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THE

AMERICANGRAMMAR.

BYJAMESBROWN.

PREPAREDFORTHEUSEOFSCHOOLSBYTHEAUTHOR

\Is thepublicbudy - arepublicmustadvance;oritmustretrograde.''Appeal. pulatrdpttH

PUBLISHEDBYCLARK&RASER.

No.60,DockStreet.

1831.
ingtoActofCongress,}Ar* I

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ourlanguage - andtosustainthisposition,theauthor oftheAmericanGrammarhaspublishedAnAppeal fromtheBritishSystemofEnglishPhilologyto theBritishprinciplesofEnglishGrammar. velopmentoftheGrammarofthelanguage.About dependent;as,man,book. ways."

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wholefamilyoftheseplagiarists,andnewmodellers - pute. hehasrestoredtheoldnomenclature - butasthesehave ductionofanewnomenclature.

Thiswork,likethefirst,makesbuttwopartsof

speech - butinsteadofPrimaryandSecondary,they areNounandAdjective.

Itisgenerallythoughtbythosewhohavemerely

mar;andthatthissystemmakesbuttwopartsof speech.ButhehasattemptedtoformnosystemofGrammar - nordoeshepretendtosayhowmanyparts theirsourceofderivation - aprinciplewhich^Wouldin- makingdetractionaverb! formitytothem.Oftheworkswhichtheauthor's

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quiteflatteringterms - And,althoughtheauthordoes pressedofhiswork:

HisExcellency,DeWittClinton.

E.Nott,PresidentofUnionCollege.

Rev.JohnFindlay,A.M.,Baltimore.

Rev.SamuelBlatchford,Lansingburg.

Prof.Yates,UnionCollege.

Rev.JohnChester,Albany.

Rev.D.H.Barnes,classicalteacher,NewYork.

C.K.Gardner,A.M.WashingtonCity.

RichardR.Fenner,teacher,Baltimore;

JamesGould,teacher,Baltimore.

Mr.Stewart,teacher,Baltimore.

Paul'sChurch,Alexandria.

calandMathematicalBoardingSchool.

SamuelDouglas,Esq.,Harrisburg.

Dr.A.T.Dean,Harrisburg.

RobertsVaux,Philadelphia.

D.P.Brown,Philadelphia.

Dr.W.C.Brinckle,Philadelphia.

Dr.A.Comstock,teacher,do.

ThomasA.Taylor,do.do.

Mr.Slack,do.do.

Mr.Goodfellow,do.do.

VIADVERTISEMENT.

DavidMaclure,Philadelphia.

ThomasM.Raser,Philadelphia.

JohnM'Allison,Alexandria.

E.Fouse,Philadelphia.

S.H.Wilson,Philadelphia.

ThomasJ.Harris,Chambersburg.

N.R.Smith,Pittsburg.

JohnN.M'Nivins,Pittsburg.

BenjaminF.Reeve,Minerva,Kentucky.

JamesH.Holton,Germantown,Kentucky.

JohnErhart,Newport,RhodeIsland.

atthecloseofthework.

MountSt.Mary'sSeminary,Emmettsburg.

JamesLynch,BarnardO.Cavanagh,

J.Butler,JohnM'Clasky,

JohnH.M'CafFery,EdwardSourin,

JamesCarny,EdwardCollins,

MathewTaylor,ThomasButler.

itmaynotbeamisstoinserttheminthisplace. turbedbytheintroductionofnewGrammars.The

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Grammar."

ThefollowingisthereportoftheCommittee,as

publishedinthe"HarrisburgChronicle." "TheCommitteeonEducation,towhomwasrefer- ingthe"AMERICANGRAMMAR," - Report: - fromvarioussources - henceitwaslongbelieved, failedinagreatdegree, - sothatevenatthepresent object. ceedtheamountofonethousanddollars."

TheAmericanGrammar,then,isrecommendedby

ofourlanguage - andsowellweretheysatisfiedofthe

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system.

Theworkhassincebeenabridged,andisinthis

subjectofEnglishGrammarbothastomannerand matter.

Thefollowing,takenfromtheCarlisleHerald,

mar."

Theeditorofthatpaperbeginsthus - "VisittoHarris-

hurg" - "TheeditorwasatHarrisburgpartofthelast reportedaresolutioninfavourof iBrown'sAmerican lowingresolutionwasoffered:" hisservicesareheldbythisHouse."

PREFACE.

ablessingindeed. ofnorealvaluetoanation - thefact,thatfromtheseyoungsap- mind - theexpansionofthesoul.Butman,mistakenman,has

XPREFACE.

becommencedintheprimaryschools - letthelanguagebeunder-

Union.

foreigncountries. language tainlynot - Allwillhonestlyascribetheseindividualandnational itisfromthesethatthethunderofeloquencewillburst - itisfrom

PREFACE.Xi

rectthem:letAmericanottrembleatinnovation - lethercontinue fame. buildsystemupontruthandphilosophy preservetheminmemoryofhisworth.

XIIPREFACE,

action,theircollectivebearing,andintheircollectiveimport - and.

PREFACE.Xlll

philosophycangleanoracutenessdiscern. instituteaninvidiouscomparisonbetweenthetwo - hedoesitto settlesallpointscontestedamongteachers - resolvesallthediffi- scruples.Itsetsasideallothersystems - exposestheirdefects,de- legaldecision. admirationandastonishment. B

XIVPREFACE.

blem! THE

AMERICANGRAMMAR.

thecommunicationofideas.

REMARK.

thetongue - andfromtheimportanceofthisorganintheformation selveswiththegreatLinguainstrument - thereforetheserepresen-

tativeshavecometobecalledbythenameofthethingrepresented - Hencewehavethephrases,"icrittenlanguage,printedlan-

guage,andspokenlanguage.'

1Butlanguageinthetrue,confined

lungs.GRAMMAR.

Grammaristhemeremechanismoflanguage.

REMARKS.

oreleganceofdiction.

Grammarisuniversalandparticular.

losophyofalllanguages.

16AMERICANGRAMMAR.

Greek,French,&c.

EnglishGrammar.

structiveprinciplesoftheEnglishLanguage.

REMARKS.

orthographicalform - foremployingthesewordsjntheformation theirrightpositions.Illustration.

1.Fiber,acer,ofice,robur.

Inthefirst,thereisanerrorinposition - theeshouldfollowthe r thus,fibre. byplacingtherbeforethee - thus,acre. Inthethird,theerrorliesinadeficiency - anotherfiswanting - - thus,office.

blingtheb.Thereisalsoamistakeinthefourthinstance,whichmayberectifiedbysubstitutingeforu - thus,rob&er.

2.Gramer.

liesinthewantofanotherm - themistake,inmistakingefora. oftheword - -secondly,inthepositionofit,andthirdly,inthepo- sitionofwholeclausesorsections

Whodoesyouspeakof?

errorindeflection,liesinwhoanddoes - andthatinposition, whom,do.

Ofwhomdoyouspeak?

clauseorsection.

AMERICANGRAMMAR.17

butthisisanerrorinrhetoric.Forinstance whichIreceived." tence,iscorrect - buttherhetoricofitisbad - forwecannotpro-

Ifelt,&c.

Questions.

1.Whatislanguage?

2.Fromwhatistheword,language,derived?

3.Whyhaslanguagereceivedthenameofthe

tongue?

4.Whatisgrammar?

5.Fromwhatistheword,grammar,derived?

6.Whatisuniversalgrammar?

7.Whatisparticulargrammar?

8.WhatisEnglishgrammar?

phy,Etymology,Syntax,andProsody. mannerofformingthesecharactersintowords. viduallyaspartsofspeech. tences. tiveapplicationeitherinproseorverse.

PARTI.

ORTHOGRAPHY.

j as,a,b,i. b2

18AMERICANGRAMMAR.

someVowelsound;as,fr,d,f/.

TheVowelsare,a,e,£,o,u,y.

r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z. p,t,k,withcandghard. withouttheaidofavowelsound.

OfDiphthongsandTriphthongs,,

ADiphthongistheunionoftwovowelsinthesame

syllable. syllable;as,eauinbeau - ieivinview. elsinit;henceaTriphthongisalwaysimpure.

OfWords.

as,goodybook,in,on. graphy.

First,into1.Monosyllable,

2.Dissyllable,

3.Trisyllable,

4.Polysyllable.

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FirstDivision.

the,is. hu-man. as,gen-er-al. bles;as,gen-er-al-ly

Second,into1.Primitive,

fulygoodness,contentment.

Third,into1.Simple,

entirewords;as,man-kind.

OfSpelling.

uselesstogiveorthographicalrules.

PARTn.

ETYMOLOGY.

dually,aspartsofspeech. 9

Whatfactisadvancedhere?

ThatGodisomnipotent.

20AMERICANGRAMMAR.

1."Johncanwriteletters.'

5

Whatfactisadvancedhere?Isitpoioer?

No - powerisnotafact.Isittheletters?

No - lettersarenotfacts.Isittheactionofwritingthem?No - actionsarenotfacts.Thefactadvancedhereis,thatJohnpos-

sessesthepowertowriteletters.

2.Johnwenttoschool.

Or,iuotherwords

3."Heis."

Thefactofhisexistence,isthefactadvanced - orinother words

Thefactadvancedisthatheexists.

4."Heissickathome."

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