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AMERICANGRAMMAR.
BYJAMESBROWN.
PREPAREDFORTHEUSEOFSCHOOLSBYTHEAUTHOR
\Is thepublicbudy - arepublicmustadvance;oritmustretrograde.''Appeal. pulatrdpttHPUBLISHEDBYCLARK&RASER.
No.60,DockStreet.
1831.ingtoActofCongress,}Ar* I
ADVERTISEMENT.
ourlanguage - andtosustainthisposition,theauthor oftheAmericanGrammarhaspublishedAnAppeal fromtheBritishSystemofEnglishPhilologyto theBritishprinciplesofEnglishGrammar. velopmentoftheGrammarofthelanguage.About dependent;as,man,book. ways."ADVERTISEMENT.
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'sADVERTISEMENT.V
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.
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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.TheADVERTISEMENT.Vll
Grammar."
ThefollowingisthereportoftheCommittee,as
publishedinthe"HarrisburgChronicle." "TheCommitteeonEducation,towhomwasrefer- ingthe"AMERICANGRAMMAR," - Report: - fromvarioussources - henceitwaslongbelieved, failedinagreatdegree, - sothatevenatthepresent object. ceedtheamountofonethousanddollars."TheAmericanGrammar,then,isrecommendedby
ofourlanguage - andsowellweretheysatisfiedofthe¥111ADVERTISEMENT.
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,hasXPREFACE.
becommencedintheprimaryschools - letthelanguagebeunder-Union.
foreigncountries. language tainlynot - Allwillhonestlyascribetheseindividualandnational itisfromthesethatthethunderofeloquencewillburst - itisfromPREFACE.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. BXIVPREFACE.
blem! THEAMERICANGRAMMAR.
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- sitionofwholeclausesorsectionsWhodoesyouspeakof?
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. b218AMERICANGRAMMAR.
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.
americangrammar.19FirstDivision.
the,is. hu-man. as,gen-er-al. bles;as,gen-er-al-lySecond,into1.Primitive,
fulygoodness,contentment.Third,into1.Simple,
entirewords;as,man-kind.OfSpelling.
uselesstogiveorthographicalrules.PARTn.
ETYMOLOGY.
dually,aspartsofspeech. 9Whatfactisadvancedhere?
ThatGodisomnipotent.
20AMERICANGRAMMAR.
1."Johncanwriteletters.'
5Whatfactisadvancedhere?Isitpoioer?
No - powerisnotafact.Isittheletters?
No - lettersarenotfacts.Isittheactionofwritingthem?No - actionsarenotfacts.Thefactadvancedhereis,thatJohnpos-
sessesthepowertowriteletters.2.Johnwenttoschool.
Or,iuotherwords
3."Heis."
Thefactofhisexistence,isthefactadvanced - orinother wordsThefactadvancedisthatheexists.
4."Heissickathome."
Thefactadvancedisthatheissickathome.
5.Ishesick?
isthefactwhichisadvanced.6.CanJohnwalk?
"Johncanwalk."Thedifference,then,betweenadeclarationandaquestion,isthis - thedeclarationpresentsthefact,whiletheinterrogationmerely
factofhishavingpowertowalk.7."Mayyoufindyourfriendsallwell."
8."Gotoschool,Charles."
togotoschool.Or, advanced.9."IfJohncanwalk,hemustgotoschool."
AMERICANGRAMMAR.21
Johniscompelledtowalk.
Thefollowinginstances,advancenofacts - hencethey
arenotsentences -1.Redcloths.
2.Veryhighhouses.
3.Aremarkablylargefield.
facteachsentensicassemblageadvances-Questions.
Whatisasentence?
tence?Whynot?SPECIMENforthepupil.
"Verymuchtoocoldweather" - notasentence - be- causetheassemblageofwordsadvancesnofact. "Thecherriesarered" - asentence - becausetheas- semblageofwordsadvancesafact.SEXTENSICEXERCISES.
1.Verymuchtoocoldweather.
2.Remarkablyredcherries.
3.Theseapplesarequitetoosmall.
4.Icecoldwater.
5.Coalblack'cloth.
6.Strikinglygreentrees.
7.Thisfactisverywellknown.
8.Greyishbluecloth.
10.HowveryfastJameswalks.
11.Iammostcompletelydisappointed.
12.Dark,coldnights.
13.Marblewarehouse.
14.Cloudcapttowers.
15.Theteaissixpoundstooheavy.
16.Thatwallissixteenfeettoohigh.
IT.Theteaisfullsixpoundstooheavy.
18.Theteaisverymuchtooheavy.
£2AMERICANGRAMMAR.
Questions.
CONSTRUING.
parsedbyitself. thesectionsofasentence. men. bers,areomitted,as,[hegave(,John)abook/]Sectionsaresentensicwhentheyformormakea
sentence;as,"Thesunshinesuponallmen."Theyareinsentensicwhentheydonotmakeasen-
tence;as,thesunshinesuponallmen. uponallmen.Theyareofthecompoundormixedrelationwhen
andthewordwasGod. mustbedone.AMERICANGRAMMAR.23
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