I diddent go to do it. I _did not intend_ to do it.
- IRISH. CORRECTED.
- MD. VA. KY. OR MISS. CORRECTED.
- PROSODY.
- PUNCTUATION.
- COMMA.
- NOTES.
- SEMICOLON.
- COLON.
- PERIOD.
- DASH.
- INTERROGATORY POINT.
- EXCLAMATORY POINT.
- PARENTHESIS.
- APOSTROPHE AND QUOTATION.
- DIRECTIONS FOR USING CAPITAL LETTERS.
- 1. The first word of every sentence.
- APPENDIX.
- VERSIFICATION.
- RHETORIC.
- COMPOSITION.
- STYLE.--PERSPICUITY AND PRECISION.
- STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES.
- 3. _Avoid all unnecessary parentheses_.
- FIGURES OF SPEECH.
- KEY.
- PUNCTUATION.
- COMMA.
- KEY TO THE EXERCISES.
- SEMICOLON.
- COLON.